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...

Dec 5, 2020

Valerie Elaine Purcell was born on October 20, 1957, a beautiful fall day in Decatur, Georgia, to William L. (Bill)Purcell and Elsie Riley Purcell. She went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 5, 2020 after a valiant struggle with lung cancer and Covid 19. Graduating from Cedar Grove High School, Valerie began a forty-five-year career as lead dental...

Dec 5, 2020

Nancy Shores, 80, of Atlanta died on December 5, 2020 at her home. Graveside services are to be held at Peachtree Memorial Park. Survivors include her brothers James McCauley and Richard McCauley, sisters Susan Schaff and Martha Long, son, Edward Willingham, and daughter Pamela Hix. Services handled by A.S. Turner and Sons.

Dec 5, 2020

Mrs. Laurel Dean Gray Craft of Decatur, GA wife of Dr. Thomas Fisher Craft, Jr. formerly of Decatur, and daughter of the late Rev. Lawrence Candler and Inez Dean Gray of Fort Valley, GA, died Saturday, December 5, 2020 in Woodstock, GA. She was the paternal granddaughter of Lawrence Peter and Myrtis Everett Gray of Fort Valley; and the maternal...

Dec 4, 2020

Olen Edward Little of Atlanta, GA age 90, passed away on Friday, December 4th, 2020. Olen was born February 25, 1930 in Douglasville, GA. He was preceded in death by his parents Reverend Oscar and Bernice Little, brothers and sisters Fred Little, Etta Kate Eskew, Huelon Little, Arlen Little, and Delores Elsner. He is survived by his lifetime love of...

Dec 4, 2020

Lilyc Bee-Jin (Lee) Lau was called to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on 4 Dec 2020 at age 87. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Rev Kuok Ding Lau. Lilyc was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, as the eldest of 7 children, 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Her sisters are Bee Im Lee, Bee Yong...

Dec 4, 2020

Ruth Warren Symington died peacefully at her home in Atlanta, GA on December 4, 2020. She was born at Fort Sheridan in Lake Forest, Il and was the youngest of four children – June, John, Bill, and Ruth. Her parents were Colonel and Mrs. John Wesley Warren, USAF. Ruth grew up on various Air Force bases as her father was...

Dec 4, 2020

BAGWELL, Willy “Dean”, 85, recently of Decatur GA, died Friday, December 4, 2020. He was born in 1935 to the late Robert L. Bagwell and Ivoris M. Bagwell in Fayette County Alabama. A strong provider for his family, he worked as a tile setter for over 50 years and was a member of the Brick Layers Union. He was known...

Nov 29, 2020

Let us celebrate the life of MaryJean Childress Voegtlin, beloved daughter of Ted and Colleen Childress, elder sister of Sherri Anne [Childress], and beloved mother of two children, Stewart and MaryBeth Withers (Voegtlin). MaryJean’s many interests found ways into her work, first as a real estate agent, then as an interior decorator, and finally as a careful and curious genealogist...

Nov 26, 2020

Justice George Holmes Carley, Sr. of Decatur, GA passed away on November 26, 2020. He died 34 years to the day after his father and will be buried next to his parents at Decatur Cemetery. Justice Carley was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1938, the only child of George L. Carley Jr. and Dorothy Holmes Carley. His family moved to...

Nov 26, 2020

Pat Minor of Decatur, Georgia was 86 years old when she passed away on November 26, 2020. She was the daughter of “Miss Aut” and Luther Shore and grew up in Baldwin, Georgia. She graduated from North Georgia College and while at Grady Memorial School of Medical Technology met Dr. Don Minor. They were married and spent the next 58...

Nov 26, 2020

Randall “Randy” Joseph Smith of Atlanta, Ga. passed away on November 26, 2020 from Lewy Body Dementia. Randy grew up in Lansing, MI, attended Union H.S. in New Jersey and earned a Marketing degree at Central Connecticut State College. He worked 37 years in the paint business with Sanders Paint, Porter Paint, DeVoe & Raynolds, ICI Dulux & Benjamin Moore...

Nov 25, 2020

William Crosby “Bill” Galvin, DDS, 75, passed away peacefully at his John’s Creek home on November 25, 2020. Bill was born on June 1, 1945 to Dr. William and Alberta Galvin in the Presidential Suite of the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulfur Springs, WV. After WWII, his family moved to Atlanta, where his Dad was an Anesthesiologist at Emory University...

Nov 22, 2020

Nov 22, 2020

Polly "Joann" Fain, age 90, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 22, 2020. Joann was born May 21, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia. She married her fast friend and lifetime love of 62 years, Joe Wheeler Fain, who preceded her in death in 2010. Joann was an active member of Rehoboth Baptist Church for over 50 years and she was very involved...

Nov 21, 2020

Margrit W. Nash, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020, at the age of 83. Margrit was born in Hamburg, Germany, on September 5, 1937. She attended school in Germany and in Belgium. After competing her university studies, she met and married John Nash, an Englishman, and moved with him first to London, then later to Atlanta...

Nov 21, 2020

James Rawls Ivey, Jr., age 98 of Atlanta passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020. Jim was preceded in death by his father and mother, James and Pauline Ivey, his parents in-law Frank and Bertie Lou Jones, and his brothers, Kenneth and Tom. Jim is survived by his wife of almost 72 years, Charlotte Jones Ivey; his children Elaine and her...

Nov 21, 2020

Mr. David Daniel Greene Jr. of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away on November 21, 2020. David was reared in Jacksonville, Florida. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. He then attended the University of Florida where he was pledged to Phi Delta Theta. Mr. Greene was retired from NCR Corporation. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Hudgins Greene,...

Nov 18, 2020

Bonnie Jean Erwin Lowery (aka Sugar) age 64 of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on Wednesday November 18, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband Jeff Lowery and her parents, Clara Belle Erwin and Robert G. Erwin. She is survived by brothers and sisters-in-law Robert and Malinda Erwin of Commerce, GA, Van and Millie Erwin of Sandy Springs,...

Nov 16, 2020

Joyce Ruus Martin passed away after a brief illness on Monday, November 16, 2020. She was preceded in death by her only sibling, Edwin Ruus, and her granddaughter Krista Marie Springs. Born in Charleston, SC on January 21, 1933, she was the product of strong German Lutheran roots. Her parents, Edwin Ruus and Lucille Buck Ruus, were second generation German...