Local Obits for Thu. May 12th, 2011
Dawson
Carolyn Stephens, 70, of Dawsonville passed away Thursday May 12, 2011 at Northside Forsyth Hospital following an extended illness.Born July 18, 1940 to the late Hoyt and Annie Lau ...
Forsyth
Roy Allen Arrants, 58, of Cumming, GA passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011. He was a member of Mt. Paran Church of God. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, wh ...
Timothy Joe Strickland, age 54, of Cumming, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Wiltz and Franc ...
Gwinnett
Captain Hugh Davis Douglas, age 63, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his home in Buford, GA after a battle with colon cancer. He graduated from Roosevelt High school in 1965 and Deka ...
Otha R. Moore, age 61, of Lawrenceville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1pm at the Wimberly & Jackson Chapel. Profession ...
Habersham
G. C. Burrell, Jr., age 94, of Clarkesville, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011 at The Oaks at Scenic View.Born in White County, GA on May 29, 1916, he was the son of the late Grov ...
Richard Marley Davis age 63, of Baldwin, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the V. A. Medical Center.Born in Fulton County, GA on May 01, 1948, he was the son of the late Lonnie ...
Hall
George W. Harper, age 82 of Gainesville passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Autumn Breeze Assisted Living following an extended illness. No services are scheduled a ...
VALENTINE BLAIN, 99, of Flowery Branch, Georgia passed away on Thursday May 12th, 2011. She is survived by, daughter, Charlotte Roy, of Cumming, Georgia; grandchildren, Maureen Jo ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Mardell Perry Davis. age 77, of Talmo, who passed away on May 12, 2011. Mrs. Davis was born in Jackson County, a daughter to the late ...
Rabun
Furman Roosevelt Kilby, 70, of Clayton, GA went home to be with his Lord Thursday, May 12, 2011.Furman was born the seventh son of Ferd and Oza Kilby. He spent the majority of his ...
White
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Joseph Brian Gabriel, age 37 of Cleveland. Mr. Gabriel passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his residence following ...
Mincey Marble founder, marble innovator dies at 86
Kenneth Mincey, who founded Gainesville-based Mincey Marble cast marble company, passed away at the age of 86 Friday.
Jo Ann Adams, Gainesville's first female pharmacist, dies at 93
When Jo Ann Trapnell Adams graduated from the University of Georgia School of Pharmacy, she was just 20 years old.
Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76
Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. dies at 67
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers
Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died
Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95
Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the political thriller “All the President’s Men,” has died
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer