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 ...
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