Frechia Pierce Barrett

Apr 24, 2024

Frechia Pierce Barrett, age 84, passed away April 27, 2024. Frechia was born February 13, 1940, in Atlanta’s old Crawford Long Hospital to Martha Craft and Fred Dorsey Pierce. She attended elementary and part of her high school years in Auburn, Alabama, moving to Decatur, Georgia, in 1957 to attend Druid Hills High. After graduation she attended the University of Georgia,...

Mellany Blount

Apr 23, 2024

Mellany Carol Blount, 71 of Atlanta (originally of Blackshear) died Tuesday, April 23 at Heritage Hospice after an extended illness. She was born July 13, 1952 in Waycross (Ware County) Georgia to the late Horace Winton and Elizabeth (Betty) Carol Blount. Mellany's grandparents were William Benard Walker and Ola Maude Dixon Walker of Blackshear and Charlie Bryant Blount Sr and...

Ann Lunsford

Apr 21, 2024

Ann Chandler Lunsford, age 101, passed away on April 21, 2024 in Duluth, GA. She was born in Atlanta, GA, on October 21, 1922, to Walter and Odessa (Gordon) Chandler.

Ann graduated from Girl's High in Atlanta in 1938 at 16 years old. On December 14, 1942 she married Ernest Lunsford. They were happily married for 66 years.

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Robin Ann Moore

Apr 19, 2024

Robin Ann Moore of Decatur, Georgia, passed away unexpectedly April 19, 2024.  She was born in Atlanta to parents Manly and Evelyn Boyd Moore in 1954.  She was a native Atlantan.  Upon graduating from Georgia State University, she embarked on a long and successful bookkeeping and accounting career working for several companies and not for profits additionally setting up her...

Allen Garrison

Apr 19, 2024

Allen Kenneth Garrison, age 92, passed peacefully on April 19, 2024. Born in Lake Wales, Florida on October 24, 1931, to Allen N. Garrison and Kathryn E. Garrison. After attending primary and secondary school in Lake Wales, Allen attended Davidson College where he received his degree in Physics. He then went on to pursue his PhD in Physics at Duke...

Richard J. Shivers Jr.

Apr 19, 2024

Richard J. Shivers Jr., 75, of Clarkston, GA, passed away on April 19, 2024, after a short illness. Rich was born May 15, 1948, in Brooklyn, NY to Richard J. Shivers Sr. and Elizabeth Callahan Shivers. Rich devoted his life to helping others and did so by becoming a member of the clergy for many years, serving as a US...

Ralph Ray Mccumber, Jr.

Apr 18, 2024

CDR Ralph Ray McCumber, Jr., USN, Retired, 79, of Decatur, passed peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, April 18, 2024, following a long illness.

Affectionately known as Mac or Scrag by many loved ones, Ralph was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on August 24, 1944, to the late Mr. Ralph Ray McCumber, Sr., and Mrs. Lucile Bennett McCumber. His brother, Alan McCumber,...

June Lanier

Apr 17, 2024

Lanier, June K.

June K. Lanier, age 91, passed away on April 17, 2024 at her home in DeKalb Co., GA. She graduated from Rabun Gap Nacoochee School and attended Georgia State Univ. Prior to the birth of her first child she worked for Trust Company of Georgia. She devoted her life to raising her boys and looking after the...

Judith Ann Jackson

Apr 15, 2024

Judith Ann Jackson

Judith Ann Jackson (nee Almand) died on April 15, 2024 in Atlanta, GA. Born on June 12, 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, she was the daughter of Joe M. Almand, Sr. and Ethel Gordon Power Almand.

Judy was a Decatur native who was always active in her church, first as a pastor's wife in Abbeville, Louisiana and Atlanta and later...

James David Bloom

Apr 15, 2024

James David Bloom, known affectionately to friends and family as Jim, passed away peacefully after a valiant fight with cancer on Monday April 15, 2024, in Conyers, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alexandria and Canfield Bloom, brother Dawson Bloom and sister Ella Crowley. Born on November 13, 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, Jim's vibrant spirit and...

Sharon Anderson

Apr 14, 2024

Sharon Jean Johnson Anderson of Atlanta, Georgia, born on August 4, 1948, passed away peacefully at home on April 14, 2024, surrounded by loving family and friends, her hands being held by her husband and youngest son. Sharon was the daughter of Clifford and Mildred Johnson from Pasadena, Texas. As a child, she attended elementary school in Pasadena and later...

Martha Carol Eichelberger

Apr 14, 2024

Martha Carol Eichelberger, 69, of Decatur, GA passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 15th, in her home in Decatur, GA. She was born in Chattanooga, TN, to parents Edward Eichelberger and Martha Douthitt Eichelberger.

Martha was a graduate of University of Tennessee Memphis and studied laboratory science and medical technology. She lived most of her life in Houston, TX and Athens,...

John Alan Moore

Apr 13, 2024

John Alan Moore, age 87, passed away on Saturday, April 13th, just 5 days before his 88th birthday. He was born on April 18, 1936, in Atlanta, Ga. to Z.O. Moore and Mildred Akins. He moved to Chattanooga, TN at the age of 6 where he grew up with his loving parents and little sister Diane Moore. In Tennessee, his...

Margaret Elizabeth Cardell

Apr 12, 2024

On Friday 4/12/2024 Margaret (Betty) Cardell had her wish and desire to go to her heavenly home fulfilled. She is now in the joyous presence of her Heavenly Father and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was the matriarch of our family, and we will miss her very much but we rejoice in the knowledge that she is having...

Gloria J. Mills

Apr 11, 2024

Gloria J Mills Obituary

Gloria J Mills passed away at her home in Atlanta, Georgia on April 11, 2024 at the age of 95. She was born in Trinidad, West Indies to Lionel and Florence Innocent.

She was predeceased by her parents, her eight siblings and her husband David Mills.

Gloria attended Catholic school and worked in various occupations in Trinidad prior to...

James Rufus Branscomb

Apr 10, 2024

James Rufus Branscomb (Jim), 64, of Newnan Georgia passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2024.

The celebration of life service will be held at Pinecrest Church (103 Old Norton Road, Fayetteville Georgia, 30215), at 11:00 A.M. on June 22, 2024. Jason Housely and John Christopher of Pinecrest Church will be officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday June 21st 2024 from...

Wallace Dean Wilcox

Apr 10, 2024

Wallace Dean Wilcox passed away April 10, 2024 at the age of 87. Dean was born in Billings, MT on April 4, 1937, the eldest child to Rena Mae (née, Ramspeck) and Clyde Emil "Bill" Wilcox, Jr.. Dean graduated from Billings Senior High in 1955, and attended undergraduate studies at the University of Montana and the University of Utah, where...

John Davis

Apr 9, 2024

John Albert Davis

January 24, 1946 - April 9, 2024

It is with a profound sense of loss and enduring love that we announce the passing of John Albert Davis, a cherished brother, uncle, and friend. John left this world unexpectedly on April 9, 2024, in Tucker, Georgia. Born on January 24, 1946, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, John was a...

John Albert Davis

Apr 9, 2024

John Albert DavisJanuary 24, 1946 - April 9, 2024It is with a profound sense of loss and enduring love that we announce the passing of John Albert Davis, a cherished brother, uncle, and friend. John left this world unexpectedly on April 9, 2024, in Tucker, Georgia. Born on January 24, 1946, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, John was a beacon of knowledge,...

Jon Carlson Martin

Apr 8, 2024

Jon Carlson Martin has been granted permission to go ashore. He died unexpectedly on April 8, 2024 in Decatur, GA following complications from a heart attack. He was born August 10, 1946 in Bristol, CT to the late Roger C. and Joan C. Martin.

Jon served our country in the US Navy retiring in 1999 after 31 years as Chief...