Local Obits for Sun. Feb 14th, 2016
Forsyth
Sheila Harper Martin, age 66, of Cumming, GA passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016. A funny person, Sheila loved her family and her dog and enjoyed traveling to the beach. &n ...
Tommy (Coot) Thompson, Jr., age 70, of Cumming passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016. Tommy was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Vietnam. He had a heart of gold and never ...
Hall
Barbara Watson Abernathy, 85, of Gainesville passed away February 14, 2016 following a brief illness.
Born in Hall County, on May 19, 1930, she was the daughter of the lat ...
Jimmy Dwayne Ballew, age 55, of Clermont, GA passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016.
He was a lifelong resident of Hall County and a graduate of Johnson High School Cla ...
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday February 17, 2016 at Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for Betty Maerelle Daniel age 79 of Gainesville. The Rev. Marshall Dale w ...
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Skitts Mountain Baptist Church 9361 Skitts Mountain Drive Lula, GA 30554 for Ray Preston Garner age 74 o ...
Mrs. Hazel E. Patterson, 83, of Chicopee died Sunday February 14, 2016 at her residence.
A lifelong resident of Hall County, Mrs. Patterson was the daughter of the late Gro ...
Jackson
James Louis Stephens age 70 of Commerce passed away Sunday Feb. 14, 2016 at his residence.
Mr. Stephens was born Feb. 22, 1945 in Chicago, Illnois and worked as a ma ...
Other
Mr. Donald Spradlin Wise, 60, of Alpharetta, went home to be with his heavenly father Sunday, February 14, 2016. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Donald faithfully worked in the min ...
Hank Huckaby dies at 79 after 'unparalleled' Georgia career
Former University System of Georgia Chancellor and state budget director Hank Huckaby has died
Beloved Gainesville pediatrician Everett Roseberry dies at 79
Longtime Gainesville pediatrician Everett Roseberry, who was instrumental in the founding of The Longstreet Clinic, died Sunday, April 11 at the age of 79.
Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104
Children’s author Beverly Cleary, the writer behind the popular characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died
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.