Local Obits for Sat. Oct 4th, 2014
Forsyth
Mrs. Edna Caldwell, age 95, of Cumming passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014. She is preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Caldwell. Survivors include her children, Nellie and R ...
Habersham
Carolyn Whitfield Purcell, age 83, of Mt. Airy, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014.Mrs. Purcell was born on July 1, 1931 in Banks County, GA to the late Hubert and G ...
Hugo Martin, age 78, of Baldwin, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014.No memorial services are planned at this time.Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral H ...
Hall
Ann Harris Gignilliat, 93, devoted and beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Oct. 4, 2014. Born on March 5, 1921, to Edward and Josephine Harris i ...
Charles William Brock, 47, of Dawsonville, GA passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014 after many years battling a brain tumor. A loving husband and father, at the time of his passing ...
Deborah Louise Welchel passed on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home & Crematory are in charge of Services. 201 Morningside Dr., Buford Ga 30518
Mrs. Phyllis L Hagar, 89 of Gainesville died Thursday October 2, 2014. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.Little & Davenport Funeral Home, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, G ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Barbara Farrar Hamilton, age 79, of Jefferson, Georgia, who passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014. Mrs. Hamilton was born in Fort ...
Other
Francene C. Albertino, 70, of Melbourne, FL (and formerly of Sugar Hill, GA) beloved mother, grandmother and friend went home to be with her friend, Jesus on October 4, 2014. Born ...
Mr. Ronald Marvin Elrod, age 64 of Winterville, GA died Saturday, October 4, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Elrod was born in Buford to the late, Marvin Odell and Katie Lou ...
Rabun
Born in Rabun County on September 11, 1948, John Grady Nichols was the son of the late John Henry Nichols and Grace Keener Nichols. He had two sisters, Lavalda Smith and the late ...
White
Dorothy Lee Smith, age 87 of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, October 04, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was born in Dahlonega Georgia the daughter of the lat ...
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