Local Obits for Sun. Sep 22nd, 2019
Barrow
Julia "Ma" Johnson Townsend, age 88, of Winder passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at Northstar Family Church, 126 Merchants P ...
Dawson
Robert M. (Bob) Compton, 87, of Dawsonville, GA passed away September 22, 2019 at St. Ives Memory Care in Johns Creek, GA following a period of declining health.
He was born Dec ...
Forsyth
Alice Martha Slate Mashburn, 101, died Sunday, September 22, 2019 at her home in Cumming, Georgia. She was the widow of Dr. Marcus Mashburn, Jr. The only child of John ...
Gwinnett
Jamie Sheppard, III, age 33 of Buford, GA passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Harold Kemp; great grandparents, Ruby and Bill ...
Imogene Fields Morgan, age 92, of Auburn, GA passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019.
She was preceded in death by her husband of thirty-seven years, Luther Lee Morgan; daught ...
Sara Wang, 89, passed away on Sunday, September 22, from natural causes
She was born in 1929 to Ruth and Clarence Cole. Like many Atlanta natives, Sara was born at the old ...
Hall
Mrs. Betty Lou Brown Abel, age 90, of Flowery Branch passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at The Oaks of Limestone, peacefully in her sleep, with her family by her side.
Memor ...
Ronnie Ray Joy age 72 of Gainesville passed away Sunday Sept. 22, 2019 at his residence.
Mr. Joy was born March 5, 1947 in Gainesville to the late James Edward & Edith Medli ...
Mr. Willie Hennon Wilmont of Savannah, formerly of Gainesville, Georgia, was born on January 19, 1947 to the late Wenonia Carrington and the late Lennon Wilmont. He was called ho ...
Vicki Gilmer, age 87 of Gainesville Georgia, went to be with her Lord on Sunday September 22nd 2019. She was born in Maysville Georgia to the late Thomas Blain & Iv ...
Stephens
Mr. Paul Brian Garrett, age 52 of Wood Street, Toccoa passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at his residence.
A son of Carolyn Deal Garrett and the late Floyd Garrett, he was b ...
Mrs. Deborah Sewell Bowman, age 63 of West Whitman Street, Toccoa passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at her residence.
A daughter of the late Guy and Marie Ferris Sewell, sh ...
Hank Huckaby dies at 79 after 'unparalleled' Georgia career
Former University System of Georgia Chancellor and state budget director Hank Huckaby has died
Beloved Gainesville pediatrician Everett Roseberry dies at 79
Longtime Gainesville pediatrician Everett Roseberry, who was instrumental in the founding of The Longstreet Clinic, died Sunday, April 11 at the age of 79.
Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104
Children’s author Beverly Cleary, the writer behind the popular characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died
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.