Local Obits for Wed. Mar 14th, 2018
Banks
Randall Mofield of Alto, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 19, 2018 at Pond Fork B ...
Forsyth
Jake William “Billy” Martin, was born on October 27, 1942. Billy passed away peacefully on March 14, 2018. Billy is survived by his wife of 54 years, whom he adored wit ...
Christal Chastain Picklesimer, age 80 of Cumming, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. She was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church, where she sang in the Choir, attended ...
Beverley Oliver Stocksdale, age 69 of Cumming, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. She moved from Racine, WI eight years ago. She was a member of First Baptist Church Cumming ...
Cathy Evans 53, of Cumming, Ga passed away on March 14, 2018. No services are scheduled at this time.
Condolences may be expressed at www.mcdonaldandson.com.
Arrangements by ...
Gwinnett
Manuel Batalha Duarte, age 75 of Buford, GA died Wednesday, March 14, 2018 after an extended illness. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, March 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM at Prince of Peace ...
Beverly Rae Field, 76, of Suwanee, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
She was born on May 14, 1941 in Gunnison, Colorado, the daughter of Melvin and Josephine La ...
Edmund J. “Ed” Janoszewski, Jr., age 71, of Dacula, GA passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, Joan Bassett Janoszewsk ...
Habersham
Paul Quinton Copeland, age 75, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
Mr. Copeland was born on September 13, 1942, in Brunswick, Ge ...
Hall
Hector Vales, age 92, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018. He is survived by his wife of fifty-two years, Marie Lourdes Vales; six children, Nedy and ...
David Lee Eldridge, 68, of Gainesville, GA passed away after a long hard-fought battle with cancer, on Saturday December 2nd 2017 in
Gainesville GA. David was born August 10 ...
Roy Irvin Turner, 73 of Gainesville passed away Tuesday March 13, 2018 at his residence.
At the families request, Mr. Turner will be cremated, and a private family memoria ...
Jackson
Joan Maureen Kane, age 86, of Braselton passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018. She loved animals and reading at day cares. Mrs. Kane served in the Marine Corps reserve. She taught ...
Mrs. Trena Jean Nielsen, age 60, of Commerce died Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Nielsen was born in Commerce to the late, Charles ...
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Ethel Wiley Waldron, age 88 of Commerce, Georgia who entered into rest Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Mrs. Waldron was born in Bart ...
Other
Funeral services for James Gary “Jim” Kelly, 70, of Cairo, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 19, 2018, at the First Baptist Church, Cairo, GA. Rev. Ron McCaskil ...
Stephens
Jerry Foster, age 66 of Toccoa, Georgia formerly of Habersham, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
Born in Canton, Ohio on September 20, 1951, he was a son of the late Wes ...
White
J.T. Edward Wade, age 80 of Cleveland, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
Mr. Wade was born on April 16, 1937, in Cleveland, Georgia, to the late Homer and Lonnie Mae Kin ...
Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95
O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners...
Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99
Actor Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died
Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died at home in Henderson, Nevada
John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85
The NFL says Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden has died at age 85
Gainesville businessman James Simpson dies at 77, truck parade to be held in his honor
Gainesville businessman James Simpson, the force behind Simpson Trucking & Grading, Inc. in Gainesville, will be remembered in a funeral service Friday, Dec. 17 at Hopewell Baptist Church.
Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Bud Lunsford passes away
Legendary Georgia racer and hall of famer Bud Lunsford of Gainesville passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Lunsford, a member of both the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame...
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.
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.