Jun 20, 2019

Nurtured in the Big Sky country of Montana, Tom Wardell grew up to embrace the vast opportunities America has to offer. After a brief illness, Thomas R. B. Wardell died on June 20, 2019 at age 78. He was born in Nebraska, to Wendell Wardell and Alta Mae Moulton. He grew up in Deadwood, South Dakota, and Billings, Montana, graduating...

Jun 18, 2019

John Josef Just, 80, of Atlanta, beloved husband, Dad, Otta, and friend, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Born November 17, 1938, in Botschar, Yugoslavia, he was the son of the late Stefan and Emma Klein Just. During WWII as a 5-year-old, John survived a forced march from Botschar to Topola and internment in Molidorf prison camp until escaping in...

Jun 18, 2019

Ralph Dale Melton, 83, died Tuesday morning, June 18, 2019 at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, Ga following a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Mary Ann Diden Melton; his daughter, Pamela Jean (Melton) Worley and husband Joe; his brother, Leamon Melton and wife Stella; brothers-in-law Don Diden and wife Ina, and Ronnie Diden and...

Jun 17, 2019

Mary Ruth Phillips Sullivan, 95, of Stone Mountain, died in June at her Park Springs Community home. Per her wish, no formal memorial service will be held. Mrs. Sullivan was the widow of Lt. Col. Roy M. (Sully) Sullivan, Jr., USAF, Retired. A native of Randolph County, GA., Ruth was graduated from Cuthbert High School, Andrew College and Vanderbilt University....

Jun 17, 2019

Hank Woolard, age 89, passed away on June 17th from complications of congestive heart failure. He was preceded in death by his daughter Kim and is survived by his wife of 67 years, Barbara Harwell Woolard, his daughter Cathy and her wife, Karen Geney; his son Jack and his wife Gail and their children Wil and Abby Woolard and Kim’s...

Jun 16, 2019

Mr. Joseph Frank Jackson Jr., 76, of Atlanta died Sunday June 16, 2019. Mr. Jackson graduated from Druid Hills High School in 1960 and attended Georgia Tech, where he graduated with both an Undergraduate and Masters of Industrial Management. He served in the U.S. Army and went on to work at Georgia Tech as an Administrator for 34 years spending...

Jun 16, 2019

Mary Louise Wise Campbell, 93, of Decatur, beloved wife, mother and sister, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2019. Born August 23, 1925, in Macon, GA, she was the daughter of the late Reverend Edward Monroe Wise, Sr. and Sarah Louise Roberts Wise. Mary graduated from LaGrange College and was a long standing member of Decatur First UMC. Over the years...

Jun 15, 2019

Mrs. Mi Hwa Braswell, 75, passed away on June 15th, 2019 at Fulton Center for Rehabilitation in Atlanta, GA. Mi Hwa was born in Hamkyong-do, South Korea on September 9th, 1943 and survived through the Korean War. After an arduous journey, she married Alvin “Al” Braswell in South Korea and embraced a new journey traveling to many countries and eventually...

Jun 13, 2019

Dr. Albert E. Staley, Jr., LTC Retired United States Army Reserve age 95 of Decatur died June 13, 2019. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be greatly missed. He proudly served in the U.S. Army and was a bronze Star recipient. Albert was also a dentist in Decatur for many years. He was an...

Jun 13, 2019

Gertrude Guerard Spratt Richards, age 97, passed away on June 13, 2019. She was born in Atlanta on July 5, 1921 to Katherine Elliot Guerard Spratt (born in Bluffton, SC in 1883) and Nelson Tracy Spratt, Sr. (born in Alford, MA in 1873). She began her life in Oakland City, on Avon Avenue, where her father owned and operated the...

Jun 12, 2019

Raymond Roger Gilleland, 82, of Tucker, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away June 12, 2019. Born May 11, 1937, in Tate, GA, he was the son of the late Carlton Woodrow and Cleva Hulsey Gilleland of Dawsonville, GA. Roger graduated from North Georgia College and served as an Army Reservist, reaching the rank of Captain. After a brief stint...

Jun 11, 2019

Barbara Scott Neustadt, “Scottie”, 82, peacefully passed away on June 11th, 2019 in Decatur, Georgia. Barbara Neustadt was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to William Morton Scott and Blanche Ann Ledford Scott on October 25, 1936. She graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina and The Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida in the 1956....

Jun 8, 2019

Barbara Louise Rabun Embry, 84, of Chamblee, GA passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019. Barbara was born March 6, 1935 in Stapleton, GA, daughter of the late Lee Walton Rabun and Louise Waller Rabun. She graduated from North Fulton High School in Atlanta, and then graduated from Mercer University in Macon, GA, with a degree in Education. At Mercer, she...

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Jun 6, 2019

Mrs. Frances Juanita Lord Linkous, 94, of Atlanta died Thursday, June 6, 2019. Mrs. Linkous graduated from Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She served long term as a Registered Nurse and Nursing Service Superintendent for the same hospital where she received her training. Known to her family and friends as Nita, Mrs. Linkous made a full life...

Jun 6, 2019

Olga Elizabeth Lockaby, 92, died Thursday, June 6, 2019. Mrs. Lockaby was born in Brighton, England. She met her husband, “Slim”, during WWII. She came to the United States as a war bride and became a citizen in 1967. Mrs. Lockaby worked for Sears and Roebuck in their accounting department for 35 years as a statistician. Her family will never...

Jun 5, 2019

Marilyn Pach Moynihan passed away on June 5, 2019. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, Pell City, Alabama, on Saturday, June 8, 2019. The family will receive beginning at 10:00 am, CDT until shortly before Mass begins at 11:00 a.m. CDT. Mrs. Moynihan will be interred next to her late...

Jun 2, 2019

Lt. Colonel Chaplain James Louie Johnson (U.S. Army, Retired) of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on Sunday June 2nd after a long illness. LTC James L. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 15th 1930 to James Louie Johnson Sr. and Pearl Boyd Johnson. Both parents died when he was a child and he was brought to Augusta, Georgia...

Jun 2, 2019

Betty Jean Thrower Freeman, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, died following a prolonged Alzheimer’s illness on June 2, 2019. She was 87 years old. Betty was born on March 29, 1932 in Lanett, Alabama. She attended Lanett High School in Lanett, Alabama where she was the newspaper editor and salutatorian. Then in 1955, Betty graduated from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama...