Local Obits for Wed. May 2nd, 2012
Forsyth
Joan Marie Parks, age 68 of Cumming, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012. She died from complications of diabetes. Joan was born August 8, 1943 in Chicago to Gene and Mary Vandelli ...
Mary Louise Martin, age 87 of Cumming, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012. She loved flowers and was a member of Coal Mountain Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husb ...
Peggie Sue White Wade, age 67 of Sugar Hill, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Peggie was a member of the Word of Faith Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Malcolm a ...
Hall
Annie Hollis Emmett Williams, age 60 of Lula, passed away on Wednesday Morning, May 2, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. Funeral ...
Mrs. Mildred Louise Rantz, age 90, of Flowery Branch, formerly of Melbourne, Florida, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at New Horizons West Nursing Home.Funeral Services will be ...
Jackson
Ms. Jessie Othello Sexton, age 84 of Winder died Wednesday, May 02, 2012 at Northridge Health and Rehab Center. Ms. Sexton was born in Duluth to the late, Forrest Carter and Bess ...
Mr. Pat Chadwick Duran, age 74 , of Commerce, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home and Cremations, 35 First Street, Hoschton Ga. 30548, www.lawso ...
Disgraced children's TV entertainer Rolf Harris dies at 93
Rolf Harris, the veteran entertainer whose decades-long career as a family favorite on British and Australian television was shattered when he was convicted of sexual assaults on young girls, has died
Former Hall County State Court Solicitor, Jerry Rylee, dead at 79
A former solicitor with the State Court of Hall County, Jerry Rylee, passed away Wednesday at the age of 79.
Jerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79
Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died
Charles Stanley, influential Baptist preacher, dies at 90
Charles Stanley, a prominent televangelist who once led the Southern Baptist Convention, died Tuesday at his home in Atlanta at age 90
Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dead at 71
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped write the classic “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Sunday at the age of 71
Tim McCarver, big league catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81
The famed broadcaster and former St. Louis Cardinals star Tim McCarver has died
'Laverne & Shirley' actor Cindy Williams dies at 75
Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died
Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60
Robbie Knievel, an American stunt motorcycle performer and son of thrill-seeking father Evel Knievel, has died