Local Obits for Thu. Jun 22nd, 2017
Forsyth
Betty Jo McMahan, 78, of Dawsonville passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017. Mrs. McMahan was a teacher at Crabapple School for 25 years. She is preceded in death by her husband ...
James D. McManus 86, of Cumming passed away on June 22, 2017. No services are scheduled at this time.
Condolences may be expressed at www.mcdonaldandson.com.
Arrangements by ...
Barbara Murray Philips, 90 of Cumming, GA passed away on Thursday June 22, 2017.
She was born on December 10, 1926 in Eveleth, MN, the daughter of Gordon Howard and Pauline McCa ...
Gwinnett
Rev. Clyde Crook, Jr, age 88, of Buford, GA passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017. He was preceded in death by daughter, Wanda Crook Martin and great granddaughter Leah McCammon. Rev ...
Matthew Carl Jarvis, 46, of Sugar Hill, Georgia, passed away at home on June 22nd after a long illness. He was surrounded by his family. He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia and ...
Dou Dou M. Lo, age 83, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017. He is survived by his children, Anta Lo Overslaw, Lawrenceville, GA, Fatu Lo, Mapendol Lo, and Jah ...
Habersham
Isabelle Lucille Hobbs, age 73 of Demorest, passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2017.
Born in Wooster, Ohio on May 17, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Hensley and Thelma&nb ...
Hall
Mrs. Helen Odell, 101, of Oakwood passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017.
Helen was the daughter of the late Hubbard and Pearl Roberson Watkins. She was a member of Oak ...
Alma Bulkley Overstreet, passed away Thursday, June 22, in Gainesville, Ga. Alma was born September 7, 1919, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and moved to Tallahassee in 1925 ...
Tommy C. Seabolt, formerly of Buford, GA, born 09/19/1953, passed away June 22, 2017 at his home in Gainesville, GA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles & Louis ...
Mr. James H. Abercrombie, 79, of Oakwood, GA passed away June 22, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2017 in the chapel of Memorial Park Fune ...
White
Mr. Richard Michael “Ricky” Wright, age 55, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at his residence.
Mr. Wright was born in Ellijay, GA on February 18, 19 ...
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