Local Obits for Sat. Mar 23rd, 2013
Barrow
Mr. Ernest Ray Butler, age 77 of Hoschton, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013. He loved his family very much and loved to farm and to cook. He was survived by his loving wife of tw ...
Gwinnett
Ms. Wilma Diane Cook Watkins, age 59, of Buford, GA passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013. She is survived by her children, Jarron Henderson, Gainesville, GA and Angela Cook, Buf ...
Habersham
Funeral services for Jessica Star Peaster, age 23 of Clarkesville will be held on Friday, March 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM from the Oakey Mountain Baptist Church. Rev. Brion Williams and ...
Hall
Bonnie Lee Harrison, age 80, of Buford, Georgia (Hall County) passed away March 23, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He is preceded in death by ...
Mrs. Evelyn Ware Glasper, 67 of Gainesville, Ga., passed away March 23, 2013. She is survived by Daughers; April Bonds and Sherrie (Henry) Nicely and Sons; Kevin (Laura) Bailey an ...
Mrs. Opal A. Beard, age 87, of Buford, GA passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-three years, Lefty Beard; and nephew, Steve Bea ...
Sara "Sally" Sullivan Boone of Buford, GA passed away peacefully March 23, 2013.She was preceded in death by her parents Sara Ellen Sullivan Davis and Harry Moseley Sulli ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Lois Thorne Love, age 69, of Pendergrass, who passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Mrs. Love was born in Leaf River, IL, a daught ...
Other
John Paul Phillips, Jr, 78 of Riverdale, GA passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, April 1, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the McDonald and Son Fune ...
Stephens
David Kenneth Segers, age 55 of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Stephens County Hospital following a brief illness.Born March 24, 1957, in Toccoa, he was a son of ...
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
Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of '80s and '90s, dies at 56
One of an elite group of glamorous supermodels who graced magazine covers in the ’80s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom
Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies
Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter who survived several brushes with death while covering conflict in Southeast Asia and was the last Western journalist to interview Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, has died
Bob Penny, bit actor in numerous Hollywood films, dies at 87
An Alabama actor who played small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama” has died at age 87