Local Obits for Wed. Aug 17th, 2022
Gwinnett
Madelyn Chesnut Greene, 74, of Hoschton, GA passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, James Greene of Hoschton; children, Steph ...
Jearldeen Ashworth Johnson Greeson, 81, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. She was preceded in death by parents, Duess and Willie Bea Ashworth; sister, Em ...
Roy Earl Ruis, 78 of Doraville, GA passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. He is survived by his wife of fifty-two years, Nancy Robertson Ruis of Doraville; children, Lynn Kenne ...
Habersham
Dan Gerrells, age 68, of Cornelia, passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
Born on February 3, 1954, in Demorest, he was a son of the late Herman Gerrells and Bessie Lo ...
Michelle Rae Kendrick, age 58, of Alto passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2022. Services to be announced at a later date. Interment Bethesada Baptist Church Cemetery Ball Groun ...
Pat McElreath, age 82, of Cornelia, passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
Born on January 29, 1940, in Ocrocoke Island, North Carolina, she was a daughter of th ...
Jackson
Eugen Paul Horst Eckstein, age 81 of Maysville, GA passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
Born on May 5, 1941 in Schwabisch Gmund, Germany, Mr. Eckstein was the ...
Paul Tuhlei, 50, of Hoschton, GA, died Wednesday, August 17, 2022. Funeral service will be held Monday, August 22, 2022 at 11 AM at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel. Pastor Cornell Ol ...
Disgraced children's TV entertainer Rolf Harris dies at 93
Rolf Harris, the veteran entertainer whose decades-long career as a family favorite on British and Australian television was shattered when he was convicted of sexual assaults on young girls, has died
Former Hall County State Court Solicitor, Jerry Rylee, dead at 79
A former solicitor with the State Court of Hall County, Jerry Rylee, passed away Wednesday at the age of 79.
Jerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79
Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died
Charles Stanley, influential Baptist preacher, dies at 90
Charles Stanley, a prominent televangelist who once led the Southern Baptist Convention, died Tuesday at his home in Atlanta at age 90
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