Jun 23, 2020

Robert George Whitfield, Sr. (Bob) of Dunwoody, Georgia, died June 23, 2020 at the age of 96 to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born in London, Ontario, Canada in 1924 to the late Herbert Whitfield and Lillian Smallman Whitfield and was one of 11 children. In 1942, he married Joyce Page of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. They moved...

Jun 23, 2020

Alice Marie Nystrom Maclin (May 18, 1928 - June 23, 2020) was born in Cadillac, Michigan to a Swedish father, George Nystrom and English mother, Minnie Harwood. She was just twelve years old when her parents died in an automobile accident. She went to live with an aunt in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she quickly realized she had to live...

Jun 23, 2020

Barbara Joan McMillian, 77, passed away on June 24, 2020 at Northside Cherokee Hospital. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she was the daughter of Grady and Catherine Taylor. She graduated from Southwest Dekalb High School in 1961 and was employed for over 20 years at Grizzard Advertising. Barbara enjoyed social gatherings with family and friends, music and dancing. She loved to...

Jun 23, 2020

Charles M. Baird died (he disliked the term “passed away”) at age 79 on June 23, 2020. He is survived by his daughter Ellen R. Baird and his brother W. Joseph Baird. He was an Atlanta native of Southern parentage, but his remote ancestors on his father’s side were from Massachusetts. He was the direct descendent of two of the...

Jun 22, 2020

The Rev. Edward Franklin Franze III, 76, of Winder, GA died June 22 at Tranquility Hospice Center in Marietta after contracting the novel coronavirus. He was a family man, music lover, ordained minister, theology teacher and Latin scholar.Mr. Franze was born Feb. 19, 1944 in Lexington, VA, the son of the late Edward F. Franze Jr. and Sally Ann Lauderdale...

Jun 21, 2020

Mary Ruth Wade Leigh gently passed away in her sleep on June 21, 2020. She was born on May 12, 1930, in Wrens, Georgia, and graduated from Reidsville High School. She was a homemaker, bookkeeper, and secretary and spent most of her life in Atlanta. Interment will be in Wrens. It has been an absolute honor to be her husband...

Jun 19, 2020

Bob Homans, 86, of Atlanta, Georgia passed peacefully on June 19, 2020 after a long illness. Bob was born on August 16, 1933 to Pearly and Mildred Homans in Newburyport, Massachusetts. After serving in the U. S. Army in the Korean War, he attended Georgia Tech and worked for General Motors Lakewood Assembly plant in Atlanta until his retirement. He...

Jun 19, 2020

George Bramlett Jr, of Tucker, Ga., passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. He was 90 years old. He was born in 1929 in Decatur, Ga., to George W. Bramlett and Mamie Lois Maddox. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Louneil Corn Bramlett, sons Phil Bramlett and Jeff Bramlett (Donna),...

Jun 19, 2020

Jun 19, 2020

Marjorie June Washburn passed away peacefully on June 19, 2020, after suffering a heart attack on June 16. June was born on February 9, 1933, in Columbus, Ohio, the third of six children of John Lindsay Young and Ruby Wilson Young. When June was eight years old, the family moved to Madison, North Carolina, where she graduated from Madison High...

Jun 18, 2020

Chauncey Robert Brown died as the result of heart failure just before noon on June 18, 2020. He was born in Macomb Illinois on September 21, 1930 where he lived in the log cabin on the way into town. As a young boy his family moved to Knoxville, Illinois where he graduated from Knoxville High School. He joined the United...

Jun 18, 2020

Robert King Chandler, Sr., 78, of Lilburn, GA an Atlanta native passed away on June 18, 2020. He was the son of Charles Parks Chandler and Hazel Kathleen King. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Evelyn Hunt Chandler and is survived by his brother Larry Chandler, son Robert King Chandler, Jr., daughter Kimberly Burel, and granddaughters Erin...

Jun 17, 2020

Jmmy (Jim) Darrell Gable passed the evening of Wednesday June 17th, 2020. He served in the Korean War as Airman First Class in the US Air Force. Jim was the son of the late Julia Bell Gray and Emory Lee Gable and he was born in LaGrange, Georgia on October 6, 1930. He is survived by his brother, Horace E....

Jun 17, 2020

Robert Allen Shults, age 50, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on June 17, 2020 after a long and courageous struggle with brain cancer. Robert was born on September 27, 1969 in Roanoke, Virginia. He spent his childhood in Salem and Marion, Virginia and graduated from Marion Senior High School in 1987. He earned a...

Jun 16, 2020

LaUna Williams passed away peacefully Tuesday June 16, 2020 at the age of 94. LaUna was born in Bristol, TN to Pearl and John Arnold. She graduated from Tennessee High School and became nursing assistant. LaUna had a beautiful singing voice and frequently sang solos in the church and for weddings. She was a talented seamstress and loved to draw...

Jun 12, 2020

The Reverend Leonard Griffin Boswell died on Friday June 12, 2020 at the age of 92. He died as he lived, with grace, cheerfulness, and gentle kindness. Born in 1927 in Newborn, Georgia to Griffin and Mary Boswell, he grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was raised in the Presbyterian Church, to which he devoted his...

Jun 11, 2020

Dorothy Douglas Adams of Decatur, Georgia, passed away June 11, 2020. The only child of Freeman Seavey Douglas and Anne Laura Douglas formerly of Augusta, Georgia, Dorothy was born November 2, 1922 in East Liverpool, Ohio. When she was a young child, her father’s job with Babcock & Wilcox transferred the family to Augusta. Dorothy graduated from Tubman High School...

Jun 8, 2020

A gifted teacher and experimental psychologist, died on June 8, 2020 in Atlanta following an illness. He was cared for lovingly throughout his last months by his beloved daughter, Eleanor. He is also survived by nieces Robin and Claire and grandchildren Cassidy and Devin. He was pre-deceased by his wife Paula and daughter Hollye and by his brother Robert. Born...

Jun 8, 2020

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Don Shockley attended public schools and Birmingham-Southern College in his home city. He received the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Emory University in 1962, and completed doctoral studies at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1975. Don and Mary Jim Lyons, having been sweethearts since elementary school, were married during their senior year at Birmingham-Southern....

Jun 8, 2020

On Monday, June 8th, 2020, Phillip L. Buice, loving husband and father of four, passed away at the age of 73. Phillip was born on September 30th, 1946 in Atlanta, GA. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and became a residential contractor in the Atlanta area following his service and return home. Phillip was kind, gentle, hard-working...