Local Obits for Sun. May 24th, 2015
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Ted Roberts, age 75, of Baldwin, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at a private care facility.
Mr. Roberts was born January 23, 1940 in Dahlonega, Georgia to the late ...
Barrow
Mr. Joe Poole, age 60, of Winder, Georgia passed away at his residence May 24, 2015. A native of Cartersville, Georgia, he was a son of the late John and Grace Poole. Mr. Poole had ...
Habersham
CLEVELAND N. (BUCK) PARSONS, age 91, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at his residence.
Mr. Parsons was born June 30, 1923 in Homer, Geor ...
Hall
Jamie Louise Perry age 75 of Clermont passed away May 24, 2015 at her residence after an extended illness. Ms. Perry was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Lois Crawford P ...
Mrs. Patsy Latrelle Bagley, age 77, of Oakwood passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center surrounded by family.
Funeral Services will be 11 ...
Funeral services will be held Friday May 29, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. in Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for James “Jim” Lawrence Broome, 72, of Gillsville. Rev. Jeff Gailey an ...
Other
Mrs. Charlotte Louise Hagan, age 77, of Danielsville, GA died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Hagan was born in Burnwell, WV to the late Lewis and Mary Fuget Robe ...
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
