Local Obits for Thu. Feb 2nd, 2012
Dawson
Robert Bower Stein, Sr., 71, of Dawsonville, GA died at Northside Hospital Forsyth on February 1, 2012. Born in Williamsport, PA, he was the son of the late Lewis and Pauline Stein ...
Habersham
William Alfred "Pop" Waycaster, age 88, of Baldwin, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at the residence following an extended illness. Mr. Waycaster was ...
Hall
Frances Anglin Mize, age 86 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at her residence following a brief illness.Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, February ...
Mary Valeria Douglas, age 85, died peacefully Feb. 2 at Chestnut Ridge Facility in Cumming. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Nicholas Douglas. She is survived by he ...
Jackson
Mr. Ronald Lee Monacelli age 49, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2012.Ronald loved moyotcycles, his family, building things, playing the drums, his line of work, the beach, and ...
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, announces services for Betty Payne Specht, 77, of Commerce who passed away early Thursday morning in Athens at the home of her daughter. Born in Newton ...
Lumpkin
Raymond Joseph Garrison, 86, of Dahlonega, GA passed away peacefully at his home on February 2, 2012.Mr. Garrison was born in Englewood NJ on January 18, 1926 to Edmond and Elizabe ...
White
Charles Keith Miller, age 55 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Miller was born August 18, 1956 in Fulton County to Charl ...
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