Local Obits for Thu. Jan 5th, 2012
Forsyth
Mrs. Margo Joyce Hardie, 78, of Big Canoe, GA, passed away on Thursday, January 5th, 2012.Born on January 13th, 1933 in Cleveland, OH, Margo had a longstanding ...
Habersham
Funeral services for Frank Clinton Jones, age 72, of Clarkesville, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 8, 2012 from the Hillside Memorial Chapel. Rev. Paris Whitworth and Rev ...
Hall
David Olan Reynolds, age 29 of Oakwood, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness.Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, January ...
Johnnie Wiley, age 73, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Hall County.Johnnie was p ...
Little & Davenport Funeral Home announces the death of Karen Marie Martin, 44, of Gainesville Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, January 7, 2012 in the ...
Ms. Maria R. Garcia age 22 of Gainesville passed away on Thursday January 05, 2012 at West Wood nursing home in Statesboro, Ga following an extended illness.Graveside services ar ...
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00p.m. Sunday January 8, 2012 in the Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for Wilburn Harold Marchbanks age 80 of Carnesville. The Rev. Junior Jone ...
Jackson
Steven John LeBlanc, age 51, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Richard Joseph LeBlanc, Sr. and Sandra Mae LeBlanc. Steve, al ...
Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95
O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners...
Gainesville businessman James Simpson dies at 77, truck parade to be held in his honor
Gainesville businessman James Simpson, the force behind Simpson Trucking & Grading, Inc. in Gainesville, will be remembered in a funeral service Friday, Dec. 17 at Hopewell Baptist Church.
Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Bud Lunsford passes away
Legendary Georgia racer and hall of famer Bud Lunsford of Gainesville passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Lunsford, a member of both the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame...
Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79
Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history.
Prince, poultry pioneer, dies at 93
Jack Prince of Gainesville, the man who invented the chicken deboning machine, has died at the age of 93.
Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in shooting in Athens
A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said. John Wes Townley, 31, died in the shooting in a neighborhood...
Former Hall County School Superintendent Doug Winters dies at 82
Dr. Douglas Harry Winters, a former superintendent for the Hall County School District, died Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the age of 82.
Former CDC official from Gainesville dies at age 69
Gainesville native Dr. Thomas Weston Hodge III, the former Director of Immunogenetics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died July 31 in St. Simon's Island, Ga.