Local Obits for Mon. May 29th, 2017
Gwinnett
Fermina Castro, age 57, of Buford, GA passed away Monday, May 29, 2017. She is survived by her children, Freddy Villatoro, Yenis Castro, Maritza Castro, Yessi Castro, Veronica Vill ...
William Robert “Bob” Preston, (Cdr., USN Ret.), born September 15, 1922 to the parents of William Thomas Preston and Florence Ella Elsea, passed away peaceful ...
Habersham
Funeral services for Jerry Ray Tallman, age 83, of Clarkesville will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 2:00 PM from the Hillside Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow the ...
Hall
Ms. Beverly Boatwright, age 78, of Gainesville passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Gainesville.
Services will be held at a lat ...
Mrs. Kimberly Marie Buffen age 42 of Gainesville passed away on Monday May 29, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Memorial services will be held on Saturd ...
Robert Paul Heavrin Jr., age 64, of Clermont, GA, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017.
Bob was born in Youngstown Ohio April 13, 1953. He was employed as a welder at Chandler Equip ...
Jackson
Mrs. Sandra “Cindy” Baird, age 68, of Jefferson, GA died Monday, May 29, 2017 at Emory University Hospital. Mrs. Baird was born in Commerce to the late ...
Nell Crane Scott, age 76 of Commerce, GA passed away Monday, May 29, 2017.
Born in Cornelia, GA, Ms. Scott was the daughter of the late James and Minnie Emmett Crane. ...
Other
Mrs. Dorothy Virginia Pritchett, age 98, of Colbert, GA died Monday, May 29, 2017 at Piedmont-Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Pritchett was born in Commerce to the late ...
Housang Vaziri, 81 of Alpharetta, GA passed away on Monday May 29, 2017.
Graveside services will be held on Friday June 2, 2017 at 11am at the Sawnee View Memorial Gardens.
C ...
Stephens
Mrs. Yvonne Nicolette Bryant Busch, age 67 of 465 Black Mountain Road, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Sunday, May 29, 2017 at the Stephens County Hospital.
A daughter of Juanita Ba ...
White
Faye “Gummie” Franks, 77 of Cleveland, GA left the building late in the evening May 29th 2017. Faye was born September 3rd 1939 in her Grandma ...
Mr. Michael E. Gerchman, age 64, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017.
Mr. Gerchman was preceded in death by his father Karl G. Gerchman and sister Gigi Dart. H ...
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.