Jul 10, 2015

Mary Evelyn Chandler, 71 of Lilburn, Georgia passed away on July 10, 2015. Mary was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 14, 1944 to Mildred and Billups Hunt. She attended Druid Hills High School and graduated in the first class of X-ray Technology from Dekalb General Hospital.Mary worked as an x-ray technician/medical secretary for Emory Clinic at Emory University Hospital...

Jul 10, 2015

Janet Fussell James, 88, of Decatur, passed away on July 10, 2015. She was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband William Mac James. She is survived by her daughters Nancy James Nelson (Wayne) and Jan James Carter (David), three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, sisters Billie Garrett (Burt), Martha Boyles, and nieces and nephew. A...

Jul 9, 2015

Carolyn Nash Silverberg, 96, of Tucker, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015. Born in Luxomni, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Homer A. and Gertrude (Askew) Nash. She was in the graduating class of 1938 at Girls High School in Atlanta and a lifelong member of Epworth United Methodist Church, Atlanta. As a young woman, Carolyn worked...

Jul 9, 2015

Flora D. Hendrix passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on Thursday July 9, 2015 following complications from congestive heart failure. She was born March 23, 1927 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. She was the ninth of eleven children born to her parents, Thomas H. Douglas, Sr. and Laura McNair Douglas. Flora moved to Atlanta in 1947 when she married Harry...

Jul 9, 2015

On July 9, 2015, Tony Yaksh of Buford GA went to be with the Lord at the age of 94. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Nell Atkins Yaksh. They were married for 70 years. He is survived by three sons and daughters-in-laws (Tony and Elizabeth, Michael and Marilyn and John and Susan), grandfather of 11 grandchildren...

Jul 5, 2015

Karen D. Wilkes, 73, of McDonough, formerly of Avondale, passed away suddenly on Sunday July 5, 2015. After graduating from Avondale High School, Karen attended business school then worked as an Administrative Secretary, and later moved on to real estate. After her retirement, Gangan, as many of us called her, devoted her time to her family, grandchildren, and great grandchildren....

Jul 4, 2015

Ken Kenny Britt, age 78, died in his Stone Mountain, GA Home on July, 4, 2015, following an extended illness. His passage was peaceful, and his beloved family surrounded him. Born November 25, 1936, in New Orleans, LA, to Harry Hughes Britt and Marion Marrero Britt, Ken moved to Decatur, GA at the age of 3. He attended Decatur High...

Jul 4, 2015

Christopher Menard Ihnen passed away July 4, 2015 at age 23. Christopher was born January 24, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, lived for a time in Manila, Philippines after graduating from high school and moved to the Atlanta area in 2011. He is survived by his father Theodore Ihnen; his mother Theresa Fernandez; his brothers Anthony Ihnen and Michael Frank;...

Jul 3, 2015

Eloise Muriel Wallace Nelson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to Roy Wallace and Amanda Rutherford on May 22, 1915. Her maternal grandparents were Christopher Ray Rutherford and Amanda Glasco, and paternal grandfather was Lawrence Wallace. She was the eldest of three children. During her early years, the family relocated to the Buffalo, New York area. She attended Lackawanna and...

Jul 3, 2015

Lorene Capps Williams, 91, of Decatur, passed away on July 3, 2015 at the Atlanta, GA. Lorene was an avid artist and a faithful Christian. Lorene was preceded in death by husband, Newell Everidge Williams, son, Gary Leslie Williams. She is survived by sons, Robert Williams, Rodney Williams, Larry Williams; grandchildren; Mark Williams, Jennine Larsen, Richard Williams, Yuniko Williams, Bennett...

Jul 2, 2015

James Wayne (JW) Southard, Sr. passed away on July 2, 2015 at the age of 87 following complications from strokes suffered 16 years ago. JW was born January 29, 1928 in Nashville, TN and moved with his parents James Milus and Ruby Anne Tippett Southard to the Atlanta area at the age of 9. He attended Decatur Boys High where...

Jul 2, 2015

Mrs. Norma Josephine Petre Allen of Atlanta, GA died Thursday, July 2, 2015. She was 96 years old. Born in Nashville, TN on September 10, 1918, she graduated with honors from St. Cecilia Academy in 1937 and attended Vanderbilt University for two years. In 1940, she married Paul Mills Allen in Memphis, TN. (He pre-deceased her in 2004 after 64...

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Jul 1, 2015

Mrs. Juanita Sargent Dillard, age 92, passed away July 1, 2015. She was predeceased by her parents, Roy Coleman Sargent and Elsie Florence McDonald Sargent. She is survived by her brother, Roy Don Sargent; sister-in-law, Daphne Sargent and nephews, Roy Geoffrey Sargent, Mark W. Sargent, Robin I. Sargent and Kevin W. Sargent. Also surviving are several great-nieces and great-nephews. A...

Jun 30, 2015

Robert Kent Smith, 56, passed away on June 30, 2015 while he was in the Atlanta Center Hospice. Kent is the son of William Harold and Carolyn Kirk Prickett (deceased). Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Cindy Smith; his son, Landon Smith and his husband Gordie Bouler; his sister, Kimberly Hargrove and her husband Andy Hargrove; his brother William...

Jun 29, 2015

Loretta Rowe Brown, 87, of Stone Mountain, Georgia (originally from Luthersville, Georgia), passed away on June 29, 2015. Loretta was predeceased by her parents, Robert Perry Rowe and Nancy Strickland Rowe, and her brothers, Robert Lee Rowe, Theo Rowe, and Jimmy Franklin Rowe. Loretta is survived by her husband of 67 years, Robert Lewis Brown, her sons, Ronald Douglas Brown...

Jun 28, 2015

Neil Spurgeon Cameron, Jr., age 82, of Decatur, GA passed away peacefully in hospice care on June 28, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Neil Spurgeon Cameron, Sr. and Grace Walker Cameron. Neil is survived by his wife of more than 52 years, Vivian Orr Cameron originally of Dalton, GA, son Gerald Neil Cameron of Alexandria, VA,...

Jun 27, 2015

Essie Cain Minor, age 102 of Decatur, passed away Saturday June 27, 2015. Mrs. Minor was a retired legal secretary with Standard Federal Savings and Loan. Survivors include a stepdaughter; Pamela Reynolds of St. Louis, MO, stepson; William Minor of DeKalb, IL, Nieces; Shirley Connell of McDonough, GA and Betty Earnest of Ft. Mill, SC, Nephew; James Andrew Cain of...

Jun 27, 2015

Mr. Marshall Gresham of Loganville passed away Saturday June 27, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Wilna Gresham; daughter, Joyce Bryson, two grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of A. S. Turner Sons with Rev. Kent Crutcher officiating. Interment will follow...