Local Obits for Tue. May 8th, 2012
Banks
Izora Coley Myers, age 91, of Alto, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Mrs. Myers was born in Habersham County, Georgia on March 23, 1921; she was the daughter of the lat ...
Dawson
Garland Reagan, 69, of Dawsonville passed away Tuesday May 8, 2012 at Northside Forsyth Hospital following a short illness.Born March 6, 1943 in Gastonia, NC to the late Edward and ...
John Richard Anderson, 62, of Dawsonville, Ga. died May 8, 2012. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Friday May 11 2012, in the Bill Head Funeral Home, Duluth Chapel, with Pastor Melv ...
Forsyth
Carol F. Douglas, 81, of Alpharetta, GA, formally of Savannah, GA, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 8, 2012 after a short illness.She is survived by her loving sons, John of W ...
Marie C. Dodd, age 72 and lifelong resident of Forsyth County, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. She was a member of Pine Crest Baptist Church. Marie spent most of her life as ...
Gwinnett
Silvia Rodriguez, 46, of Suwanee, Georgia passed away on Tuesday. May 8th, 2012. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home on Friday, May 11th, 2012 from the hours o ...
Jackson
Bernice M. Anderson, age 81 of Hoschton, passed away on Tuesday Morning, May 8, 2012 at Bell-Minor Nursing Home following an extended illness. Funeral services are sched ...
Mr. James Thomas Gaddis, age 64 of Nicholson passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012. James loved to work on cars, listening to music and playing word games with the grandchildren. Jame ...
Mrs. Laura Allison Bates, age 87, of Doraville Ga., passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Doraville for the majority of her life and was a m ...
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Nell M. Waller, 91, of Jefferson, Ga. who passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Covington, Ga. following a period of declining heal ...
Mrs. Shirley Elizabeth Greene Peters, age 71, of Commerce, GA died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Peters was born in Walton County, GA to the late, ...
Rabun
Jesse Roscoe Keener, 85, was born July 8, 1926 at Tiger, GA to William Marcus Keener and Martha Hopkins Keener. He lived most of his life in Rabun County. He died at Heritage Healt ...
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