Obituaries
William Golden Blasingame
Sep 25, 2018
William G. (“Bucky”) Blasingame, Jr. of Decatur passed away on Monday, September 25, 2018. He was born November 3, 1926 in Walton County, Georgia, one of 3 children born to the late Willam G. (“Buck”) Blasingame, Sr. and the late Zora Barrett Blasingame. Bill attended high school in Walton County and spent some time at the University of Georgia before...
William Golden Blasingame, Jr.
Sep 25, 2018
William G. (“Bucky”) Blasingame, Jr. of Decatur passed away on Monday, September 25, 2018. He was born November 3, 1926 in Walton Co., GA, one of 3 children born to the late Willam G. (“Buck”) Blasingame, Sr. and the late Zora Barrett Blasingame.Bill attended high school in Walton Co. and spent some time at the University of Georgia before moving...
Jane Coppedge Jenkins
Sep 24, 2018
Jane Coppedge Jenkins was born in Elberton, Georgia, on December 1, 1931, and died in Stone Mountain, Georgia, on September 24, 2018. She was the daughter of Nell Carpenter Coppedge and William James Coppedge, Sr. She was married to O. Crawford Jenkins for 65 years; they lived in Decatur until moving to Park Springs Continuing Care Community in Stone Mountain...
Ruth Evans (Murphey) Frederickson
Sep 22, 2018
RUTH EVANS FREDERICKSON died at age 98, on September 22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia, the city where she was born on September 11, 1920. Daughter of Ruth Holleyman Evans and Alexander Thomas Murphey, she weighed 2.7 pounds at birth. Her mother died of preeclampsia as she was delivered. Cared for in the Davis-Fischer Sanatorium (Crawford Long Hospital) for several months,...
Mary Janice King
Sep 22, 2018
Andrew Wayne Almond passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at the age of 69. Born June 25, 1949 in Atlanta, Andrew was the son of the late Hooper Veal Almond and Weir Barrett Almond. He is predeceased by his wife, Kathleen O’Brien Almond, who passed away on September 27, 1999. A dedicated and loving father to Carolyn Barrett Almond...
Michele Nicole Honaker
Sep 22, 2018
Michele Nicole Honaker, 34, of Norcross, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Michele is survived by her son, Ace; Mother, Dr. Ninon Daulton; father, Richard Honaker, MD; step-father, Jack Daulton and her significant other, Thomas Hraynyk. Michele was a beautiful highly intelligent young woman much loved by her family. We will miss her with all our hearts, more...
Atha Lillian Stovall
Sep 21, 2018
Lillian Miller Bryant Stovall (5 Aug 1919 – 21 Sep 2018) was born in Woodland, Georgia the daughter of George Davis Miller and Atha Lena Harden. Raised in this small rural Georgia town with her siblings Thelma Tuttle, Ermie Russell, Morrison T. Miller, Carolyn Youngblood and twin sister Lucille, Lillian played basketball, picked peaches in her father’s orchards and developed...
Leslie Bain Lord
Sep 20, 2018
Leslie Bain Lord, 68, of Oakton, Virginia, late of Atlanta, Georgia, died in Atlanta on September 20, 2018, of cardiac failure after a long illness. He lived his entire professional life in northern Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlotte and Frank Lord of Jackson, Mississippi. He is survived by his brother, Gerald D. Lord, and his...
Michael Nesbit Lee
Sep 19, 2018
Mr. Michael Nesbit Lee, 72, of Stone Mountain passed away Wednesday September 19th, 2018 from natural causes. He was born in Atlanta on July 2, 1946 to Alfred and Eddie Nesbit Lee and was a retired police officer with DeKalb County Police Department. He is survived by his wife, Donna Lorraine Lee; two daughters, mother, Eddie Lee; one sister and...
Carol Jean Barrow
Sep 18, 2018
Carol Jean Barrow, 89, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Born in Reynolds, Georgia, on February 15, 1929, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas Barrow and Leila Hobbs Barrow. She graduated from Reynolds High School in 1946 and attended La Grange College for 2 years and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1950 with a Bachelor...
Joseph Andrew Almand
Sep 15, 2018
ALMAND, JOSEPH ANDREW Joseph Andrew Almand was born February 6, 1941. He was a longtime resident of Avondale Estates. A very loving and humble, Harley-Davidson owning, smooth jazz enthusiast who loved an ice cold beer or two before dinner, Andrew was a ride or die Georgia Tech sports fan his entire life, as well he loved all Atlanta sports teams....
Verona Nicomeda Geerman
Sep 15, 2018
Verona Nicomeda Maduro Geerman, 84, of Atlanta, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018. Born April 29, 1934, in San Nicolas, Aruba, she was the daughter of the late Eugenio and Jacoba Kock Maduro. Verona is survived by her three daughters, Erdwina Geerman, Brenda Fasihi, and Lillian Abootorabi; and many more loving family and friends....
Milton Conway Hayes
Sep 14, 2018
Milton Conway Hayes passed away September 14th, 2018. Conway proudly served his country in the Army 8th Infantry during the Korean War and managed the communication lines for the Korean peace talks. He built the test sets allowing President John F. Kennedy in his office in the White House to open the hanger door at Lockheed in Marietta, unveiling the...
Doris Marie Morrow
Sep 14, 2018
Doris M. (Larsen) Morrow, aged 94, passed away on September 14, 2018, from complications after a stroke. Doris was a devoted wife to Elmer B. “Whitey” Morrow for 65 years. They made their home in Decatur, Georgia. Doris is survived by her son, Thomas B. Morrow (Claudia), and her daughter, Mary Beth Pinckard (Billy). She was a loving grandmother to...
Bessie Rowena Moon
Sep 13, 2018
Bessie R. Moon age 90 of Decatur passed away September 13, 2018. Mrs. Moon was a daughter of the laate Mr. and Mrs. Lon and Nannie Waldrop and the widow of the late George H. Moon. She was a lifelong resident of Dekalb County and was a homemaker. She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Mr. and...
Johnnie Pearl Poulos
Sep 13, 2018
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Johnnie Pearl Poulos on September 13th, 2018, at the age of 88 after a long and fulfilling life. Guided by love and selfless devotion to her family, Ms. Poulos leaves behind a legacy of the true meaning of motherhood. Ms. Poulos was born in Atlanta on January 14th, 1930....
Mary Frances Sawyer
Sep 12, 2018
Mrs. Mary Frances “Ms. Blue Bird” Garrison Sawyer died unexpectedly on September 12th 2018 in Atlanta, GA at the age of 83. Mary Frances Garrison Sawyer was born on April 19th 1935 in Morganton, NC to Vernon Theodore Garrison and Pauline Hoyle Garrison. She graduated from Lenoir Rhyne with a degree in Elementary Education. She married Horace Kimbrell Sawyer Jr....
Ellen Banks (Beavers) Shadrick
Sep 12, 2018
Ellen Banks (Beavers) Shadrick, age 98, passed away September 12, 2018. A Georgia native, she resided at Park Springs Continuing Care Retirement Community in Stone Mountain, GA for the last 14 years of her life. She was a member of Clairmont Presbyterian Church but also attended Mountain Park United Methodist Church. Ellen was born in Newborn, GA November 18, 1919...
Norma Eloise (Summerour) Hardman
Sep 11, 2018
Norma Eloise (Summerour) Hardman, 88, of Tucker, Georgia, passed peacefully on September 11, 2018. The youngest of 7 sisters, Norma was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, and graduated from Decatur Girls High School. She then attended Georgia State University, and became a secretary. Norma met the love of her life, Frank, at Atlanta First Methodist Church, and then married...
James Harold O'Neal
Sep 11, 2018
James Harold O’Neal, 89, passed away Tuesday, September 11th at Sunrise at Five Forks Trickum. He was a native of Savannah, Ga. and transferred to Atlanta, Ga through his employment with his Southern Bell for 40 years. Born to Julian Williams O’Neal and Lucille Schunhoff O’Neal, he was a graduate of Savannah High School, Class of 1947. He then completed...
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