Obituaries
John Russell "Rusty" Mayer
Jan 6, 2017
John Russell Mayer ("Rusty") passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones on Friday, January 6th, 2017. He was born on May 27, 1956 in Atlanta, Georgia to George and Betty Mayer. He graduated from Druid Hills High School in 1974, Oxford College of Emory University in 1976, Emory University in 1978, and Mercer Law School in 1981. He...
Angela H. Azcuy
Jan 5, 2017
Angela Alvarez Azcuy, 97, of Atlanta, beloved wife and mother, passed away on January 5, 2017. Angela was preceded in death by her husband, Nazareno Calixto Azcuy. She is survived by her two daughters, Mayra Azcuy and Marlene Azcuy Gross; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday January 10, 2017 at 10:30am, Cathedral Of Christ The King Catholic...
Claude Emerson Smithmier
Jan 5, 2017
Reverend Claude Emerson Smithmier passed away peacefully in Canton Ga at the age of 89 on Wednesday January 5th 2017. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte, his two daughters Linda Filandrinos and Claudia Smithmier, three sisters Velda Biro, Helen Faye Smith and Laurice Roaten, three grandchildren Chris Wingo, Matt Roach and Tessa Smithmier along with several nieces and nephews....
Johnnie Hazel Huddleston Clogher
Jan 4, 2017
Johnnie Hazel Huddleston Clogher, 83, of Atlanta, passed away January 4, 2017. Born March 3, 1933, in Duffee, MS, she was the daughter of the late John and Emma Speed Huddleston. Johnnie is survived by her son, Steven Cash of Waterloo, IA; grandsons: Christopher "C.J." Cash of Grand Junction, CO, Daniel Cash and Nicholas Cash of Cedar Falls, IA; sisters:...
Robert Collins Hyers
Jan 4, 2017
Robert Collins Hyers, 74, of Tucker, husband of the late Ruth Pressley Hyers, died January 4, 2017. Mr. Hyers graduated from North Fulton High School and Georgia Tech, served two years in the U.S. Army, and worked for 32 years for Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco). His daughter Barbie died at age 25. He is survived by son, Robert W. Hyers...
Francis Wade Gibson
Jan 3, 2017
Rev. Francis W. Gibson, age 91, of Decatur, GA, went home to our Lord and Savior, Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Bro. Frances served in various church positions in Alabama, and pastored Cleveland Ave. Baptist Church in Atlanta; Kennesaw First Baptist; Trion First Baptist Church; Headland Heights Baptist Church in East Point, GA and Salem Baptist Church in Shiloh, GA. Bro....
Edward Ernest Carithers, Jr
Jan 3, 2017
Edward E. Carithers, Jr. passed away on Tuesday January 3, 2017, after an extended battle with cancer. Born on January 31, 1931, Ed was the son of Edward and Margaret Carithers, both now deceased. A native Atlantan, he graduated from Brown High in the Atlanta Public School System. While at Brown, he played football as a tackle on the team...
Janet Marie Meerman
Jan 3, 2017
Janet Meerman, age 70, of Decatur died Tuesday, January 3, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Meerman and is survived by daughters, Ronda (and Robert) Oglesby of Hernando, FL, Leslie Erickson (and Jim Cantrell) of Decatur, GA and Suree Foose of Virginia Beach, VA; sister, Teresa (and Steve) Miller; 6 grandchildren; 2 nieces and 1...
Gregory T. Maloof
Jan 3, 2017
Gregory T. Maloof, a loving father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 3, with his family by his side. Greg was a native of Atlanta, born in 1947 to Manuel and Dolly Maloof. Greg attended Immaculate Conception Academy as a young child and St. Pius X High School. Greg loved the people and institutions...
John Robert Cook
Jan 3, 2017
John Robert Cook of Decatur died peacefully on Tuesday January 3, 2017 at the age of 99. Born on July 9, 1917, John was the son of the late Bessie and John Cook. He married Charlotte Guest with whom he had one daughter. He was a long time member of North Decatur United Methodist Church where he spent many happy...
Pauline Gratton Heywood
Jan 2, 2017
Pauline Gratton Heywood passed away peacefully on Monday, January 2, 2017 at Hospice Atlanta in Brookhaven, Georgia. She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 52 years, Harvey Heywood, Jr. of Asheville and her brother Pierre Gratton of Montreal, Canada. She is cherished by her surviving sister, Fern Noel of Ottawa, Canada , as well has her daughter, Suzanne Miller...
Ernestine M. Smith
Jan 1, 2017
Ernestine Morgan Smith, age 88 of Loganville, died on Sunday, January 1, 2017.Born on November 16, 1928, the youngest child of Ernest Carl Morgan and Bessie Agnes Miller Morgan. She grew up on the family farm in the Rehoboth community (more commonly known as Pea Ridge) in DeKalb County, Georgia.She graduated as valedictorian from Clarkston High School at age 17....
Cristina Machado Izaguirre
Jan 1, 2017
Cristina J. Machado Izaguirre, 99, returned to her heavenly home on January 1, 2017. Her faith in God was always the source of her Joy, Peace, and Inner Strength. She was born in Victoria de Las Tunas, Cuba in March of 1917 to Juan Machado and Cristina González and was the granddaughter of Ramiro González Parajón (of Asturias, Spain) and...
Stella Demos Vaughn
Dec 31, 2016
Mrs. Stella Demos Vaughn passed away surrounded by her loved ones on Saturday, December 31, 2016. Stella loved people and never met a stranger. She was the matriarch of a "Big Fat Greek Family," the best "Yia yia," and was adored by her grandchildren. Stella will be missed terribly, forever loved, and never forgotten by all who knew her. She...
Jack Elliott Yeager
Dec 30, 2016
Jack Elliott Yeager of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away December 30th, 2016. He was born December 18, 1928. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Jo (Bowman) Yeager of Stone Mountain, Judy Yeager of Covington, GA; Ken and Gayle (Dobson) Yeager of Atlanta, GA, along with several nieces and nephews. Jack graduated from West Fulton High School...
Zola Mae Mitchell
Dec 30, 2016
Zola Mae Mote Mitchell, 92, of Decatur, GA, beloved wife and mother, went to her heavenly home on Friday, December 30, 2016. Born August 12, 1924, in Winder, GA, she was the daughter of the late Emory James and Mattie Lou Wilson Mote and wife of 30 years to the late Samuel Curtis Mitchell. Zola Mae came to work in...
Charles Raymond (Bud) Hunsucker
Dec 30, 2016
Bud Hunsucker, 69, of Atlanta, died Friday December 30, 2016 of Glioblastoma at Hospice Atlanta. His quick wit, great stories, winning smile and boisterous manner will be missed by many.He was born December 18, 1947 in Brookhaven, Mississippi and raised in Atlanta, Georgia by Patsy Louise Griffith Hunsucker and the late Charles Raymond Hunsucker, Sr. Bud graduated from Briarcliff High...
Geoffrey M. Jeffery
Dec 30, 2016
JEFFERY, Dr. G. M.Dr. Geoffrey Marron Jeffery, 97, retired pioneer in tropical medicine and malaria control, died peacefully at home on December 30, 2016. He was born on May 13, 1919 in Dundee, NY, the youngest of three children of parents Joseph Ewart Jeffery and Augusta Knapp Jeffery. He graduated from Hobart College, and then received a Masters in Zoology...
Byron Pat Rauschenberg
Dec 26, 2016
After a year-long battle with lung cancer, Byron "Tiny" Pat Rauschenberg died on December 26, 2016 at his home in Decatur, GA at the age of 88. He is preceded in death by his first wife Betty Keen Rauschenberg and survived by his wife, Paula Roberts Rauschenberg; his son Michael Rauschenberg (Tyler Lory), his daughter Nancy Mullins (John), two grandchildren...
Harry Wayne Farmer
Dec 26, 2016
Harry Wayne Farmer, age 88, passed on from this Earth to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven on December 26, 2016. He will be forever loved and cherished by his wife of 66 years, Joanna, and his family. Born and raised in Anderson, Indiana, Harry attended Anderson High School where he was a starting player on...
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