Local Obits for Sat. Apr 9th, 2011
Banks
Eugene Free, age 74, of Alto, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia, following an extended illness. Mr. Free ...
Forsyth
Alfred David Sisk, age 85, of Forsyth County, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church. Alfred is preceded in death by his loving wife o ...
Brian Scott Waring, 40, of Cumming, GA died on April 9, 2011 at Emory Hospital in Decatur. Born in New York, Brian was the son of Jerry and Nancy Waring of Cumming, GA.Brian was a ...
Maresa Graves Bowen, 46, of Canton, GA died on April 9, 2011. Born in Atlanta, she was the daughter of Freddie and Barbara Graves of Cumming, GA.A graduate of Forsyth County High ...
Ruth Mills Heard, age 88, of Cumming, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011. Ruth was a member of Coal Mountain Baptist Church. She was active many church, school and community activ ...
Gwinnett
Mattie Rebecca Cheek Kilgore of Buford died Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the age of 95, after a brief illness. She was born in Buford, Georgia, June 5, 1915.She was predeceased by h ...
Hall
Edna Morrison Ray age 82 of Gainesville, Ga passed away on Saturday April 9, 2011 at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday April 11 ...
Marie Jones Bridges, Professor Emeritus, North Georgia College and State University, died on Saturday, April 9, 2011, from complications of Parkinson's Disease. She was prece ...
Rep. Elijah Cummings was a sharecropper's son, took on Trump
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings has died to complications from longstanding health challenges, his office said. He was 68.
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile drummer, dies at 80
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile and propulsive drummer, dies at 80
Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies
Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died at 84.
Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86
Cokie Roberts, longtime political journalist, dies at 75
Cokie Roberts, daughter of politicians who went on the become famous as a political reporter and analyst, dies at 75
Rocker Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, dead at 75
Ric Ocasek, frontman for The Cars rock band, has been found dead in a New York City apartment
NASCAR Modified legend Stefanik dies in plane crash
Mike Stefanik, one of two drivers in NASCAR history to win nine national series or touring championships, died Sunday in a small single-seat plane crash. He was 61.
Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' singer, dies at 70
Eddie Money, the husky-voiced, blue collar rock star known for such hits as "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight," has died at 70
