Local Obits for Thu. Dec 21st, 2017
Forsyth
Doris Marken Wilson, age 85, of Cumming, GA passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her children, Diane and Ken Briggs, Big Canoe, GA, John Fountain, ...
Camilla Secrest Brogdon, age 91, of Cumming, passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 27th at 1:00 pm at Ingram Funeral Home ...
Bobby (Pops) Myers, age 83, of Cumming, passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Bobby was born in Atlanta, GA, in 1934 to the late Robert and Mary Myers. He was an amazing Husb ...
Gwinnett
John “David” Beard, after an extended illness, entered peacefully into the arms of Jesus on December 21 with his devoted wife of 52 years, Janice Smith Beard, by his si ...
Habersham
Gaines M. Taylor, age 83 of Clarkesville, passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017.
Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on July 26, 1934, he was a son of the late Dock J. and Sallie ...
Hall
Mrs. Doris Faye Jones Burnett, age 82 of Gainesville, passed away on December 21, 2017 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at ...
Ferrell Hall, 71, passed away Thursday December 21, 2017 at his home in Gainesville, Georgia surrounded by family. Ferrell was born in Athens, Georgia and grew up in Winder, ...
Mrs. Judy Dianne Magnus Henson, 67, of Gainesville passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tu ...
James Donald Rice, Jr., age 57 of Gainesville, GA passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.
Born in Gainesville, GA on June 22, 1960, he was the son of the late James D. Ri ...
Jackson
Dennis Caney Baker, age 66 of Commerce, GA passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 at his residence.
Born in Commerce, GA on Jan. 15, 1951, he was the son of the late Cane ...
Blanche Lovett Crider, age 93 of Nicholson, GA passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 at her residence.
Born in Waycross, GA on July 24, 1924, she was the daughter of the ...
Stephens
Mrs. Ida Lois Byars Simpson, age 99 of 261 Valley Road, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Oaks at Scenic View.
A daughter of the late Joseph Richard ...
Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dead at 71
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped write the classic “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Sunday at the age of 71
Tim McCarver, big league catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81
The famed broadcaster and former St. Louis Cardinals star Tim McCarver has died
'Laverne & Shirley' actor Cindy Williams dies at 75
Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died
Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60
Robbie Knievel, an American stunt motorcycle performer and son of thrill-seeking father Evel Knievel, has died
Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of '80s and '90s, dies at 56
One of an elite group of glamorous supermodels who graced magazine covers in the ’80s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom
Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies
Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter who survived several brushes with death while covering conflict in Southeast Asia and was the last Western journalist to interview Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, has died
Bob Penny, bit actor in numerous Hollywood films, dies at 87
An Alabama actor who played small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama” has died at age 87