Local Obits for Tue. Apr 28th, 2015
Gwinnett
John William Mitchell 73, of Suwanee, Ga died April 28th, 2015.
Visitation will be held on Sunday May 3rd, 2015 at McDonald and Son Funeral Home from 1-5pm. Funeral services wil ...
Christopher Scott Tucker, age 29, of Lawrenceville passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015. Chris had a passion for motorcycles and fast cars. He was a loving father   ...
Hall
Ralph Harrison Cronic, age 86 of Flowery Branch, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness.
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Charles Benson Massey, Jr. of Gainesville passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Haven Hospice in Lake City Florida following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be ...
Charles Monkus, 85, of Nicholls formerly of Gainesville passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Born on October 7, 1929, he was the son of the late Charlie and Lelia Buchanan Monku ...
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mrs. Marilyn Patricia Wallace Norton, age 66 of Clermont. Mrs. Norton passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Graveside serv ...
Henry Sherman Pinyan, Jr., 93, of Gainesville passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.Born in Canton, Ga on May 24, 1921, he was the son of the late Henry Sherman Pinyan, Sr. and Sa ...
James Jerrold Swafford, age 67, of Murrayville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his residence.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday May ...
Jackson
Peggy Sue Samples, age 67, of Hoschton passed away Tuesday,April 28, 2015. Mrs. Samples was employed with the Gwinnett County Water Resources Department for 31 years. S ...
Lumpkin
Mrs. Sharon Elaine Duyck Palmer, age 58, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Tuesday April 28, 2015 at her home with her loving family at her bedside.
Sharon was a North Carolina nativ ...
White
Ms. Edna Mae Pruitt, age 88 of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.
Ms. Pruitt was born on November 13, 1926 to the late Frank and Willie Greene Sanders. She ...
Keith Henry, age 61 of Sautee, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his residence.
Mr. Henry was born on December 11, 1953, in Dumas, Texas to the late William Earl and Rub ...
John (Jack) Johnston, age 82 of Sautee Nacoochee, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his residence.
Jack Johnston was born in Belfast, Ireland, on April 11, 1933. T ...
Thelma Frances Abernathy Palmer, age 96 of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Mrs. Palmer was born on May 2, 1918, in J ...
Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95
O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners...
Gainesville businessman James Simpson dies at 77, truck parade to be held in his honor
Gainesville businessman James Simpson, the force behind Simpson Trucking & Grading, Inc. in Gainesville, will be remembered in a funeral service Friday, Dec. 17 at Hopewell Baptist Church.
Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Bud Lunsford passes away
Legendary Georgia racer and hall of famer Bud Lunsford of Gainesville passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Lunsford, a member of both the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame...
Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79
Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history.
Prince, poultry pioneer, dies at 93
Jack Prince of Gainesville, the man who invented the chicken deboning machine, has died at the age of 93.
Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in shooting in Athens
A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said. John Wes Townley, 31, died in the shooting in a neighborhood...
Former Hall County School Superintendent Doug Winters dies at 82
Dr. Douglas Harry Winters, a former superintendent for the Hall County School District, died Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the age of 82.
Former CDC official from Gainesville dies at age 69
Gainesville native Dr. Thomas Weston Hodge III, the former Director of Immunogenetics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died July 31 in St. Simon's Island, Ga.