Local Obits for Fri. Apr 13th, 2018
Dawson
Rupert Eben Cartwright, Sr., 88, of Dawsonville passed away Friday April 13, 2018 at his residence following a period of declining health.
Born December 23, 1929 to the late Ebe ...
Forsyth
Jamie Ann Benefield, age 37, of Cumming, GA, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018. Jamie loved children and they loved her. She adored animals of all kinds. She will always be rememb ...
Gwinnett
“For I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.” Philippians 4:13
Mary Ella Mildred Christopher was born on June ...
Habersham
On February 16, 1960, Katherine Ann was born in Habersham County to Raymond D. and Florelle Peck DeWitt. She arrived with the earliest spring flowers in shades of yellow, orange an ...
George Lee Way, age 72, of Baldwin, Georgia passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018 from results of cancer.
Mr. Way was born on January 26, 1946 in Manning, South Caroli ...
Billy Eugene Frye died peacefully at his Clarkesville home in the presence of his loved ones after a long and happy life. One of four brothers, he was the son of Ethel Watts ...
Mary Edna Bowers Presley, age 68 of Clarkesville, passed away on Friday, April 13th, 2018.
Born in the Panama Canal on December 20, 1949, she was a daughter of the late John Edw ...
Hall
Anna Volkoff Becnel, age 67 of Flowery Branch, GA passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-five years, Anthony G. Becnel. She is sur ...
Cathy Mahaffey was born on January 8, 1955 in Gainesville, GA to the deceased mother Mrs. Hazel Buffington and father Clyde (Barbara) Buffington of Indianapolis, Indiana. Cat ...
Jackson
Peter Radcliff Drake, age 75, of Braselton passed away Friday, April 13, 2018. Mr. Drake was a United States Army veteran. His hobbies included wood working, in which h ...
Lumpkin
Mr. Douglas Garland Bass, age 84, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 with his wife and children by his side at his home that he loved in Dahlonega.
Douglas was born in Black Cre ...
Dylan Harrison Tuthill
4.30.98 - 4.13.18
Dylan Harrison Tuthill is survived by his Father, Steven Andrew Tuthill, Excelsior, MN, Mother, Anna E. Getz, Dahlonega, GA Sister,
Sa ...
Stephens
Ms. Jeanelle Yearwood Wood, age 76, of Toccoa passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at Stephens County Hospital after suffering a stroke.
A daughter of the late N.L. and Minnie Lou ...
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