Local Obits for Sun. Dec 2nd, 2018
Banks
Myrtle Poole Lewallen, age 91, of the Hollingsworth Community in Baldwin, Georgia, passed away on December 2, 2018.
Mrs. Lewallen was born August 4, 1927 to the late Wilson ...
Barrow
Patricia Scarbrough, age 72, of Winder passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018. Patricia loved meeting people. Her hobbies were reading, traveling, arts and crafts.&n ...
Mr. Jorge Arango, 84 of Winder passed away December 2, 2018.
A memorial service will be held by the family at a later date.
Memorial Park Funeral Home Braselton Chapel, ...
Kolebi Dylan Baxter, age 14, of Winder, GA, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Kolebi was born in Gainesville, GA, in 2004 to Devin ...
Forsyth
Fred Lee Stephenson, Jr., age 87, of Cumming, Georgia passed away, Sunday, December 2, 2018. Mr. Stephenson is preceded in death by his wife Laura Sheffield Stephenson.
He is su ...
Betty Floyd Wheeler, age 83, of Cumming, GA, a Forsyth county native, passed away after an extended illness on Sunday, December 2, 2018. Betty was born in 1935, to ...
Gwinnett
Earl Lockhart, age 85, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018. He is survived by his wife of
Fifty-seven years, Janice Lockhart, Sugar Hill, GA; Children, Jack ...
Habersham
Clifton Avery Stroud, age 86, of Habersham County, GA, died Sunday, December 2, 2018 from complications of a stroke in October.
Avery was born on June 4, 1932 to the late ...
Helmut Paul Feller, age 84 of Alto, Georgia passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 following an extended illness.
Born in Berlin, Germany on January 02, 1934, he was a son of t ...
Hall
Mr. John Richard Ingrisano, 68 of Gainesville passed away Sunday December 2, 2018 at his residence
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday December 8, 2018 at the ...
Margaret Frances Roberts, 82, of Gainesville passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at her residence following a period of declining health.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 ...
Mrs. Remona Irene Tackett, age 71, of Gainesville, Georgia passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at her residence, surrounded by her family.
Memorial Services will be 1:00 p.m., ...
Linda Susan Arrington, 69, of Gainesville passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 following a sudden illness.
A memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 7, 20 ...
Howard Lee Carnes, age 83, of Gainesville, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018.
Mr. Carnes was born in Forsyth County to the late Soloman Robert and Margaret Self Car ...
Lumpkin
Mrs. Dorothy Gail Hall, age 58, of Dahlonega passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018.
Gail was born in Atlanta on October 21, 1960. She was preceded in death by her dad Robert Fiel ...
Other
Mr. Billy Hugh Sellers, age 63 of Danielsville died Sunday, December 2, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospice House. Mr. Sellers was born in Commerce to the late, Fletch ...
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