Obituaries
Richard Kirk Miller
Apr 7, 2024
Miller, Richard Kirk, Jr.
The Reverend Kirk Miller, age 74, died peacefully at home in Scottdale, GA on Sunday, April 7. He was born July 1, 1949, in Augusta, GA to Marguerite Ellis and Richard Kirk Miller, Sr. Kirk earned a B.A. in English at Augusta College, and a Master of Divinity degree at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in...
Christopher Paul Koch
Apr 5, 2024
Christopher Paul (Chris) Koch
1950 - 2024
Chris died peacefully, at his home, Friday, April 5, 2024. He was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and raised in Decatur, Georgia. Chris' interest in archeology began as a young child when he found his first arrowhead while living in Tennessee. His passion led to a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Georgia State University. He continued...
Bobby Eugene Pickens
Apr 3, 2024
Bobby Pickens of Auburn, Georgia passed away on Apr 3, 2024. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Evangeline Nasia Pappas
Apr 3, 2024
Evie was born and raised in Germantown, Tennessee. She is preceded in death by her parents, Manuel and Georgia Scarmoutsos, and brother, Andrew Scarmoutsos Evie is survived by her two sons, John Pappas and Manuel Pappas and her brother, Peter Scarmoutsos.
Her father, Manuel, was the National GOYA President in 1961 and Supreme Counsel for the Order of Ahepa where...
Alice Hsu
Apr 3, 2024
Alice Hsu was born in 1928 as Hsien-Hua Chang in the city of Shaxi, Hubei Province in China. The youngest of five children of a prominent family, she emigrated to Taiwan with her sister and third brother when the Communists took control of China. Since childhood Alice was exceptionally close with her only sister and they remained so throughout their...
Carole Diane Cooper
Apr 2, 2024
Carole Cooper, born January 15, 1956 in Kansas City, MO, passed away on April 2, 2024 surrounded by loving family after a long battle with brain cancer. Her parents were Della May George and Frank Eugene Blasco. She graduated from Van Horn High School in Missouri, DeKalb Technical College in Georgia, and Ashford University in Iowa.
Carole hated sports with few...
Imogene Maxey
Apr 2, 2024
Imogene Maxey Obituary
Imogene Maxey of Decatur, Georgia, born November 21, 1927, entered eternal life on April 2, 2024.
Imogene was the daughter of Una Mae and Lewis Rutledge from La Fayette Georgia. As a late teen she moved to Rome Georgia with her family. She worked at Rome's, then popular, Fahy department store on Broad Street. In Rome she was...
Gaynell Kendall
Apr 1, 2024
Gaynell Brown Kendall, 84 years of age, passed peacefully in her home on Easter, Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Gaynell was born December 12, 1939 in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late John Jackson and Christine Brown. She was the oldest daughter of five siblings. She had two sisters, Gerturde Slappey and Patricia Kirksey, and two brothers, Henry Louis Brown and Jackson...
Joseph A Morgan
Apr 1, 2024
Joseph A. Morgan, Jr. passed away on 04.01.24 in Decatur, GA. He was a long term resident of the Decatur Center for Nursing and Healing. He was born 09.05.44 and is survived by his three brothers: Fr. Martin Morgan, Tulsa, OK, Frank Morgan, Scottdale, GA, and James Morgan, Castle Rock, WA. He was a graduate of Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton,...
Charles Joseph Carpenter
Mar 31, 2024
Charles "Chuck" Carpenter, 85, passed away on March 31, 2024, in Tucker, GA surrounded by his loving family.
Chuck is survived by his wife Yolanda (née Asencios) of 53 years, son Kevin (Judy), daughter Kristen, brother Frank (Barbara) Carpenter, and many nieces, nephews, and extended family. Chuck was a loving husband, father and friend to everyone.
Chuck was preceded in death by...
David Leon Smotherman
Mar 31, 2024
David Leon Smotherman of Atlanta, GA passed away on March 31, 2024. He was born and raised in Shelbyville, TN where he met his beloved wife, Shirley. They were married on August 11,1963 and moved to Atlanta shortly thereafter. He worked as Executive Director for the Decatur/Dekalb Housing Authority the majority of his career. He later went on to work...
James "Doug" Almand
Mar 29, 2024
James Douglas "Doug" Almand, a kind and selfless individual, passed away on March 29, 2024 in Temple, GA after a brief and sudden illness. He was born on January 19, 1951, in Atlanta, GA. Doug spent his life working as a Computer Systems Programmer for the State of Georgia, always dedicated to his work. He worked in the old Archives...
John Edward Newell
Mar 28, 2024
John (Jack) Edward Newell of Decatur, Georgia passed away peacefully on March 28, 2024 at the age of 91.
Jack was born in the Bronx, New York on May 21, 1932 to Edward and Winifred (Shields) Newell of Co. Galway, Ireland. He attended Xavier High School in Manhattan and was a lifelong supporter of his alma mater. Jack earned a...
Bill Vasilios Stavropoulos
Mar 28, 2024
Bill Vasilios Stavropoulos, known affectionately as Bill, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2024, at the age of 83, in Alpharetta, Georgia. Born on May 27, 1940, in Athens, Greece, Bill was a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend who brought joy and laughter to all who knew him.
Bill's journey brought him from the historical city of Athens, Greece to...
Basil "Buddy" Levens
Mar 26, 2024
Basil "Buddy" Troy Levens, age 82, of Atlanta passed away in the comfort of his home on March 26, 2024. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years Janice Kay Levens. He is survived by his children Dedra Freedman, Scott Levens, Kim (Steve) Rhineheimer, Kelli (Joe) Mayo, and Jonathan (Muffy) Levens. He is also survived by his...
Robert Scott Lewis
Mar 26, 2024
Robert Scott Lewis died on March 26.
Scott would have made sure you knew that he died at 1:52 pm, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the Fountainview Center for Alzheimer's. He hated the Alzheimer's, even more than he would have hated seeing Robert appear in his full name, but he would have said it figured. Scott would have also...
Hushang Mofakham Payan
Mar 26, 2024
Hushang M. Payan, MD (1925-2024)
Beloved grandfather, father, father-in-law, uncle, teacher, colleague, and friend, Hushang/Hank passed away at the age of 99, March 26, 2024.
After completing his residency training in New York City, Dr. Payan served as Assistant Professor of Pathology at New York Medical College, subsequently becoming Director of the Laboratories at the Veterans Administration Hospital affiliated with the School...
James Sturges Gouinlock
Mar 24, 2024
James S. Gouinlock Obituary GOUINLOCK, James Sturges (“Jim”), age 90, of Atlanta, GA passed away peacefully on March 18, 2024. Jim is survived by his four beloved children, Barbara Sturges Gouinlock, Elizabeth Mencken Gouinlock Yingling, Susan Strachan Gouinlock (and her husband James Bozza) and William Chalk Gouinlock (and his wife Melissa Gouinlock); and six beloved grandchildren. Jim adored his grandchildren,...
Gary Wallace Kemper
Mar 22, 2024
Brother Shankara aka Gary W. Kemper
May 19, 1942 - March 22, 2024
Our beloved Brother Shankara (Gary W. Kemper, 81) peacefully left behind all his worldly limitations on Friday, March 22nd at 1:56pm Eastern time, surrounded by family and friends chanting and singing him on his way. When it recently became clear that modern medicine was out of patches for his...
Marge "Princess Pee" Cummins
Mar 22, 2024
Marge "Piggy Pee" Cummins, 93, born in Chicago, IL, passed away on March
22, 2024, in Conyers, GA.
Piggy was a loving and caring individual who was known for her extreme
generosity. She was a graduate of Flowers High School and made her
career managing payroll for Yellow Freight Systems. Her love for
gambling was more than a pastime she played it with an unshakable
optimism....
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