Local Obits for Mon. Aug 6th, 2012
Banks
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, announces services for Gracie Shubert, 94, of Gillsville who passed away on Monday at the Northridge Nursing Facility. Born in Banks County, she was th ...
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, announces services for Sara Whitlock Benton, 85, of Commerce who passed away at the Northridge Nursing Facility on Monday. Born in Jackson County, she ...
Dawson
Kathie "Grannie" Weaver, 62, of Dawsonville passed away Monday August 6, 2012 at Chestatee Regional Hospital following a sudden illness. Born October 4, 1949 in New Bruns ...
Forsyth
Carolyn Moon Burnette, age 76, of Cumming, formerly of Marietta, passed away Monday, August 6, 2012 following a brief illness. She retired from Lockheed Martin Aircraft after 18 y ...
Ellery Douglas Johnson, 18, of Cumming, GA died on July 27, 2012. Born in Cumming, GA he was the son of Andrea Culbert Johnson of Cumming, GA and Gregory (Jane Laughridge) Johnson ...
Hall
Mr. Spencer Obe Dye, age 25, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Monday, August 6, 2012, as a result of a drowning accident. Funeral services are scheduled ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Myrtle Gee Brewer, 85, of Jefferson Ga., who passed away on Monday, August 6, 2012. Mrs. Brewer was a daughter of the late Charlie a ...
Lumpkin
Hannah Thompson Culbreth, age 19, of Dahlonega, GA, died Monday, August 6, 2012, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.Hannah was born in Gainesville, GA and lived mo ...
Mrs. Nellie Geraldine Millsaps, 76, of Dahlonega, died Aug. 6 at the Gold City Convalescent Center in Dahlonega.Mrs. Millsaps was a native of Rockwood, Tenn., who lived in Lumpkin ...
Other
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, announces services for Cole Bowen, 65, of Hull who passed away at his residence on Monday. Born in Clarke County, he was the son of the late William V ...
Stephens
Mr. Ian Gregory Norcross, age 44, of Toccoa, died Monday, August 6, 2012 at Stephens County Hospital.Born February 8, 1968 in Blackburn England, he was a son of the late Barry and ...
Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95
O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners...
Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99
Actor Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died
Gainesville businessman James Simpson dies at 77, truck parade to be held in his honor
Gainesville businessman James Simpson, the force behind Simpson Trucking & Grading, Inc. in Gainesville, will be remembered in a funeral service Friday, Dec. 17 at Hopewell Baptist Church.
Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Bud Lunsford passes away
Legendary Georgia racer and hall of famer Bud Lunsford of Gainesville passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Lunsford, a member of both the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame...
Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79
Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history.
Prince, poultry pioneer, dies at 93
Jack Prince of Gainesville, the man who invented the chicken deboning machine, has died at the age of 93.
Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in shooting in Athens
A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said. John Wes Townley, 31, died in the shooting in a neighborhood...
Former Hall County School Superintendent Doug Winters dies at 82
Dr. Douglas Harry Winters, a former superintendent for the Hall County School District, died Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the age of 82.