Local Obits for Tue. Dec 29th, 2015
Habersham
Morgan Thibeault Bone, age 26 of Cornelia, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015.
Mrs. Bone was born in Stephens County on August 3, 1989. She attended Bethesda Fellowship ...
Billy “Joe” Irvin, age 54, of Mt. Airy passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Born in Habersham County on July 12, 1961, Mr. Irvin was the son of the late Bill a ...
Funeral services for Nell Chambers James, age 87, of Clarkesville will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 2:00 PM from the Hillside Memorial Chapel. Interment will ...
Evelyn “Granny” Jarrell, age 85, of Clarkesville, Georgia, went to be with The Lord on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 following a sudden illness.
Mrs. Jarrell was born o ...
Jackson
Mrs. Martha Higgins Lawrence, age 90, of Maysville, GA died Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Lawrence was born in Lawrenceville to the late Leonard ...
Other
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mr. Jim Inus Hanson, age 89, of Macon, Georgia, who passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015. Mr. Hanson was born in Jefferson, Georgia a ...
Stephens
Mrs. Helen Frances Peeples Whitworth, age 93 of Mize Road, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Pruitt Health Toccoa.
A daughter of the late S.P. Peeples, S ...
White
Lawrence (Larry) August Berliner age 86, of Sautee passed away Tuesday December 29, 2015.
Mr. Berliner was born in Staten Island, NY the son of the late Hans and Corina Be ...
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Alton Maurice (Tom) Kees, age 81 of Cleveland. Tom passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015. Visitation will be held ...
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