Local Obits for Thu. Jun 7th, 2012
Banks
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mr. George Dilmos "Pug" O'Kelley Jr., age 53, of Maysville, GA, who passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012. Mr. O'Kelley w ...
Dawson
Carolyn Ann "Granny" Chambers, 68, of Dawsonville passed away Thursday June 7, 2012 at her residence following an extended illness.Born November 19, 1943 in Hall County t ...
Habersham
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home announces the death of Dorothy "Dot" Ferguson Littleton, age 81 of Demorest, passed away Thursday, June 07, 2012, at her reside ...
Ronald Meeks, age 60 of Clarkesville, passed away June 07, 2012, at Emory University. Born in Habersham County on January 28, 1952, he was a son of Evelyn Waddell Meeks of Clarkesv ...
Hall
Paul Wofford Martin, age 93 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Northside Forsyth Hospital following sudden illness. Funeral services are s ...
Charles J. Slay, Jr., age 78 of Gainesville passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Slay was born September 5, 1933, in Athens, Georgia to t ...
William Harold "Bill" Peters, age 52 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness.Memorial services will be held a ...
Lumpkin
Mrs. Linda Ann Walden, age 64, of Dahlonega, died June 7, 2012 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Walden was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County and was ...
Other
Karen Marie Bagwell, age 50, of Tucker passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012. Karen is preceded in death by her parents, Rosemary and Rufus Joseph Sr.Survivors include her husband, Bi ...
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
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer