Local Obits for Thu. Dec 11th, 2014
Banks
Eric Jones, age 46 of Alto, Georgia passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2014.Mr. Jones was born on July 2, 1968 in Demorest, GA. He was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include hi ...
Dawson
Tony Simmons, 53, of Dawsonville passed away Wednesday December 10, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness.Born November 4, 1961 to the late Troy Lee and Dorothy Simmons, ...
Hall
Billy Dwight Armour, age 58 of Gainesville, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014 in Augusta, Georgia following a extended illness.Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, D ...
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. ElbertByron Hall, age 92 of Clermont. Mr. Hall passed away Thursday, December 11,2014. Funeral services are scheduled ...
Sharon Smallwood Hindman, 59 of Anderson , South Carolina formerly of Gainesville, Ga. died Thursday December 11, 2014 at her residence.Born in Gainesville, Ga. , Sharon had lived ...
Sherry Lynn Craft Childers, age 56, of Gainesville, passed away Thursday, December 11th, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Margaret Craft. Sherry was a won ...
Other
Avalon (Avie) Delp Cordell, age 79, of Alpharetta, Georgia, died on Thursday, December 11, 2014.Born May 15, 1935, in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Avie was born and raised on the D ...
White
Thomas Duggan Harrison Jr., age 72 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Harrison was born August 2, 1942 in Sparta, GA to ...
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