Local Obits for Fri. Feb 17th, 2012
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Bobby Ross Mayabb age 50 of Lula passed away Friday February 17, 2012. Arrangements to be announced by Ward's Funeral Home of Gainesville.
Mary Nell McClure, 85, of Oakwood passed away Friday February 17, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.Burial will be held Monday February 20, 201 ...
Reverend Richard Leroy Stephens, age 67, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away peacefully Thursday evening, February 16, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extend ...
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Mr. Thomas Ray Carlan, age 78, of Homer, GA died Friday, February 17, 2012 at Hill Haven Nursing Home. Mr. Carlan was born in Banks County to the late Hubert and Elizabeth Coker C ...
Lumpkin
Mr. Donald James Claflin, age 75, of Dahlonega, GA, died Friday, February 17, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Hospital in Gainesville.Donald was born in Lacona, NY December 5, 1936 and ...
LaRaine Elrod, 67, of Dahlonega, Georgia, passed away on Feb. 17, 2012 after a prolonged illness.She is survived by her devoted husband Wayne, to whom she was married to for 30 yea ...
Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99
Actor Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died
Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died at home in Henderson, Nevada
John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85
The NFL says Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden has died at age 85
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.
Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for all seasons, dies at 78
Michael Nesmith, the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the 1960s, made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78
Al Unser, a four-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 82
Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following years of health issues
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...