Obituaries
Lorraine Legette
Dec 18, 2020
Alice Lorraine Nicholl LeGette died on December 18, 2020, at the age of 100. She was born on July 17, 1920 in Lockport, NY to George Arthur Nicholl and Mildred Edna Black Nicholl, both cadet officers-in-training in the Salvation Army. As Salvationists they were frequently reassigned to posts far and wide as they trained and ultimately attained officer status and...

Catherine Meyer
Dec 17, 2020
Catherine had an incredible memory and loved nothing better than reminiscing about the past. She could recall her childhood in vivid detail, even going back to when she was two years old. She could also remember details of her children and grandchildren's lives that they had forgotten. She grew up in the same house her father had grown up in...
Martha Beverlyn Pratt
Dec 17, 2020
Martha Beverlyn Hudson Pratt (Beverlyn), 101, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Born in Bolingbroke, GA, Beverlyn lived in Georgia most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Carlton Henry Hudson and Alma Roberta Hudson. She was the wife of the late Winfred Wright Pratt, Jr. She is survived...
Reidar Bjornard
Dec 16, 2020
Dr. Reidar Bernhard Bjornard 1917 - 2020 Dr. Reidar Bjornard passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2020. He was born in Trondheim, Norway on November 29, 1917. As a young teenager, he moved with his mother to Oslo, where he met his one and only love, Karin Helene Ohrn at the Oslo Baptist Church. Reidar was a student at the...
Sylvia Ann Carroll
Dec 16, 2020
Sylvia A. (Watson) Carroll, age 81 of Decatur, passed away on December 16, 2020 in her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 12, 1939 in Meridian, Mississippi. Sylvia was a graduate of Pachuta High School and the University of Southern Mississippi where she majored in Home Economics. Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, Pascal...
Maureen Janet Rollins
Dec 16, 2020
Maureen Janet Rollins (Mykowsky) passed away peacefully in Atlanta on December 16, 2020 surrounded by the wonderful presence of her family and dearest caregivers. She was 78 years old. A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Maureen was born in 1942 to parents John and Elizabeth Mykowsky (Sawchuck). She was as proud of her Canadian heritage as she was of having been...
Mary Mulkey Miller
Dec 15, 2020
Mary Mulkey Miller, age 81, passed away on December 15, 2020 following complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Mary was born May 29, 1939 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and moved to California as a toddler. She grew up in Sutter, California and moved to Georgia in 1956, where she lived for the rest of her life. Mary loved music and had a beautiful...
Joandrew Dinkins
Dec 15, 2020
Joandrew Johnson Dinkins, age 89, of Tucker, GA, passed away in her home on December 15, 2020. Mrs. Dinkins, known to her friends as Jo, was born to the late Joseph and Lucille Johnson in Augusta, GA, on March 2, 1931, where she grew up and was valedictorian of her Hepzibah High School class. She then met the love of...
Barbara Suzanne Pound
Dec 14, 2020
Barbara Suzanne Pound passed away at home in her beloved North GA mountains. Barbara was the youngest of three sisters born to the late Bob and Frances Pound. She lived in several states in her childhood until the family returned to their native Georgia when Barbara was in high school. Barbara graduated from Lakeside High School and La Grange College...
Thomas Martin Pittman, Jr.
Dec 13, 2020
Thomas Martin Pittman Jr. of Nicholson, GA age 80 passed away and went to be with the lord on Sunday December 13 2020 at his home in Nicholson, GA. Tommie was born January 5, 1940 in Atlanta, GA. He was the youngest and only son born to Thomas sr. And Cora Pittman. Tommie was married to Bessie a Pittman for...
Eugene Carlston Bales, Jr.
Dec 12, 2020
Eugene C. Bales, Jr. PhD, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020. He was born to Eugene Carlston and Florence Cox Bales on April 27, 1937 in the family home in Inman Park. He lived the remainder of his life in that home. Eugene was educated in the Atlanta Public Schools: Moreland Elementary and Wm. A. Bass High School; Oglethorpe University...
Washburn Gilbert Storey
Dec 11, 2020
Washburn Gilbert “Gil” Storey age 80 of Decatur passed away December 11, 2020. Gil was born in Waycross, Ga and graduated from Waycross High School in 1958. He then attended the University of Georgia where he earned an accounting degree. Gil worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 39 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beth Owen...
Kuok Ding Lau
Dec 9, 2020
Rev Kuok-Ding Lau was called to be with his Lord and Savior on 9 Dec 2020. He is predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Lilyc Bee-Jin Lau (Lee). He was the oldest of 6 children. He was born in a 24 acre village outside of Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. Ding is predeceased by his parents, Rev Peter Hung-Ang Lau and...
Ruth Overgaard Brewer
Dec 9, 2020
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Ruth Overgaard Brewer at age 99 on December 9, 2020.Ruth was born on July 4, 1921 in Ashby, MN to her loving parents Gust and Ella, in a farmhouse built by her father. Her father’s parents immigrated from Norway and lived in a house next door. She was the...
Minnie Rebecca Baughcum
Dec 8, 2020
Minnie Rebecca Cole Baughcum died Thursday morning December 08, 2020 in the Parkside, Ellijay Nursing Home. She is survived by her two sons and daughter in laws, Marshal Alan and Donna Baughcum, and Benjamin Andrew and Linda Baughcum; 4 Grandchildren, 13 Great Grandchildren and 2 Great-Great Grandchildren. She was 96 years old.A private funeral service will be held at the...
Samuel Robert Taylor
Dec 7, 2020
On Monday, December 7th, 2020, Samuel Robert Taylor, loving brother and friend, passed away at the age of 73. Sam was born February 23rd, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida to Fred and Vesta Taylor. He grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, graduating in 1965 from Mainland Senior High School. Sam lived in the Atlanta metro area since the 1970s and was...
Eleonor Bayer
Dec 6, 2020
On Saturday, December 5, 2020, Eleonor Bayer, a courageous woman, loving spouse and mother of four, passed away at the age of 76. Eleonor was born on February 15, 1944 to Mariano and Helen (Gonzalez) Miranda. She received her nursing degree from St. Paul College, and she owned and operated her own board and care facility in Alameda, California. She...
Charles Leaston Bell
Dec 6, 2020
Charles Leaston Bell, age 84, of Atlanta died Sunday December 6, 2020. Born in Augusta, he was the son of Earl Leaston and Eleanor Brown Bell. He was a member of Latham United Methodist in Huntsville, Alabama. He was a graduate of the Richmond Academy in Augusta, Southern Tech, Georgia Tech, and Alabama A&M University. An electrical engineer and restorer...
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