Local Obits for Sun. Dec 30th, 2018
Forsyth
Ruth Thurza Miller, age 94, of Cumming, GA, formerly of Buffalo, NY, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018. Ruth loved to work on crafts. She made many pocket crosses throughout he ...
James Binns Williamson, age 91, of Cumming, GA passed away December 30, 2018. He was a hardworking man who loved to fish. He also loved woodworking and making bird houses. His late ...
Gwinnett
Raymond John “Ray” Cich, Sr., age 74 of Lawrenceville, GA, died Sunday, December 30, 2018. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 11:00 AM at St. Lawren ...
Catheleen Maria Cantarella Matheson (Cathy) was born in Bronx, NY on March 29th 1953 and passed on December 30th 2018. She is survived by the love of her life of almost 50 ye ...
Joyce Hughes Bell, age 88, of Buford, GA passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018.
She was preceded in death by husband, James “Jack” Bell; parents, Eddie and Bun ...
David Edwin Hunt, age 74, of Buford, GA passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2018.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Nancy McFarland. He is survived by his wife of twenty ...
Hall
Anthony Michael Oliver, age 64 of Clermont, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018. Mr. Oliver was born in Hall County to the late Shelton and Birmalee Oliver. He worked as a farmer ...
Hugh Totherow, 58, of Gillsville passed away on December 30, 2018.
A Memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 4, 2019 in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral ...
Jackson
Mr. Steve Carlan, age 64, of Commerce, GA died Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Carlan was born in Commerce to the late Ira E. Carlan ...
Other
Mrs. Mary Massey Jarrett, age 87, of Athens, GA died Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Brookside Assisted Living. Mrs. Jarrett was born in Danielsville to the late Frank and Addie ...
Margaret Ann Keller-Harris, 83, of Winterville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2018.
The family will receive friends on Friday, January 4th, 2019 from 12-1pm at McD ...
Rabun
Lillie Savannah Stancil Billingsley, was born on February 22, 1945 at home to Carl Mayford Stancil and Louise Gibson Stancil on Taylor’s Chapel, Rabun Gap, Georgia.
She is ...
Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79
Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history.
Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died
Prince, poultry pioneer, dies at 93
Jack Prince of Gainesville, the man who invented the chicken deboning machine, has died at the age of 93.
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died
Betty Lynn, who was best known as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died at the age of 95
Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in shooting in Athens
A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said. John Wes Townley, 31, died in the shooting in a neighborhood...
Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92
Jane Powell, who starred in Hollywood golden age musicals, has died
Michael Constantine of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' dies at 94
Michael Constantine, an Emmy Award-winning character actor who reached worldwide fame playing the Windex bottle-toting father of the bride in the 2002 film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” has died
