Local Obits for Sun. Nov 13th, 2016
Gwinnett
William M. “Bill” Poynter, age 65 of Buford, GA died Sunday, November 13, 2106. Mr. Poynter has been cremated and no service is planned at this time. Bill is survived b ...
J. Larry Riley, age 73 of Dacula, GA died Sunday, November 13, 2016. Funeral service will be held Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel. Pastor K ...
Hall
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday November 19, 2016 at Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for Sandra Gail Peck Freeman, age 63 of Gainesville. The Rev. Melvin Baugh ...
Shirley Ann Baughcum, age 53 of Lula, GA passed away Sunday, November 13, 2016.
Mrs. Baughcum was the daughter of the late David Bill and Lilia Shipman Watkins.
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Mr. Vernice Couch, age 95 of Gainesville, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2016, following an extended illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2016 a ...
Ray Loggins, 74, of Gainesville, passed away November 13, 2016.
Ray was a lifetime resident of Hall County. He was the son of the late Charlie Newman and Mary Lou Johnson ...
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday November 19, 2016 at Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for Brenda Joyce Payne, age 69 of Gainesville. The Rev. Melvin Baugh and R ...
Mrs. Doris Ann Patterson Prater, age 75 of Gainesville, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. ...
Miss. Judith Ann Wiezorek age 72 of Gainesville, GA, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.
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Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
According to a statement from his daughter, Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died
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