Aug 29, 2021

Joyce Hayes Rivers, 76, of Conyers, entered into rest Sunday, August 29th, 2021 at Westbury Center of McDonough. Mrs. Rivers was born July 20th, 1945 in Prattville, Alabama to William McKinley Hayes and Iva Lorraine (Hand) Hayes. A 1967 graduate of Auburn University, she moved to Atlanta to start her teaching career. Over her almost 30 years of teaching, she...

Aug 28, 2021

Humbert William DiCristina, Jr., passed away on August 28 from severe dementia due to Alzheimer’s. Bill was born in Atlanta in 1932, son to Humbert William DiCristina Sr. and his wife, Carol Moncrief. He was an only child. Bill attended Georgia Tech High School (now Midtown High School) before matriculating to The Baylor School in Chattanooga and Georgia Tech. Tech...

Aug 28, 2021

Jean Hitt Ahlfinger passed away on August 28,2021. Jean was born to Horace and Mary Ellen Hitt in Mexia, TX, on November 21, 1932. She graduated from Handley High School in Fort Worth and then attended Arlington State College. She and her beloved husband, Bob, married in 1954 in Texas before their lives took them to Atlanta, GA, where they...

Aug 27, 2021

Mrs. Merry Noel Noe, our dearly beloved “Gran Gran”, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, Aug. 27th 2021, surrounded by family and friends. Born on Christmas Eve of 1937 in Dallas, TX, Merry Noel was the daughter of Richard Hugh Leslie Ramsden and Loma Alan McGregor. At an early age the family moved to Decatur, GA, where Noel...

Aug 26, 2021

Catherine "Cathy" Cook, 77 of Decatur, GA passed away on August 26th at her home after struggling many years with diabetes. Cathy was born in Elberton, GA to B.E. and Sally Craft on August 11, 1944, the youngest of 9 children. She graduated from Elbert County High School in 1962 and moved to the Atlanta area after graduation to begin...

Aug 26, 2021

Gilda Lynn Jones, 94 of Avondale Estates passed away August 26, 2021. Her long life took her from a farm in Water Valley, Mississippi, to Atlanta and around the world. After graduating from Mississippi State College for Women, she worked as a medical technologist in a small hospital, but realized she needed additional training. In 1952, she moved to Atlanta...

Aug 25, 2021

Daughter of the late John and Mary Ward, Ms. Anna Wilkie passed away on August 25, 2021 at 7:34 a.m at Emory Decatur Hospital. She was a New York native and made it known any chance she was able. She was a widow to her late husband Herbert Wilkie. She was a fireball that would light up the room any...

Aug 23, 2021

Ruth Virginia Vassey, age 91, of Statham, Georgia died on August 23, 2021. She was born on July 22, 1930, in Clifton, S.C. to Miledge and Nettie (Davis) Mathis. Mrs. Vassey is preceded in death by Lyman Wade Vassey who she married on December 24, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC. Mrs. Vassey was a homemaker, devoted mother, and very active member...

Aug 21, 2021

Passed in peace Sat. August 21, 2021 at the age of 74 in Cumming, GA. Kay was born October 15, 1946 in Decatur, GA to James and Kathryn Nelson. She grew up in Decatur in the family home on Melrose Avenue. As a girl, Kay was an active member of Oakhurst Baptist Church, where she met her lifelong best friends,...

Aug 20, 2021

Bobby Joe Carroll, age 84, of Decatur passed away in his sleep on August 20, 2021. Bobby was healthy and sharp and did not suffer for which we are grateful. He was born on February 2, 1937 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He was the son of Benjamin and Eunice Carroll. Bobby graduated from Hattiesburg High School and the University of Southern...

Aug 19, 2021

James Thomas Hudson, Jr., age 74, died on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at Emory University Hospital Hospice Unit following a four-year battle with Waldenstrom lymphoma. Jim was born in Columbia, SC in 1946 to James Thomas Hudson, Sr. and Elizabeth B. Hudson. He was a 1965 graduate of St. Albans School, Washington, DC and a 1969 graduate of the University...

Aug 19, 2021

Aug 18, 2021

Charlotte Jones Ivey, age 92, of Atlanta passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Ivey, Jr.; her father and mother, Frank and Bertie Lou Jones; her siblings Elsie Irvine, Elizabeth Oastler, and Frank Jones. Charlotte is survived by her children, Elaine and her husband David Wingate, Lynne Ely, Jim and his...

Aug 18, 2021

Robert Jack Payne, 82, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021; after suffering a long illness of vascular disease. Known as Bobby Jack, RJ, Robert, or Bob; he was a man of integrity, honor, humor, and loyalty.He was born in DeKalb County, GA and graduated from Southwest DeKalb High School. He served proudly in the US Air Force, stationed at Walker...

Aug 18, 2021

Ms. Betty Ann Key (née Crane), age 72, passed away on Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Betty was born in Hannibal, Missouri on November 28, 1948 to mother Georgia Ann Johnson Crane and father Morgan Hubert Crane. Betty attended Monroe High School in Monroe, Missouri for three years, but graduated in the Class of 1966 from Palmyra High...

Aug 18, 2021

Mr. Owen Joseph Nerney, 80, Atlanta, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, in the Emory Decatur Hospital following a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Owen was born on September 12. 1940 in Lowell, Massachusetts, son of Owen Anthony Nerney and Agnes Rita Morris. Following his graduation from Dracut High School in 1958 where he played on the Basketball and...

Aug 17, 2021

James Matthew “Cabie” Washington, Jr., 76, of Decatur, GA, passed away on August 17, 2021 after a prolonged illness.James was born on December 19, 1944 in Youngstown, Ohio. He was a graduate of The Rayen High School. He worked as a brakeman for Youngstown Sheet & Tube before moving to Fountain Hills Arizona in 1998 and then to Atlanta in...

Aug 16, 2021

Dr. John Donald Fite entered heaven on August 16, 2021. Don Fite and his identical mirror twin brother, James David Fite, were born to Rev. Clifton and Ruby Blackwelder Fite in Fort Worth, Texas on Dec. 23, 1933. Dr. Fite graduated from the Berry High School for Boys at Mount Berry, Georgia in 1951. Dr. Fite knew from an early...

Aug 14, 2021

William R. Felker, 92 of Tucker, passed away on August 14, 2021. Mr. Felker was a veteran of the United States Army and a retired mechanical engineer. He was a musician, playing keyboards and guitar, and an avid bicyclist and motorcycle enthusiast. He restored many bicycles over the years for the community children. William was preceded in death by his...

Aug 13, 2021

Jeane Thomas Cleveland Mehlhop passed away peacefully on Friday, August 13, 2021, after a short but valiant fight against cancer. August 13th is a particularly significant day for the family, as it was Jeanie’s mother’s birthday and a day that was always acknowledged and celebrated. Jeanie was at home, surrounded by family, when she died. She was 69 years old...