Obituaries
Charles O. Arledge
Nov 18, 2022
Charles Olin Arledge, better known as Charlie to his family and many friends, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours on Friday, November 18, 2022, after a long illness. He was 84 years old. Charlie grew up in midtown Atlanta and graduated from Grady High School in 1956. He attended Georgia Tech and received a degree from Southern Tech...
Claude Ray Tanner
Nov 17, 2022
Ray Tanner, age 97, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on November 17, 2022. He was the son of the late Luck Leroy Tanner and Myrtie Olivia Gravitt Tanner.
He attended Tech High School. At age 18, he volunteered for the U.S. Navy and served aboard a small escort ship in the Pacific. Participated in the invasion of Okinawa. Upon Japan’s surrender,...
Teresa Ellen Speck
Nov 14, 2022
Teresa Ellen Speck age 56 of Marietta passed peacefully after a long illness on Monday, November 14, 2022 at Piedmont Hospice. A 1984 graduate of Briarcliff High School and longtime resident of Marietta, Teri is survived by her loving mother, Judith Ellen Hart, and devoted son, James B. Speck, a recent graduate of Walton High School and student at Arizona...
Mary "Penny" Thompson
Nov 13, 2022
Mary “Penny” Johns Thompson passed away peacefully in her sleep at home Sunday, November 13th, 2022. Born on the 28th of November 1939 in Miami, Florida, she was the daughter of William Bryant Johns and Myrtle Holbrook Johns of Tifton, Georgia. She was the youngest of four sisters: Virginia, Dorothy, and Betty. Penny graduated from the University of Georgia in...
Roger Eugene Kline
Nov 12, 2022
Roger Eugene Kline, age 85, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away Sunday, November 12th, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Holly, his children, Tim (Magda), Chris (Heather), Greg (Mary), and Chelsea (Kevin), his grandchildren, Christopher, Aleks, Nicholas, Mae, Lindsay, Nina, Hank, and Coco, his great niece, Kaylie (Tim), as well as several other nieces and nephews. He is also survived...
June Sparks
Nov 12, 2022
June Elizabeth Rosselle Sparks died peacefully on November 12, 2022 of complications of Alzheimer’s disease, after a long and well-lived life.
She was born June 18, 1926, to William Porter and Elizabeth Grace Rosselle in Cincinnati, OH. In the early 1930s, the family moved first to Louisville, KY and then to Decatur, GA. June attended Winona Park Elementary School in Decatur,...
Sandra Pilgrim Wages
Nov 12, 2022
Our beloved wife and mother, Sandra Pilgrim Wages, age 79 of Stone Mountain entered into eternal rest on Saturday, November 12, 2022 after a twenty-one month long battle with brain cancer.
Born to Roy and Dot Pilgrim, Sandra grew up in Atlanta with her sisters, Fay and Dee. Sandra was a nurturer at her core. Second to her love and...
Juana Francisca Rivero
Nov 9, 2022
Juana Francisca Rivero passed away peacefully with her family by her side on November 9, 2022 in Hialeah, Florida at the age of 91 after a courageous battle with cancer. Juana was born in Palmira, Cuba on August 21, 1932 to Avelino Rivero and Esperanza Moreno. She was 1 of 7 siblings, 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Juana left Cuba...
Nick Correia Lambros
Nov 9, 2022
The angels are rejoicing, but the earthly world is grieving, the heavenly arrival of one awesome human being. Nick Correia Lambros died on November 9, 2022 after suffering a tragic response to a medication he had recently taken. Nick was 24 years old. Nick was preceded in heaven by his Papou, Judge Nick George Lambros; his Yiayia, Anna Pappas Lambros...
Mary Frances Ferrell
Nov 8, 2022
Mary F. Ferrell (82) of Tucker passed away on Tuesday, November 8th. Mary is survived by her son and daughter in law, John and Jeana Ferrell of New Port Richey, FL. Grandchildren; Marianne and Josh McCarty of Bogart, GA, Heather and Hunter Simonton of Dacula, GA, Kayla Howard of Summerville, SC. Great grandchildren; Peyton, Jackson, Haisley, Holden, Caiden, Holly, and...
Martin John Buss
Nov 8, 2022
Martin J. Buss died November 8, 2022, at the age of 92. He was born November 4, 1930, in Shaoyang in the Hunan province of China, where his parents were German missionaries. The family moved to the United States in January 1947, after two years of travelling as refugees in China. Martin attended Bloomfield College in New Jersey, graduating in...
Annie Ruth Anderson
Nov 8, 2022
Annie Ruth Anderson passed away on November 8, 2022. She was predeceased by her first husband of 46 years, Charles H. Anderson; her second husband of 15 years, John H. Brown; her son, Brent N. Anderson; and son-in-law, Orv Luther. She is survived by her daughters, Karen A. Luther and Evelyn A. Knauft (David); daughter-in-law Anne Anderson; four grandsons, Neal...
Michael Louis Craker
Nov 8, 2022
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Toula Jones
Nov 8, 2022
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Toula Scondras Jones died just 4 days shy of her 82nd birthday peacefully with her beloved cousin George T. Angelato by her side. Toula was born November 12, 1940 to Zoe Morris Scondras and Michael George Scondras in Atlanta, Georgia, the eldest of three daughters.
She was a lifelong member of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of...
Wayland David Moore
Nov 7, 2022
Wayland David Moore, whose expressionistic paintings of dramatic action and brilliant color define an era in sports art, died on Monday, November 7, 2022, at his home in Decatur, GA. He was 87.
Distinguished artist, poet, and philanthropist, Moore’s professional career spanned across some of the most renowned sports events in his lifetime. Born in Belton, SC on September 8,...
Martha L. Mothershed
Nov 7, 2022
Lt. Colonel Martha Suarez Mothershed was born March 5, 1941 in Santiago de Cuba to Moises and Ernestina Suarez. She was called to her eternal rest and freed from pain from her home in Lilburn, Georgia Monday, November 7, 2022 after a very lengthy illness. Martha fought the most wonderful fight - she was the toughest.
Martha’s parents were officers in...
James (Jim) C. Smith
Nov 7, 2022
James C. Smith, age 78, of greater Atlanta, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 7, 2022. Known to family and friends as Jim, he was born April 11, 1944 in Washington, D.C. His parents, Charles John Smith and Virginia Carrico Smith, preceded Jim in death, as did his brother, Charles John Smith, Jr. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Marion...
Osteen "Teena" Bland Everhart
Nov 6, 2022
Osteen (Teena) Bland Everhart, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 6, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.
A native of Alma, Georgia, Teena was born on May 7, 1933. She was the youngest of seven daughters of Clayton and Weltha (Stewart) Bland. Teena graduated from Bacon County High School with the Class of 1950.
Teena attended Truett McConnell Junior College, later graduating...
Angela Karen Ross
Nov 6, 2022
On the morning of November 6, 2022, Angela Karen Ross passed away peacefully from metastatic gastric cancer. She was surrounded by her mother and sister at the time she passed. Angela was 58 years old, far too young to leave us.
Angela was born on August 31, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was one of two daughters born to Charles and...
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