Local Obits for Fri. Jul 22nd, 2011
Forsyth
Lawrence Donald East, 62 of Cumming, GA passed away Friday, July 22, 2011.A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel at McDonald & S ...
Habersham
Harvey Dorsey Oliver, age 59, of Alto, Georgia went home to be with our Lord on Friday, July 22, 2011.Mr. Oliver was born in Cleveland, Georgia on October 13, 1951. He was the son ...
Funeral services for Martha Savannah Sosebee Allen, age 89, of Clarkesville, will be held on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM from the Hillside Memorial Chapel. Rev. Bill Trotter ...
Mary Jo Locke Irvin, age 86, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on Friday, June 22, 2011, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Irvin was born on September 20, 1924, in Habe ...
Hall
Gertrude Elizabeth Kinner Roper, age 93 of Morrow, Georgia, formerly of Gainesville, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2011 at Harbor Grace Hospice Center, Atlanta, following an exte ...
Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Roper, age 97, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at Harbor Grace Hospice in Atlanta, GA. Complete arrangements to be announced by M ...
Ms. Hattie Mae Walden age 86 of Clermont, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at her residence following a brief illness. Ms. Walden was born in Jackson County on February 21, 1925 t ...
Mardelle Rowell McEntire, 73, of Gainesville passed away Friday July 22, 2011 at Willow Wood Nursing Home following a brief illness.Funeral services will be held Monday July 25, 20 ...
Born Margaret Christeen Minchew, May 26, 1929 in Waycross, GaGraduate of Wacona High School and Massey School of Business. Survived by:Darling husband of 64 years,Rev. Vernon E. G ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mr. Paul E. Powell, age 71, of Conyers, who passed away on Friday, July 22, 2011 at Abbey Hospice House in Social Circle, Ga. after an ext ...
Lumpkin
Larry Allen Hubbard, 43 of Dahlonega, GA, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011, at his residence.Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the Dahloneg ...
White
Mr. Troy Lee York, age 50, of Cleveland passed away Friday July 22, 2011 at his residence following an extended illness.Mr. York was born in Habersham County, the son of the late F ...
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