Obituaries
James Loyd Mccullough
Jul 21, 2022
James Loyd McCullough, 78, of Stone Mountain, Ga., died at home Thursday, July 21, 2022, after a long battle with heart disease.
James Loyd was born in a farmhouse in Caledonia, Miss., in 1944 to Shirley Richardson McCullough and Lewis G. McCullough. He grew up the youngest of nine brothers and sisters and helped work the family farm until joining the...
Joseph Thomas Page
Jul 20, 2022
On Wednesday, July 20th, 2022, Joseph (Joe) Thomas Page passed away at the age of 75. Born on May 19th, 1947 in Miami, Florida, he grew up growing and selling mangos with his brother, Bill, and diligently practicing his violin on his family’s small mango grove. Joe met Anne Eichelberger in 1972 while both were playing in a summer festival...
Victor Charles Dobner
Jul 19, 2022
Victor Charles Dobner, Sr moved from Decatur Ga to Heaven on July 19th, 2022 at the age of 80 years old. He will be missed by his loving wife Margaret, his sons, his grandchildren, his great grandchildren, his extended family, and his friends. However, we will all see him one day if we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ...
Katharine Sylvia Foster
Jul 18, 2022
Katharine Sylvia Foster; devoted mother, grandmother, sister, and educator, passed away peacefully July 18, 2022.
Katharine was born January 14, 1943, to Louis and Isabelle (Chapman) Moody in West Palm Beach, Florida. She often spoke of her idyllic childhood running barefoot between her house and those of her grandmother and great-aunts.
After graduating from Palm Beach High School in 1961,...
Kathleen Prussner
Jul 16, 2022
Kathleen (Kathy) Lynn Ezzell Prussner passed away Saturday morning, July 16, 2022. She was the daughter of Guy Ezzell and Christine Gamble Camp. She was born in Cedartown, GA on December 13, 1949. She originally lived in Bowdon, GA and moved to Atlanta at age 6. Her mother, a nurse, recognized the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes when Kathy was...
Carol Ann Cosgrove
Jul 16, 2022
Carol Atha Cosgrove, 85, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022, after a sudden terminal diagnosis of cancer. She is survived by her three daughters, Didi Cosgrove Hopper of Loganville, Darci Cosgrove of Phoenix, AZ, Dori Cosgrove Gurganus of the home, a sister, Kathryn Atha of Atlanta and a brother, Errol Atha of California. She was proud to have four grandchildren;...
Charles Julius Reuter
Jul 13, 2022
Charles Julius Reuter, 72, of Decatur, GA, passed away on July 13, 2022.
Charles was predeceased by his father, Charles Reuter, Sr., his sister Arlene Kluska, and his son Joshua Reuter. He is survived by his mother, Vilma Hurst; two brothers, James Reuter and Steven Reuter; two children, Charles James Reuter and Jessica Reuter (Jamie Hayes); four granddaughters, Dajia U....
Patsy Joan Phillips
Jul 13, 2022
“An Angel on Earth” a devoted Mother and Grandmother.
Patsy Joan Etter Phillips was called into heaven in the early morning of July 13, 2022. Her son and daughter were at her side.
Patsy retired from the State of Georgia, where she worked in the Disability Adjudication Section.
She was an expert craftswoman; she loved to travel the country and Europe visiting family...
Jeannine F Brice
Jul 13, 2022
Jeannine Ferrill Brice went home to be with our Lord and Savior on July 13, 2022 at the age of 91 1/2.
She was born on October 19, 1930 to Allen and Willie Ferrill in Mobile, Alabama. The daughter of a feed salesman, she grew up on a farm and would often tell the stories of having a pet rooster when...
John Hunter Maclennan
Jul 13, 2022
On July 13th, 2022, John Hunter MacLennan, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and great friend passed away peacefully at home with his wife of 52 years at age 77.
John was born on August 28th, 1944 in Camden, NJ to John Hunter MacLennan and Genevieve Mitten MacLennan. He married Bonnie Day on June 27th, 1970, and received his Masters...
Sadie Vee Simmons
Jul 12, 2022
Dr. Sadie Vee Simmons, age 92, of Decatur, passed away on July 12, 2022. She was born October 19, 1929 in Jackson, Mississippi to Herbie L. Simmons, Sr. and Sadie Vee Watkins Simmons. Vee loved traveling especially to Europe, her dogs and her family. Christmas was a special time for the family to gather and she hosted many of those...
Ann Bond
Jul 12, 2022
Vesta Ann Bond 82, of Atlanta, GA. died July 12, 2022. “Ann" was a loving mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother. She is survived by her two sons, Kelly Dwayne Corpening and Robbie Lynwood Corpening and daughter Aleesa Ann Talmadge; 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren . Ann was preceded in death by her daughter Ellen D'rea Corpening and ex-husband John Kelly...
Larry Asbury Woodruff
Jul 11, 2022
Larry Woodruff of Atlanta, age 80, passed away peacefully at Emory Decatur Hospital on July 11, 2022, surrounded by immediate family members.
Originally from Vienna, Georgia, Larry was a popular and well-respected pharmacist in DeKalb County for many years. In 1965, he received his Doctorate in Pharmacy from the Southern School of Pharmacy in Atlanta (now the Mercer University College of...
Helen Yancey Walker
Jul 10, 2022
Helen Yancey Walker age 99 of Decatur, GA passed away July 10, 2022. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be greatly missed. She was a member of the Native Atlantan Club. Prior to her retirement in 1999, Mrs. Walker was an employee of the Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters as an office manager.
She was preceded...
Lueben Lynley Davis, Sr.
Jul 10, 2022
Lueben Lynley Davis Sr. - better known as “JJ”, or “Mr. Davis” - transitioned on Sunday 10th July, 2022, in Decatur, GA. Lueben was preceded in death by his father, David Alfred Davis, sister, Eleanor Plaskett, sister, Fernie Davis, mother, Vivian Sprauve, brother, Mitchlyn Davis, and brother, Merrill Davis. Left to mourn his passing and carryon his legacy are his...
Robert Earl Stewart Jr.
Jul 9, 2022
On July 9, 2022, Robert Earl Stewart, Jr. passed away unexpectedly in Avondale Estates, GA. A memorial service will be held at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta on August 6, 2022, at 4 p.m.
Robert was born March 12, 1953 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, AL, to Onella and Robert Stewart Sr. He grew up in Birmingham, while spending...
Donald Fall Bracewell
Jul 8, 2022
Donald Fall Bracewell was born in Atlanta, GA on May 7,1924. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on July 8, 2022.
Don grew up in the Grant Park Neighborhood and attended Commercial High. In 1943, at the age of 18, he joined the Army Air Corps where he first served as a flight instructor for young...
Grace Winnifred Ayers
Jul 7, 2022
Grace Winnifred (Winnie) Ayers passed away July 7th at home surrounded by family after a brief illness. Winnie was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Alfred and Grace Brannon Sears. An Atlanta native, she grew up in the Kirkwood area and graduated from Murphy High School in 1952. Soon after she met Vern Ayers and they were married in 1954 and...
Arthur Alexander Scott Sr.
Jul 7, 2022
Arthur Alexander Scott, Sr of Stone Mountain, GA passed away July 7, 2022 at the age of 83. Art led a life of service that was truly blessed and devoted to God, his family, and his friends. He grew up in Decatur, GA graduating from Decatur High School and the University of Georgia. Art’s passion for service was established within...
Jimmie Tyrone Jackson, Sr.
Jul 7, 2022
Betty Jean Jackson helped bring Jimmie Tyrone Jackson, a strong balanced minded king of a man into this world the 15th day of October 1958. Bringing laughter and happiness to Jimmie Lee Jackson, doctors and nurses at Herman Kiefer Hospital in Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. Jimmie T. Jackson gained his wings July 7,2022.
He loved people, fishing, animals, cooking, gardening,...
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