Local Obits for Sun. Dec 23rd, 2018
Barrow
John William Barnett, age 60, of Winder passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel ...
Forsyth
Annie Lois Shadburn, 83, of Cumming passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018. Annie Lois was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and is preceded in death by her husband, Lamar ...
Bonita King Swope, 81, of Suwanee, Georgia passed away on December 23, 2018.
Bonita is survived by her loving husband Watson Swope of Suwanee, Ga. Children; Rick Swope (Dani) of ...
Gwinnett
William “W. H.” Sudderth, age 83, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2018.
He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-one years, Merle Webb Sudder ...
Habersham
Bob Meister, Jr., age 97, of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2018.
Mr. Meister was born on October 23, 1921 in Athens, Georgia to the late Robert Lee ...
Hall
Evelyn Wilda Edge, 100, of Gainesville died Sunday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, funeral home chapel. Strickland Funeral Home, Clermont.
Mrs. Nancy Ruth Shields of Gainesville, Georgia passed on December 23, 2018.
Celebration of Life Services will be hel ...
Kimberly Ann Whitfield, 58, of Gainesville passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at her residence following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Fr ...
Jackson
Mrs. Nancy Ruth Shields, wife of Mr. James Edward Shields of Jefferson, Georgia, passed on December 23, 2018. Funeral arrangements announced later.
Young's Fu ...
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Coach Fredrick James Gokey, age 83 of Nicholson, Georgia who entered into rest Sunday, December 23, 2018. Coach Gokey was born in ...
Lumpkin
Mr. William Hoyt Dover, Jr., age 48, of Dahlonega passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018.
William was born in Hall County on May 6, 1970 to the late William Hoyt, Sr. and Ruth Su ...
Rabun
James David Smith, 62, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away December 23, 2018 with his loving family at his side.
David was born in Carrollton, GA the son of the late Lynn Tolbert Smith ...
Stephens
Mrs. Ruby Nell Reed Fulbright, age 96, of Nancy Street, Toccoa passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Pruitt Health Toccoa.
A daughter of the late Earl and Hallie Brown Reed, ...
Mrs. Patricia Diane Kimsey Dover, age 67 of Shady Lane, Toccoa passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
A daughter of Clifford Shirley Kims ...
Patricia Diane Kimsey Dover, age 67 of Shady Lane, Toccoa passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
A daughter of Clifford Shirley Kimsey an ...
White
Dudley Russell Jones, 1952-2018. D. Russell Jones passed away at home on December 23, 2018 in Cleveland, Georgia.
He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, son of the late Dudley W. a ...
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