Obituaries

Joan "Jo" Ferree Drymon

Joan "Jo" Ferree Drymon

May 14, 2021

Joan “Jo” Drymon, 92, passed away peacefully on May 14, 2021. She was born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio but later moved to Sarasota, Florida. She received an Associate of Arts degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. It was there she met James “Jim” Drymon who she married just a few days after his graduation from law school...

Walter Steve Thaxton

Walter Steve Thaxton

May 13, 2021

Walter Steve Thaxton, 72 years young, passed May 13, 2021, after a battle with liver disease. Steve was born April 13, 1949, to parents Edward and Frances Thaxton in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Clarkston High School. Steve was an Atlanta native and spent his life working in and around the city. While he did work for Cub Foods, most of...

Byron Howell Pittman

Byron Howell Pittman

May 12, 2021

Byron Howell Pittman passed away on May 12, 2021, surround by members of his loving family. He was 60 years young. Byron was born in Savannah, Georgia, on September 13, 1960, and is the son of Peggy Helen Duckworth and the late Hugh Howell Pittman. Virgil Duckworth is Byron’s step-father and the man he calls Dad. Byron is the husband...

Mildred Perkins Mann

Mildred Perkins Mann

May 10, 2021

Mildred P. Mann died early Monday, May 10th 2021. Mildred was born and raised around Avondale Estates, Georgia. Her parents were Elmer L. Perkins and Lois Williams Perkins. Her late husband was Robert J. Mann of Atlanta. She attended Avondale Elementary and High School. She was a longtime employee of Rich’s department stores in Atlanta and Belvedere Plaza She retired...

Michael Edwin Furtado

Michael Edwin Furtado

May 9, 2021

Michael Furtado died Sunday, May 9, 2021 from heart failure and cancer. Mike, my brother, was born May 13, 1961 on Mother’s Day and died on Mother’s Day. He was 59 years of age. Mike, son of Ed and Lynn Furtado and brother of Kevin Furtado, was a kind soul. He grew up in the Bay Area of California and...

Jeffrey Lyle Shaw

Jeffrey Lyle Shaw

May 8, 2021

NOTE SERVICE INFO !!! CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JEFF SHAW Jeffrey L. (Jeff) Shaw passed away on May 7, 2021, at the age of 57 in his home in Atlanta, Georgia due to an undetected battle with Coronary Disease. He was born on January 12, 1964 in Denver, Colorado to parents Larry and Linda Shaw. Jeff spent the early years...

Laurin Dudley Clements

Laurin Dudley Clements

May 7, 2021

Laurin Dudley Clements of Decatur, GA passed away Friday May 7, 2021 following a brief illness. He was 67. He was predeceased by his parents G. Harold and Betty Jean Clements. He is survived by his wife, Norma Russell Clements; sister and brother in law, Lisa and Dan Summerlin; niece, Laura and her husband, Robert Donnes; great-nieces, Harper, Betty and...

Robert "Robby" Campbell Lawrence Iii

Robert "Robby" Campbell Lawrence Iii

May 4, 2021

Robert “Robby” Campbell Lawrence III, age 68, of Decatur, GA passed away May 4, 2021. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at 4:00 pm at A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home, 2773 N. Decatur Rd., Decatur, 30033. Prior to the service, there will be a visitation at the funeral home from 2:00 to 4:00 pm....

Harold Daniel Housworth

Harold Daniel Housworth

May 3, 2021

Harold Daniel Housworth, 96 years old, passed away at home on May 3, 2021 after a lengthy illness. He was predeceased by his wife of 73 years, Lucille Nix Housworth. He is survived by daughter Susan (Charlie) Whitt, son Tommy (Wendy) Housworth, grandchildren Grady and Maggie Housworth, sister-in-law Betty Nix, brother-in-law Rev. Lamar Cochran, and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins,...

Edward Lee George

Edward Lee George

May 3, 2021

Edward Lee George, Sr., 85, of Stone Mountain passed away on May 3, 2021. He was born to the late O.L. and Fannie George on January 20, 1936.. Edward was preceded in death by his beautiful wife, Norma Jean, to whom he was married to for 51 years; his daughter, Shirley Jean Rusk; Son, Edward Lee George Jr., and his...

Michael  Ray Thrasher

Michael Ray Thrasher

May 3, 2021

Michael Ray Thrasher was born 2/5/1953 in Atlanta, Georgia from loving Mother, Joan Marie Mulleneaux and Earl Ray Thrasher. Mike has three surviving sister's, Sherry, Dina, and Delisa. Mike attended Grady High School, and later obtained a broadcasting degree. He meet the love of his life Kim Carter in 1977, and they later married in 1981. Mike and Kim had...

Alida Mary Griffin

Alida Mary Griffin

May 1, 2021

Alida Mary (Blair) Griffin, 74, of Decatur passed away on Saturday May 1, 2021. She was born on June 9, 1946 in Watertown, New York, the son of Delbert and Helen (Lyons) Blair. Alida was a graduate of Watertown High School. Alida migrated to Atlanta in the sixties. Her first job was at the original Krispy Kreme on Ponce de...

 Charles Winton Cooper, Sr.

Charles Winton Cooper, Sr.

Apr 30, 2021

Charles Cooper, 75, of Monroe, passed away on Friday April 30th, 2021. Charles was born in Atlanta and was employed in construction most of his working life. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ossie and Virginia Magness Cooper and his daughter Donna Gail Cooper. Charles is survived by daughters, Jean Tengram and her husband, Steven and Lynn Tischhauser...

Martha June Brown

Martha June Brown

Apr 30, 2021

June M Brown 86, passed away on Friday April 30th. She was predeceased by her husband James Lauren Brown, the love of her life, and her parents, Bernice and James Myrick. June graduated from the Academy of Richmond County, Augusta University, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgia State University with a degree in Microbiology. She was a scientist at...

William Louie Cassels

William Louie Cassels

Apr 28, 2021

William Louie Cassels (Billy), 69, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on April 28, 2021. Born in Atlanta on March 18, 1952, he was the fourth child of Robert Quarterman Cassels and Donata Horne Cassels. He attended Fernbank Elementary School, Druid Hills High School and graduated from Georgia State University in 1975 with a BBA degree. He was a member of...

Robert Lenton Griffith

Robert Lenton Griffith

Apr 27, 2021

Robert “Bob” Lenton Griffith, age 77, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. He was born November 5, 1943 in Jackson, MS to Lenton Beal and Dorothy Roberts Griffith. A native of Jackson, MS, Bob attended Central High School, received a Bachelor of Music degree in piano from the University of Southern MS and obtained a Master...

Charles Ernest Carter

Charles Ernest Carter

Apr 24, 2021

Charles Carter died Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 100 years of age. He is survived by his children, Vernon, William, Scott, Gary, grandchildren and a host of family and friends. Charles was a retired Carpenter who spent most of his adult life in Rochester, NY. He was a devoted father, WW II Veteran, and Deacon at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church....