Local Obits for Mon. Jan 27th, 2020
Forsyth
Master Parker Burch passed away on January 24, 2020 just shy of his second birthday. Known affectionately as "Bubba" by his big sister, Emerson Nicole, she adored hi ...
Habersham
Jean Landers Gambrell, age 79, of Mt. Airy, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020.
Memorial Services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements have been entrusted to ...
Hall
Winona Hester Bryan, age 86, of Clermont, GA passed away on January 27, 2020.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Birdie May McKoy Hester and Russell Clyde Hester; her brot ...
Mr. Michael Benjamin Wallace, 75, of Gainesville passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Braselton.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m ...
Jackson
Mr. Harold “Sport” Gailey, age 92, of Commerce, GA died Monday, January 27, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Gailey was born in Commerce to the late Claude Hampton and ...
Other
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mr. James Larry Landrum, age 67 of Athens, Georgia (South Jackson Community) who entered into rest Monday, January 27, 2020. Mr. Lan ...
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