Local Obits for Thu. Aug 9th, 2018
Barrow
Robert Gerald Clack, age 71, of Winder passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018. The family will receive friends 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Saturday, August 11, 2018 at Lawson Funeral Ho ...
Dawson
Willie Marie Butler, 88, of Dawsonville, GA passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday, August 9, 2018. She was born to the late Charles and Mary Green. She wa ...
Mr. Andrew D. Croft Jr, 69 of Dawsonville, Georgia passed away on August 9, 2018. He is survived by his wife Lillie Falany Croft.
Visitation will be on Monday August 13, 2018 fr ...
Gwinnett
Mr. Stacey Lamont Weatherford, of Suwanee, GA, passed away Thursday, August 9th, 2018 at 49 years old.
Stacey was of the Baptist faith, and was greeted on the other side by his ...
Habersham
Charlotte McConnell Carver, age 96, of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Mrs. Carver was born on May 22, 1922 in Franklin, North Carolina to t ...
Hall
Patsy Ione Baum, age 82 of Gainesville passed away Thursday August 9, 2018.
Ms. Baum was born in Hall County to the late Virgil Smith and Lois Gaines Smith. She was a homemaker ...
Rhonda Carol Waltz, 53, of Gainesville passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018 at her residence following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday ...
Jackson
Mr. Bobby Hugh Simonds, age 74, of Nicholson, GA died Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Simonds was born in Dawsonville to the late Pau ...
Other
Julian Orean Wright, age 82, of Barnesville, Georgia passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Mr. Wright was born September 27, 1935 in Douglas County, Georgia to the late John ...
Stephens
Eddie Faye Reed, age 74, of Martin, GA, passed away from an extended illness on Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Born February 27, 1944 in Winder, GA, she was a daughter of the late E ...
White
Dustin W. Mobley, age 17, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Dustin was born in Lumpkin County. He loved bicycling, hiking, camping, and cooking at home. ...
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