Local Obits for Thu. Mar 28th, 2013
Dawson
Daisy Mae Evans, age 94 of Dawson County, passed away on March 28, 2013. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. Daisy is preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Evans ...
Forsyth
Doris Aurena Akins, 88, of Cumming, GA died on March 27, 2013. Born in Marietta, GA, she was the daughter of Morris and Maude Groover. Her beloved husband, Herbert Akins and her ...
Gwinnett
Celia Brea Robles, age 48, of Duluth, GA passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013. She is survived by her children, Barbara Delmar Robles and Eric Gabriel Robles; parents, Pedro Brea a ...
Hall
Alice Bedell Dumas of Gainesville, GA passed away on Thursday March 28, 2013.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Little & Davenport Chapel ...
Mrs. Bedell Clark Dumas, 88, of Gainesville, GA passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013. She was a beloved wife, homemaker, and skilled seamstress. Born in Hall County on May 15, ...
Bonnie Denise Kimbrell Salazar, age 48 of Gainesville and formerly of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Medical Center.Born December 15, ...
Mr. Roger Hitchcock Smith, age 66, of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. ...
William E. Butler, age 83 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Mesun Hospice in Lawrenceville, following an extended illness. Funeral services are scheduled f ...
Jackson
Arthur W. "Rock" Portwood, age 58 of Hoschton, GA died Thursday, March 28, 2013 following a sudden illness. Mr. Portwood has been cremated and a memorial service will be ...
Rabun
Keith Tyra "Ty" Queen, 60, of Clayton, Georgia, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. He was born in Rabun County and was the son of the ...
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
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer