Obituaries
Benjamin Thomas Wardlow
Jan 7, 2024
Benjamin (Ben) Thomas Wardlow passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at the age of 60 at Emory Decatur Hospital after a brief illness.
Born on April 17, 1963, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ben was the eldest child of Tom and Mary Wardlow. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and later attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained a...
Dr. Patricia Ann Turner
Jan 6, 2024
Dr. Patricia (Pat) Ann Turner, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA, after a brief battle with cancer.
Born on April 21, 1946, at Emory University Hospital, Pat was the eldest child of Ralph and Evelyn Turner. She attended Ponce de Leon Elementary School and Decatur High School.
She completed her undergraduate degree at...
Shirley Davis Litwhiler
Jan 4, 2024
Dr. Shirley J. Litwhiler gave her adieu, passing away peacefully in Atlanta, Georgia on January 4, 2024 while holding hands with her son, David, and daughter, Missy. Shirley was born in 1937 in Poplarville, Mississippi to Virgil "Pinky" Davis and Hazel Massey Davis. The oldest of four children, Shirley grew up on the family farm near Lumberton, Mississippi. Her father...
Anne Mathews Speer
Jan 4, 2024
Mrs. Anne Mathews Speer of Atlanta passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024. Anne was a devoted Georgia Tech fan, a member of Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, a homemaker and later in life became a devoted preschool teacher. Known as "Ms. Anne", she taught preschool until she was 89 years old. She was well-known in her community for...
David Prior Minnix
Jan 4, 2024
David Prior Minnix lived from September 22, 1982, until January 4, 2024- a full life, too short. He died from complications brought on by pneumonia and subsequent heart failure. David is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Hagan of Atlanta and three little girls who were the delight of his life: Lucinda age 7, Isadora age 5 and Lillith 18 months....
Charlotte Murphy
Jan 2, 2024
Murphy, Beryl Charlotte (Thompson)
Beryl Charlotte Thompson Murphy, better known as Charlotte, Chic, or simply "Mom" and "Nana," died peacefully in Dekalb County Jan. 2, in the home she built, surrounded by all six of the children she loved. She was 99.
Born Aug. 4, 1924 in Springfield, Ill., she lived a life devoted to the service of others. Charlotte was an...
Joan Marie Margaret Battaglin
Jan 2, 2024
Joan Battaglin passed away peacefully at home with her family on Jan 2 2024. She was born to Marie and Roy Harmer in Chicago IL on Nov 9, 1938. Her life was one of learning, mentoring, teaching, family and music.
She graduated from Fenger High School in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago at age 16 and University of Illinois Normal (Teachers...
Marc Lee Anderson
Jan 1, 2024
Marc Lee Anderson, 46, of Dunwoody, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024.
Marc graduated from Lake Havasu High '95, undergraduate degree in '00 from Northern Arizona University and received his MBA from Central Michigan University in 2009. Marc was employed as a software developer at IST Management for the past seven years.
His passion in life was for gaming...
Bruce Raymond Adams
Dec 30, 2023
Bruce Raymond Adams - January 16, 1934 - December 30, 2023.
Bruce Raymond Adams passed away peacefully on December 30, 2023.
He was born in Jefferson, Georgia on January 16, 1934, to Lillian and Gilbert Adams. Raymond, as he was known in his younger years, was a graduate of Jefferson High School and an accomplished 3 sport athlete. He starred in both...
John Perry Bellville
Dec 30, 2023
John Perry Bellville, of Bethlehem, GA passed away on December 30, 2023 at 2:09 pm. He was born to Florence Elizabeth Rowe & Lawrence Bellville on March 21, 1935 at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Fulton County, GA. He attended Avondale High School where he met his, "Betty Lou", whom he married August 20, 1956. Family members joke that they can...
Mary Jane King
Dec 29, 2023
Mary Jane King of Atlanta, age 73, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2023. She was born to John Argyle King and Jane Whitten King in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Mary Jane spent her early childhood in Gadsden, Alabama, which was her father's hometown. Her family moved to Atlanta when Mary Jane was eleven years old. She attended Druid Hills High School,...
Harley Goode
Dec 28, 2023
Harley Goode passed away peacefully on December 28,
2023 at the age of 63.
He was born in Anchorage, Alaska on April 12, 1960. He
spent his childhood in Pine Log, Georgia working on the
family farm growing tomatoes with his siblings. As an
adult he worked for Tuner Broadcasting as a broadcast
engineer until his retirement in September. He was
married to the love...
Lou L. Craig
Dec 28, 2023
Lou L. Craig died December 28, 2023. Born Eva Lou Lester on Feb. 26, 1932, in Rome, GA., to parents Hazen and Gladys Lester, she was the younger sister of Russell, who predeceased her in 2020.
Known as Lulu, she attended Shorter College, first studying music, then changing to visual arts. At age 19, she married Robert "Van" Murray, from...
Michael John Campbell
Dec 28, 2023
Michael John Campbell
Born: October 24, 2008 To Infinity and Beyond: December 28, 2023
It is impossible to capture a person like Michael in a few paragraphs. Michael had a personality that could capture any and every heart and lived a life that was bigger than the sky. He was the most beautiful of souls, enduring so much, so innocently.
Michael was born...
Robert David Coleman
Dec 28, 2023
Robert David Coleman,
Robert was born March 31, 1965 in Madison, Wisconsin, to Samuel Henry Coleman III and Ingrid Rovert Hoover Coleman. He was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and the hospital advised his parents to prepare for him to not survive infancy. But surgical interventions were successful, and his parents were then advised to prepare for their child to...
Blanca Rosa Anton
Dec 27, 2023
Blanca R. Antón, M.D., age 90, beloved wife, "Mami," and "Bía," of Atlanta died peacefully in her sleep on December 27, 2023. She was the fifth child and only girl of Celestino Menéndez and Blanca Castañedo. Born in Cuba, she attended Baldor Academy and graduated with a double major in Science and Humanities-the first person to achieve this at Baldor....
Helyn Howard Kesler
Dec 26, 2023
Helyn Hosch Kesler, age 69, of Decatur, Georgia, beloved mother, wife, grandmother and friend passed away on December 26, 2023 in Cumming, Georgia. She was proceeded in death by her parents, William Hill Hosch and Bevelyn Howard Hosch. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Roger Stephen Kesler and children: Amy Kesler Anthony (Cory), Candace Kesler McKee (David)...
Laura Jane Umbaugh
Dec 26, 2023
Laura Jane Umbaugh was born in Atlanta, Ga, on October 11, 1985, and passed away December 26, 2023. She is survived by her parents, Peter and Ann Umbaugh of Avondale Estates, and her brother, William, of Atlanta. She leaves behind many uncles and aunts and cousins whom she dearly loved, and also many dear friends.
Laura graduated from Decatur High School...
Byron Hartwell Hatfield
Dec 26, 2023
Byron Hartwell Hatfield was born in Knoxville, TN and spent his childhood in the foothills of the Smokies, calling Kingston, TN home. His early life was marked with achievements in science, writing, racing and a haunted house that is still the stuff of legend.
Byron attended Roane State and Middle Tennessee State University. Though he started Pre-Med, it was a...
Michael Robert Sanders
Dec 26, 2023
Michael "Mike" Robert Sanders died Tuesday, December 26, 2023, in Atlanta, GA at the age of 64. Known for his youthful spirit, giving heart, integrity, and warmth, Mike was a loving and supportive father, brother, and friend to many. Driven by an industrious work ethic balanced with his fun-loving nature and great sense of humor, Mike served as an inspiring...
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