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 ...
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