Local Obits for Sat. Dec 28th, 2013
Dawson
Wanda P. Wiggins, 57, of Dawsonville passed away Saturday December 28, 2013 following an extended illness.Born June 30, 1956 in Cartersville, Georgia, she lived most of her life in ...
Habersham
Mrs. Diane Fair, age 58, of Cornelia, GA, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA following an extended illness.Diane was born in Lumpki ...
Cora Puckett Thompson Whiteside, age 88, of Alto, Georgia passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013.Mrs. Whiteside was born on November 25, 1925 in Banks County, Georgia; daughter ...
Mr. John Wesley Lockman, age 58, of Mt. Airy, Georgia passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the Habersham Medical Center.Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will b ...
Hall
Mrs. Edna (Aiken) Morris, age 76, of Murrayville, Georgia, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical CenterFuneral services are scheduled for 2:00 pm Mon ...
Peggie Lynn Colvin Robinson, age 61 of Gainesville, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Gwinnett Medical Center. Memorial services are scheduled fo ...
Robert William Braff, 84, died peacefully on Saturday December 28, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Bob was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 8, 1929, the ...
Jackson
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, announces services for Nettie Mae Hughes McWilliams, 91, of Commerce who passed away on Saturday at the Northridge Rehab Center in Commerce. Born in C ...
Other
Mr. Horace Sweatman, age 72, of Royston passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013. Mr. Sweatman was born December 21, 1941 in Forsyth County, Georgia to Vernice Sweatman and the l ...
Rabun
Michael "Mike" Andrew Allison, of Dillard, Georgia passed away December 27, 2013 at Angel Medical Center.Mike better known as "Biggun" was born in Myrtle Creek, ...
White
Jeffery Ricky Voyles, age 54 of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Athens Regional Hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services are schedu ...
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