Frechia Barrett

Apr 27, 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...

Constance Kratky

Apr 27, 2024

Connie (Constance) Marie Marianes Kratky

The world lost one of the strongest women and an indefatigable member of the Marianes and Kratky families. Connie (Marianes) Kratky overcame great adversity with dignity, grace, and courage. From a lifetime of polio, a near-fatal car accident, post-polio syndrome (post-poliomyelitis), and countless other afflictions that would have defeated any normal human, absolutely nothing...

Jenene Smith

Apr 25, 2024

Jenene Whitlow Smith of Tucker, GA was born in Carnesville, GA on June 19, 1931.

She was the youngest child of Moody and Janie Whitlow. Jenene passed away peacefully Thursday, April 25, 2024, with her loving family by her side.

Jenene, known to so many as Nene, was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She had a keen...

Thomas Lantz

Apr 25, 2024

Thomas Edward Lantz, Ph.D., Born April 6, 1940, died April 25, 2024. Tom was a father, grandfather, chemist, and small business owner, who loved the outdoors, science and learning. He was devoted over his life to a number of long-term community organizations, including Grace United Methodist Church, Kiwanis, the Methodist Children's Home, where he volunteered for many years, the Sierra...

Oduenyi Kalu

Apr 24, 2024

Oduenyi Kalu, 68, passed away on April 24, 2024, in Atlanta, GA.



The service for Oduenyi Kalu will be held on Friday, May 17th at 6:00 PM at Trinity Presbyterian Church.



Visitation: Friday, May 17th, at 4:00-6:00 PM at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

Dixie McCoy

Apr 24, 2024

Dixie Nelle McCoy, age 84, passed away on April 24, 2024, with her family by her side. She was born on October 16, 1939, in Trion, Georgia, to Nelle and Everett Nix. She grew up to be a shining example of resilience, strength, and kindness. Dixie graduated from Trion High School in 1957 and received her nursing degree in 1961...

Robert Buffington

Apr 24, 2024

Dr. Robert R. Buffington PhD, 91, of Decatur, GA, passed away on April 24, 2024.

Robert (Bob) was born in Belleville, IL in 1933 to Ray and Emily Buffington. He attended Decatur Boys High School from 1946 to 1949, and completed his final year of high school in Orlando, FL in 1950. He accepted a scholarship to Rollins College in...

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...