Local Obits for Fri. May 13th, 2011
Banks
Lizzie Myrlene Newsome Caudell, age 87, of Homer, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illn ...
Dawson
Clara Daniel Barger, 94, of Dawsonville passed away Friday May 13, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a short illness.Born June 26, 1916 in Bowden, Georgia to the l ...
Forsyth
Sarah Kathleen Alexander, 91, of Cumming, GA died at the Cumming Nursing Center on May 13, 2011. Born in Fayette County, GA she was the daughter of the late William and Nellie Kat ...
STEVE DALE COCHRAN, 56, passed away on Thursday May 12th, 2011 with his loving family at his side. He was at Embracing Hospice. He was preceded in death by his father Henry Russell ...
Habersham
William Wiley Jones, age 74, of Alto, Georgia, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011, after an extended illness. Mr. Jones was born on April 3, 1937, in Banks County, Georgia. He was ...
Hall
Little & Davenport Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Mary Brookshire, 89, who passed away May 12, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2011 a ...
Rosario Maria Garcia-Estrada, age 59 of Gainesville, GA died Friday, May 13, 2011. Arrangements to be announce by Wimberly & Jackson Funeral Home, Gainesville, GA 770-536-3251
Jackson
Larry Howard Duren age 63 of Athens, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 35 First Street, Hoschton, GA 30548, 706-654-0966, www.lawsonfuneralhom ...
Lumpkin
Mr. Jefferson Daniel (J.D.) Walden, age 85, of Dahlonega, GA, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Mr. Walden was a native and lifelong ...
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