Local Obits for Sun. Jun 17th, 2012
Barrow
Mr. Bobby Gerald Fisher, age 60, of Auburn, passed away, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Funeral services will be announced at a later date by Lawson Funeral Home, 35 First Street, Hoschton ...
Dawson
Afton Day, age 74, daughter of Hans and Eunice Jensen, succumbed to cancer on June 17, 2012. She lived one day at a time, grateful that she wasn't a handcart pioneer, and tha ...
Forsyth
Virginia Craig Conte Winchester, born August 2, 1924 in Monroe County, Georgia, where she spent her childhood on a farm owned by her parents, Harvey Craig and Martha Lee Sutton Gr ...
Hall
Leonard Thomas "L.T." Woodruff, age 82 of Oakwood, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Gra ...
Mrs. Marilyn (Summers) Williamson, age 77, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2012 at her residence, following a courageous battle with pancreatic ca ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Estelle Chow, 91, of Pendergrass, Georgia, passed away Sunday June 17, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia. A native ...
Ivie Funeral Home Commerce announces services for Howell Johnson Thomas 92 of Commerce who died Sunday June 17, 2012. Survivors include a son Johnny (Amy) Thomas of Commerce, a da ...
Mrs. Latrelle Cody Bennett, age 79 of Maysville died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Bennett was born in Jackson County to the late, Roy and Lula Peppers Cody. Mrs. ...
Mary Fleming Waters, 86, formerly of Lake City, FL, died Sunday, June 17th, 2012 at Bell Minor Nursing Home in Gainesville, GA.Born in Olustee, FL, on April 28, 1926, she was the d ...
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
Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of '80s and '90s, dies at 56
One of an elite group of glamorous supermodels who graced magazine covers in the ’80s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom
Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies
Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter who survived several brushes with death while covering conflict in Southeast Asia and was the last Western journalist to interview Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, has died
Bob Penny, bit actor in numerous Hollywood films, dies at 87
An Alabama actor who played small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama” has died at age 87