Local Obits for Fri. Dec 29th, 2017
Forsyth
Shirley Ann Bolton, 86 of Cumming, GA passed away on December 29, 2017 at Seasons Hospice of Cumming, GA.
She was born on June 3, 1931 in Caro, MI, the daughter of Clair and Jul ...
Habersham
Charles Larry Garrett, age 68 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Friday, December 29, 2017.
Born in Sitka, Kentucky on June 02, 1949, he was a son the late Ernest Garrett & ...
Funeral services for Janet Elaine Thomason Parham, age 56, of Mt. Airy, will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 2:00 PM from the First Baptist Church of Cornelia with Dr. ...
Hall
Mr. Kevin Andrew Schaefer, age 47, of Flowery Branch passed away Friday, December 29, 2017.
No services will be held locally.
Mr. Schaefer was born March 3, 1970 to Patricia ...
Ms. Shirley Ewell, age 77, of Flowery Branch passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at Bell Minor Home, surrounded by her family.
Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, Dece ...
Funeral services for Betty Sue Gilleland, 88, of Gainesville will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Ward’s Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Gilleland and Rev. ...
Mary Kathryn (Kathy) Rogers, 59, of Gainesville passed away on Friday, December 29, 2017 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm. On Wednesday, January 3, 201 ...
Jackson
Lawrence Stancil David Jr., age 50, passed away Friday, December 29, 2017. Survivors include his father Lawrence David Stancil Sr.; sons DJ and Shane Knight; daughters Amber Nicole ...
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Mildred Jackson Measamer, age 79 of Jefferson, Georgia who entered into rest Friday, December 29, 2017. Mrs. Measamer was born ...
Mrs. Sandra Seymour Sheridan, age 62, of Maysville, GA died Friday, December 29, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Sheridan was born in Commerce to the late John and Dot Barrett Se ...
Other
Edoria Rose Thomas, 86 of Gulf Breeze, FL passed away on December 29, 2017 at Seasons Hospice of Cumming, GA.
She was born on February 23, 1931 in Kansas City, MO.
Edoria is ...
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