Local Obits for Mon. Dec 17th, 2018
Forsyth
Willie “William” Samuel Guffin Jr. 85, of Cumming, Ga passed away on December 17, 2018 at Season’s Hospice in Cumming.
Mr. Guffin was a graduate of G ...
Gwinnett
Georgia Elaine Davis, age 79, of Sugar Hill, GA, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Makela and Rob Gruman, Sugar Hill, ...
Habersham
Betty Jean Funk, age 89, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018.
Born on July 6, 1929 in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late Godfrey Martin and Essie ...
Rev. Paul Allen Jones, Jr., age 80, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018.
Rev. Jones was born on January 24, 1938, in Hall County, Georgia; a son of th ...
John Dean Pritchard, age 83 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018.
Born in Heaton, North Carolina on April 12, 1935, Mr. Pritchard was the son o ...
Hall
Harold Francis Kowalske, II, 71, of Gainesville passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dece ...
Jackson
Cornelius William Cornelssen, Sr., age 93, of Hoschton and formerly of Medford, NJ passed away Monday, December 17, 2018. He was born in Manhatten, NY and spent most of his life in ...
Other
David Winston "Red" Goode, 83, of Marble Hill, GA passed away peacefully on Monday, December 17, 2018 at Seasons Hospice IPU, Cumming, GA. He was born on September ...
Rabun
Edward Kermit Welborn, age 68, of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on December 17, 2018.
Kermit was born the son of the late Doctor “Doc” Berry Welborn and Emma “ ...
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.
Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76
Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old