Local Obits for Thu. Jul 9th, 2020
Gwinnett
Mrs. Evelyn Ray Phillips Nichols, age 92, of Buford, GA passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020. She was preceded in death by her first husband, George Edward Phillips; son, Georg ...
Habersham
Kathleen Whitmire, age 90, of Mount Airy, Georgia passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020.
Mrs. Whitmire was born on April 24, 1930 in Fulton County, Georgia to the late Melvin an ...
Hall
Linda Lovetta Cole age 72 of Gainesville passed away Thursday July 9, 2020 at her residence.
Linda was born April 20, 1948 in Rome, Georgia, but had lived in the Hall County a ...
Lola Evelyn Barnett Davis was a kind and caring woman, who would open her heart, home, and kitchen to anyone in need. She always made time for her family and friends. She loved to ...
Beatrice "Bea" Jarrard, age 88, of Gainesville, GA went home to be with the Lord on July 9, 2020 after a long illness.
Beatrice was born in Franklin, NC on January 23, ...
Jackson
Jack L. Whitlock, age 45 of Commerce, GA passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020.
Born on Aug. 12, 1974 in Athens, GA, Mr. Whitlock is the son of Jack L. Sr. and Mary Steph ...
Other
Shannon Brunson, 82, of Big Canoe, GA, passed away July 9th, 2020. Shannon was the daughter of Doris Fitzell Gunter and Paul Gunter, and was born and raised in Dundalk, MD, a subur ...
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