Local Obits for Sun. May 10th, 2015
Dawson
Jerry Waters, 68, of Dawsonville passed away Sunday May 10, 2015 at the Atlanta Medical Center.
Born January 23, 1947 to the late Vearl and Flara Waters, he was a lifelong resid ...
Gwinnett
Judy Hatcher Camp, age 56, of Buford, GA passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Shirley Mae Hatcher; and brother, Ronnie Hatcher. S ...
W. Joe Park, age 94, of Buford, GA passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bernice Bailey Park; and daughters, Donna Jane Park and Melinda ...
Habersham
Wanda Gail Cooper Hobbs, age 66, of Cornelia, formerly of Tifton, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at her residence.
Born on February 20, 1949, in Tifton, Ge ...
Winnie Louise Nix Armour, age 69, of Cornelia, passed to her Heavenly Home on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, 2015, while residing at the home of her sister-in-law of Danielsvi ...
Lumpkin
Roy Gene “T.J.” Taylor Jr., age 22, of Dahlonega, GA, died Sunday May 10, 2015.
“T.J.” was a native and lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. He was of th ...
Other
Mrs. Minnie Louise Seibers, 84, of Canton passed away Sunday May 10, 2015. She lived in Hall County for 30 years. Born on June 16, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Ric ...
Stephens
Mr. David T. Cabe, age 92, of 260 Terrell Drive, Toccoa, Georgia, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Stephens County Hospital.
A son of the late Mount Cecil and Sara ...
Mr. James Welton Carpenter, age 91 of 1303 Shady Lane, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Stephens County Hospital.
A son of the late Harley C. and Vi ...
White
Dellmes Eugene (Gene) McCay, age 75 of Sautee Nacoochee, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015.
Gene was born on April 4, 1940, in White County, to the late Oscar McCay and Marell ...
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
Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies
Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died at 84.
Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86
