Local Obits for Wed. Apr 6th, 2016
Banks
Randy Loyd Spivey, age 57 of Maysville, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his residence.
Born in Gainesville on November 27, 1957, he was a son of the late Osca ...
Forsyth
Virginia Howe Caldwell, 82, of Cumming, GA (and formerly of Phelps, NY) passed into the arms of her savior on April 6, 2016. Born in Wellesley, MA she was the daughter of the ...
Margaret M. "Peggy" Megee, 74, of Cumming, GA died on April 6, 2016. Born in Ludlow, MA she was the daughter of the late Howard and Margaret Martin.
Peggy re ...
Habersham
Sammie Allison, age 71, of Mount Airy, Georgia, passed away on, Wednesday, April 6, 2016.
Mr. Allison was born on March 17, 1945 in Hall County, Georgia. He is preceded in ...
James Elbert Gibson, age 72 of Cornelia, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his residence.
Born in Mountain City, Georgia on May 14, 1943, he was a son of the late Elsord ...
Hall
Mr. Robert Brown Sr. age 80 of Gainesville passed away on Wednesday April 06, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.
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Brian Paul Key, age 44, of Gainesville passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Brian was a 1989 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School. He was a member of Northside Church ...
Robert Blackwell Rouse, 73, of Gainesville, Ga. passed away Tuesday April 5, 2016 at the N.E. Ga. Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. He was surrounded by his loving family an ...
Mr. Howlett “Gene” Eugene Watson, age 81 of Gainesville, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness.
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Jackson
Clara Louise Tunnell, age 74 of Jefferson, GA passed away Wednesday April 06, 2016.
Mrs. Tunnell was the daughter of the late Grady and Grace Byrd Parks and was ...
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.