Local Obits for Tue. May 3rd, 2011
Habersham
Bonnie McKnight, age 79, of Demorest, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011, at Whitfield Funeral Home, Nor ...
Hall
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Brown, age 83, of Murrayville, GA. Lumpkin, County, died May 3, 2011.Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late Young Abercrombie and Martha Sullens Abercrombie.She w ...
Edna McGinnes Fryer, age 92, of Mt. Airy, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at a local private care facility. Mrs. Fryer was born on July 27, 1918, in Big R ...
Geraldine Hardy Justice age 86, of Gainesville, passed away Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born in Cornelia, GA on March 11, 1925, she was the daughter o ...
Royce Junior Adkins, 81, of Maysville, GA went to be with the Lord on May 3, 2011. Born in Lawrenceburg, TN he was the son of the late Elbert and Edith Adkins. His son, Roger Adk ...
Jackson
Mr. Eddie Roy Haggard, age 64 of Royston died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Haggard was born in Commerce to the late, Sammy and Reecie Ann Allen Haggard. Mr. Haggard ...
Mary Katherine Daniels age 52 of Braselton, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 35 First Street, Hoschton, GA 30548, 706-654-0966, www.lawsonfun ...
Lumpkin
Betty Ann Anglin, age 82 of Dahlonega, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at her residence following an extended illness.Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, May 6, 2011 at ...
Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
According to a statement from his daughter, Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died
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