Obituaries

Patricia Frontier Maddox

Patricia Frontier Maddox

Feb 25, 2021

Patricia Frontier Maddox, age 73, of Avondale Estates, Ga. passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Ernest Frontier & Joyce McNamara Frontier. Mrs. Maddox is survived by her loving husband, David Lee Maddox of Avondale Estates, Ga. She and her husband created a beautiful blended family grounded in...

Jennifer Lynn Robinson

Jennifer Lynn Robinson

Feb 23, 2021

Jennifer Lynn Robinson, age 59, of Tucker, GA passed February 23, after a brief hospitalization from numerous critical illnesses. She was well loved by family, many friends, coworkers, neighbors, and the children she cared for over the years. She impacted many lives in her role as a Pre-School teacher, Childcare worker, and most recently as a private nanny. She enjoyed...

Dan Thomas Najour

Dan Thomas Najour

Feb 22, 2021

Dan T. Najour age 87 of Atlanta went to sleep in the Lord February 22, 2021. Dan was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be greatly missed. A proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, Dan attended Emory University and was a branch sales manager for Banker’s Life Insurance Company, retiring after 30 years of service. Mr....

Lillian Jewell Delony

Lillian Jewell Delony

Feb 22, 2021

Lillian Delony of Decatur died February 22, 2021. She was 102. A native Atlantan, Ms. Delony worked for Bland Terry Specialty Men's shoes her entire professional career, eventually serving as Vice President of Financial Operations. In an era when few women held such positions, she frequently traveled to the company's locations in fine department stores in New Orleans, Washington DC,...

Lance Corporal Fred Smith

Lance Corporal Fred Smith

Feb 22, 2021

He was loved by many.

Hilton M. Austin, Jr.

Hilton M. Austin, Jr.

Feb 20, 2021

Hilton M. Austin, Jr. age 70 of Decatur, Ga passed away February 20, 2021. Hilton was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be greatly missed. Hilton was a natural leader who managed and coached countless people and dollars in his professional and personal life. He loved to study the gospel, do challenging work, travel as much as possible...

Lonnie Ray Vogler

Lonnie Ray Vogler

Feb 19, 2021

Lonnie Ray Vogler, beloved husband, son, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend to all was born on April 26, 1950 to loving parents Henry and Dorothy Vogler in Warsaw Missouri. Lonnie passed away peacefully in his sleep February 19, 2021. Lonnie is preceded in death by his mother Dorothy and son Carl. He is survived by his wife Nan, father Henry...

Lt. Col. Shelton Jerome "Jerry" Jones, Jr.

Lt. Col. Shelton Jerome "Jerry" Jones, Jr.

Feb 19, 2021

Lt. Col. Shelton Jerome (Jerry) Jones, USAR, passed away Feb. 19, 2021, at age 76. Jerry was the son of the late Shelton J. Jones and Mary Claire Pinckney of Charleston, SC. Born in Lebanon, Missouri, Jerry graduated from Louisiana State University in 1966 and was commissioned into the U.S. Army. After serving in the Vietnam War, he was stationed...

Dora  Lee Stevenson

Dora Lee Stevenson

Feb 18, 2021

Her life was a blessing. Her memory a treasure. She is loved beyond words and missed beyond measure. Our lovely Dora Lee Stevenson died peacefully at home Thursday, February 18th at the beautiful age of 97. Just 4 weeks shy of her 98th birthday. Dora was our dearly loved mother, daughter, aunt, wife and best friend who will be greatly...

Zyler Stephens

Zyler Stephens

Feb 17, 2021

Zyler Alex Stephens born on June 5. 2020 to Brittany Cantrell and Zachary Stephens at kennestone hospital in Kennesaw Ga. He passed in the comfort of his mother's arms on February 17, 2021 at Egleston Children's hospital in Atlanta Ga. He left behind an extremely large family including a big brother, several great grandmothers, grandmothers, grandfather's, and many aunt's, uncles,...

Thomas Robert  Pickren

Thomas Robert Pickren

Feb 16, 2021

On Tuesday February 16, 2021, Thomas Robert Pickren passed away at the age of 75. Tom was born on September 20, 1945 to Jessie Mae Harrison and Woodrow Wilson Pickren of Folkston, GA. Tom was a proud Young Harris College alumnus (Class of 1965) and attended the University of Georgia from 1965 –1968. (He made sure to squeeze in one...

Harry Morgan Baxter, Jr.

Harry Morgan Baxter, Jr.

Feb 16, 2021

After a brief illness, Harry Morgan Baxter, Jr. of Stone Mountain, Georgia, died peacefully on February 16, 2021 at the age of 98. He was born on October 27, 1922 in Vinegar Bend, Alabama to Harry Morgan Baxter, Sr. and Anna Laura Cox. He was preceded in death by his wife Anna Margaret Lominick, his sister LaMonde Baxter Douglas, and...

James Terrell Davis, Jr.

James Terrell Davis, Jr.

Feb 16, 2021

James “Jim” T. Davis Jr passed away peacefully at his home in Avondale Estates, GA on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 surrounded by his family after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia. Jim was born in Atlanta, GA on July 11, 1949 to James T. Davis Sr and Mae Bensley Davis. He graduated from Druid Hills High School...

Norma Van Nostrand

Norma Van Nostrand

Feb 16, 2021

Norma Southard Van Nostrand passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 16, 2021. She was the only child of Olin Southard and Mattie Kate Henderson Southard and was born in Decatur, GA. She attended Decatur Girls High School and earned her degree from Georgia State University. Norma was a member of Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur during her early...

Wayne Wendell Daniel

Wayne Wendell Daniel

Feb 16, 2021

Professor Wayne W. Daniel, age 92, of Chamblee passed away on February 16, 2021. He was born on February 14, 1929, near Tallapoosa, in Haralson County, Georgia. His parents were Lloyd Denver and Ora Cason Daniel. His first seven years of school were spent at Pine Grove Elementary School in Haralson County, one of the last active one-room schools in...

Catherine Talton

Catherine Talton

Feb 15, 2021

Catherine Welbron Talton, age 98, entered into the presence of her Savior on February 15, 2021. She gave her life to Jesus as a young girl at Rehoboth Baptist Church and was baptized in the creek on Frazier Road. Catherine was a life long resident of the Pea Ridge community, telling stories of her childhood picking cotton on their farm...

Charlotte Mary Collins

Charlotte Mary Collins

Feb 14, 2021

Charlotte Mary Thuman Collins died at the age of 70 on February 14, 2021. She was a graduate of College Park High School, class of 1968 and attended the University of Georgia. She was an active faithful member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Decatur, where she enjoyed serving in the theatre ministry. Charlotte was very witty, an avid...

Thomas Edwin Love

Thomas Edwin Love

Feb 13, 2021

Thomas Love, age 51, of Sandy Springs, GA, passed on February 13, 2021. A celebration of life ceremony will be held on February 21, 2021 for immediate family only at Decatur First UMC with interment in the memory garden there. Thomas is survived by his parents Anne and James Evans and Gordon and Sharon Love; brothers Joel(Rebecca) Evans, Erik Evans;...

Sybil Winifred Crawford

Sybil Winifred Crawford

Feb 13, 2021

Mrs. Sybil Winifred Biscombe Crawford was born in Georgetown Hospital, Georgetown Guyana on Thursday October 22 nd , 1931. She was the only daughter of William Biscombe and the third child of Eldica Connell. Sybil later attended and graduated from Carnegie School of Home Economics, which provided her with the skill sets to supervise and manage her home in later...

William Clark Driskell

William Clark Driskell

Feb 13, 2021

WILLIAM CLARK DRISKELL Bill has died. Everything just quit working. Friends and family have been unable to detect any disturbance in the cosmos as the result of his passing. Likewise, there seems to have been no ethereal disruption as a consequence of his birth on September 23, 1944, in Long Beach, California, the first child of the late Alice and...