Local Obits for Thu. Feb 2nd, 2017
Forsyth
Eliza Renee` LeMieux passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017. There are no services planned at this time.
Condolences may be expressed at www.mcdonaldandson.com.
Arra ...
Elliott Lawson Pettey Jr., 64 of Cumming, GA passed away on February 2, 2017.
He was born on September 8, 1952, the son of Elliott Lawson Pettey Sr. and Barbara Johnson Baker Pe ...
Dorothy Enloe Phillips, 87, a native of Cumming, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017. Dorothy was a devoted daughter, a successful business woman, and a loyal friend ...
Gwinnett
Mr. Warren Cecil Mayo “Spaceman”, 62, of Buford passed away on Thursday February 2, 2017.
A family memorial service will be held at a later date.
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Hall
Shirley Ann Trusty Smith, age 68, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. She is survived by her husband of forty-three years, Randall Smith, Flowery Branch, ...
Jackson
Hazel Margaret Brown, age 82 of Commerce, GA passed away Thursday, February 02, 2017 at her residence.
Born in Maysville, GA, Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late G ...
Lumpkin
Mrs. Betty Joan Scott Vaughan, 60, of Dahlonega passed away February 1, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Febru ...
Union
Claude Parker Taylor III, age 65, of Suches, GA passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 with his family by his side.
Parker lived most of his life in Conyers, GA; bu ...
White
Robin M. Merrill, age 74 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017.
Mrs. Merrill was born January 22, 1943 in Syracuse, NY to the late Fredric and Alice Barker ...
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
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer