Local Obits for Mon. Aug 11th, 2014
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Marion Langford Threlkeld, age 87, of Winder passed away Monday, August 11, 2014.Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 4532 Hwy 53, Hoschton, GA, 30548, www.lawsonfuneralhome.org, 7 ...
Gwinnett
John F. "Jack" Peacock, age 66, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014. He is survived by his wife of thirty-three years, Joan Rowntree Peacock, Suwanee, G ...
John Maurice Prater, age 97, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Ann Prater; children, Linda Mitchell and husband Edward, Sugar H ...
Hall
Evelyn E. Conner, 74, of Gainesville, died Monday August 11, 2014 at her residence.A lifelong resident of Hall County, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Frank and Iona Parks Conn ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Nelle Cameron Reid, age 90, of Pendergrass, who passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014. Mrs. Reid was born in Americus, Georgia, a da ...
Other
James "Jim" Edmon McNeese, 70, of Canton, GA, beloved father and grandfather went to be with our Lord on August 11, 2014.Jim is survived by his son, James E. McNeese II, ...
Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86
The blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86
Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85
The Sesame Workshop says Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut
Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86
Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation germinated stories of black struggles that grew into universal stories of grace and beauty, has died
1st black Georgia senator elected post-Reconstruction dies
A former Georgia state senator who was the first black lawmaker elected to the upper chamber after Reconstruction has died
'Maude' co-star, character actor Bill Macy dies at 97
Bill Macy, foil to Bea Arthur's feminist wife in '70s sitcom 'Maude,' dies at 97
Retired, longtime Gainesville school official dies
A retired, longtime Gainesville school official, former Asst. Supt. Otis Ellenberg, has died.
Rep. Elijah Cummings was a sharecropper's son, took on Trump
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings has died to complications from longstanding health challenges, his office said. He was 68.
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile drummer, dies at 80
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile and propulsive drummer, dies at 80
