Local Obits for Thu. Mar 16th, 2017
Banks
Karen Rogers Gilstrap, 65, of Lula passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017.
Born in Toccoa, Georgia on June 1, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Sam & Gladys Hogan Rogers ...
Forsyth
Willene Smallwood, 74, of Cumming passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017. Willene was a beautiful, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she was full of life and a devoted Chri ...
Habersham
Susan Tressie Lomax, age 66, of Alto, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017.
Ms. Lomax was born on January 25, 1951, in Gainesville, Georgia, to Mary Payne Lomax of T ...
Annie Lou Kinsey Tatum, age 83 of Demorest passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017.
Born in White County on May 27, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Felix and Georgia Freema ...
Hall
Mr. Darrel Michael Chisolm age 68 of Gainesville passed away on Thursday March 16, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.
Funeral mass will be ...
Colonel D. Fleming was born May 15, 1944 in Wilkes County (Elberton) Georgia. He was born to the parents of Willie and Annie Lee Fleming who preceded him in death. He moved to Gain ...
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Sunday March 19, 2017 at Ward’s Funeral Home Chapel for Roger Lee Gravitt Sr., age 71 of Gainesville. Dr. Mike Williams will offi ...
Mrs. Helen Turk McDonald, 86 of Gainesville died Thursday March 16, 2017 at her residence surrounded by her loving family.
A lifelong resident of Hall County, Mrs. McDonal ...
Mr. Johnny Patterson, 72, of Gainesville, died March 16, 2017.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday March 22, 2017 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Little & Daven ...
Tommy J. Phillips, 94, of Gainesville, passed away Thursday March 16 after a brief period of declining health. Tommy was born on July 13, 1922 in Dacula, Georgia to the late ...
Lumpkin
A. Winston Blumberg, 76, of Dahlonega, passed away March 16, 2017 from a brief illness. Born February 17, 1941 in Columbia, SC to the late Dr. and Mrs. Max Blumberg, he moved ...
Stephens
Mr. William Franklin “Frank” Lowery, age 73, of DeFoor Road, Toccoa, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.
The son of the ...
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
