Tootsie Sims

Dec 20, 2024

Sara Jo "Tootsie" Bonds Sims was born on February 25, 1924 to Albert Jackson and Ethel (Renno) Bonds in Birmingham, AL and was the youngest of seven siblings.

Tootsie passed peacefully into the arms of our Lord on December 20, 2024. There to join her, husband John "Jack" Sims, Jr (the love of her life for more than 65...

Ruan Reese

Dec 19, 2024

Ruan Reese was born December 2, 1954 in Decatur and grew up in Lithonia. She attended Lithonia High School graduating in 1972. She attended the University of Georgia in Athens acquiring a bachelor's degree in Education. She worked as a substitute teacher following her graduation. A few years later she entered the computer field where she worked for about 37...

James Flint

Dec 19, 2024

James Edward Flint, 87, of Atlanta, Georgia, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away Thursday, December 19, 2024. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts on December 4, 1937, he was the son of the late Theodore C. Flint and Mary Fitzgerald Flint. He grew up in the Philadelphia area and was better known by his family and friends as Jim or...

Nancy Burgess

Dec 17, 2024

Nancy Joan Harding Burgess went to be with the Lord on December 17, 2024, at the age of 76. Nancy, named after Frank Sinatra's song, "Nancy with the Laughing Face," had a face full of joy and a blithe spirit which laughed with Jesus, bringing laughter to the hearts of all whom she met.

Nancy came to personal faith...

Bryan Triggs

Dec 16, 2024

In Loving Memory,

Mr. Bryan Wilcox Triggs was born on June 22, 1940 in Port Chester, New York, the son of the late Fred Triggs and Doris Wilcox LaFurge.

He was a graduate of Greenwich High School in Connecticut and continued his formal education at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. He completed his studies earning a degree in accounting....

Lynnda Levitt

Dec 16, 2024

Lynnda Ann Levitt

August 7th, 1947 - December 16th, 2024

Lynnda Levitt, age 77 of Tucker, GA finished her race and passed peacefully on December 16th, 2024, to be in the presence of her Father in heaven and her Lord Jesus Christ. Lynnda was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, teacher, neighbor, and friend. Born...

Charles McGoff

Dec 15, 2024

Charles, aka "Charlie, McGoff died peacefully at his home near Decatur, Ga., on Dec. 15. Born in St. Louis in December 1931, he attended St. Luke's Catholic elementary school and McBride Catholic High School. He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955, stationed in Alaska and Arizona. Afterwards, he returned to St. Louis and attended classes at...

Perry Stephens

Dec 15, 2024

Perry Lee Stephens, Lt. Col. (ret), USAF, of Stone Mountain, GA, passed into eternal joy on December 15, 2024, at the age of 96. He is survived by his children, Carol Stephens Brown (Bob), and Glenn Philip Stephens (Carole), five grandchildren, Michael (Michelle), Lindsey, and David (Jaime) Brown and Andrew and James Stephens, one great grandchild, Houston Samuel Brown, and...

Penelope Pappas

Dec 14, 2024

Penelope K.Pappas, 92, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on December 14,2024. She was born on August 15, 1932 in Alagonea, Kalamata Greece to John and Mary Kastanos. She was proceeded in death by her loving husband of 43 years John G Pappas. She is survived by her children, daughter Helen, son George ( John and...

David Spencer

Dec 13, 2024

Celebration of Life for David Troy Spencer

If there was anyone dancing on their way to heaven, it was our David. On Friday, December 13, 2024, David Troy Spencer passed away surrounded by his family. He was born in Decatur, Georgia and spent most of his childhood and teenage years in Stone Mountain, Georgia where he graduated from Redan High School...

Effie Kaloyannides

Dec 13, 2024

Effie Pappas Kaloyannides, age 86, died peacefully at her home in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida surrounded by her family on December 13, 2024. She was born November 7th, 1938, in Memphis, Tennessee to George (Georghios) and Vasiliki Pappas (Papadimitriou). Preceded in death by; one sister Antoinette (Toni) Boyd and one brother, Emmanuel G. Pappas.

Effie graduated from Henry...

Agnes Willoch

Dec 11, 2024

Agnes Scott Willoch (always called "Mickey") died on December 11, 2024. A native of

Metro Atlanta, she was born August 16,1934. She grew up in Decatur, GA, and attended Winnona Park Elementary and Decatur Girls High School. She graduated from Agnes Scott College with honors in 1955, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science. She was...

Joseph Schaber

Dec 11, 2024

Joseph Martin Schaber, born February 3, 1981, in Las Vegas, Nevada, died unexpectedly from a heart attack while out kayaking, his passion, on December 11, 2024, in the Mossy Creek State Park, Georgia. Born to parents Wade and Lenora Schaber, Joseph lived in many places as both parents served in the United States Air Force, including Germany, South Dakota, Guam,...

Ann Richardson

Dec 11, 2024

Mrs. Elizabeth Daniell Richardson (Betty) of Atlanta, Georgia, age 98, passed away on December 11, 2024.

She is survived by her two daughters, Ann Richardson Owens (Gerald) of Vidalia, Georgia and Ruth Richardson Wray (David) of Monroe, Georgia, five grandchildren, Joanna Wray Austin (Stuart) of Cordele, Georgia, Rachel Wray Stein (Karl) of Woodstock, Georgia, David William Wray (Courtney) of...

Richard Garrison

Dec 9, 2024

Richard was born in Delhi, NY on 18 Aug 1953 to Lt. Donald Linn Garrison and Jean Mathews Garrison. On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, after years fighting against degenerative effects of the terminal illness of Lewy Body Dementia, former publisher, author, Butts County deputy sheriff, federal Customs agent, GBI agent, long time Emory University police sergeant, book collector, fantasy and...

Virginia Hobgood

Dec 9, 2024

Virginia (Ginny) Crowe Hobgood, 82, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024.

She is survived by her daughter, Ginna; son, Hal and his wife Amy; and grandsons Harry and Jack. She is also survived by her aunt, Carol Culverhouse, sister-in-law, Carolyn Wheeler and brother-in-law, Larry Hobgood (Marilyn), all of Cartersville, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She...

Paul Courtright

Dec 9, 2024

Paul Barber Courtright (1942-2024)

Paul Barber Courtright, 82, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed peacefully on the morning of December 9, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 12, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, to Harold Franklin Courtright and Norma Gibbs Courtright, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska.

He is predeceased by his parents and...

Claude Overton Jr.

Dec 9, 2024

Claude Lynn Overton Jr. passed away on December 9, 2024. He was born on September 29, 1943 in Decatur, GA to the late Claude Lynn Overton Sr. and Helon Ganous Overton. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jina. He attended Decatur High School and attended Georgia Tech, Southern Tech, and Oglethorpe University. He received degrees in mechanical engineering,...

Gilda Esther "Tersi" Bendiburg

Dec 6, 2024

Gilda Esther "Tersi" Bendiburg

(1953 - 2024)

Our beloved Gilda Esther "Tersi" Bendiburg of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed peacefully, on December 6th, 2024, surrounded by her adoring family. Tersi was born in Havana, Cuba on September 11, 1953. Although we do not know the weather in Havana that day, we assume--given her nature--that it was sunny and warm. She...

Daphne D.S. ''Dede'' Jeffers

Dec 5, 2024

Daphne D.S. "Dede" Jeffers died in Atlanta, Georgia on December 5, 2024 after a long illness. She was 87.

Dede was born on January 15, 1937 in Huntington, West Virginia to J. C. and Elinore D.H. Sheets. A descendant of Edmund Jennings Randolph on her mother's side, Dede made her debut at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond, VA in...