Obituaries
Alan Wade "Shawn" Ergle
Jul 4, 2019
Alan Wade (Shawn) Ergle, age 57 of Decatur, GA passed away July 4, 2019. He was born on October 13, 1961 in Atlanta, GA. He attended Druid Hills High School and graduated from the University of Georgia. He is survived by his mother, Dianne Ergle, Avondale Estates, GA and his father, Terry Ergle, Dawsonville, GA. The family will celebrate his...
Hilda Diaz
Jul 4, 2019
Hilda Diaz, 89, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 4, 2019 in the arms of her loving husband, Jesus, and with family members at their side. She was born on December 18, 1929 in Havana, Cuba to Alejandro and Mercedez Rodriguez. She married Jesus Diaz Lanzada on January 5, 1957. Hilda was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. At...
Roger Dan Williams
Jul 4, 2019
Roger Dan Williams, 62, passed away July 4, 2019 after a courageous five-year battle with cancer. Dan was born in Manheim, Germany on November 4, 1956 where he was adopted by his loving parents, Wayne and Fay Williams who were stationed there at the time. The Williams family lived in Germany for the first year of Dan’s life, then relocating...
Donna Sue Benson
Jul 3, 2019
Donna Sue Benson (Melton) passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the age of 75. Donna is preceded in death by her parents, Ira B. Melton, Sr. and Mildred E. Melton, brother, Ira B. Melton, Jr. and niece, Cheryl Melton. Donna is survived by her loving husband, Nelson Benson of 58 years. They were...
Zelda Harriett Reid
Jul 1, 2019
Zelda "Mimi" Harriett Frye Reid died peacefully on July 1, 2019 at Pebblebrook Memory Care, a caring community in Park Springs, Stone Mountain, GA. She was 91. She was born in Atlanta, GA on July 29, 1927 to Harry and Lodene Frye and lived in the Atlanta area her entire life. She graduated from West Fulton High School. She was...
Beatrice Drusilla Carter
Jul 1, 2019
Beatrice Drusilla Carter, 93, of Avondale Estates, Georgia, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 1, 2019. Dru, as she was known, was born on September 17, 1925 in Day Book/Jack's Creek, North Carolina, to Samuel Lee Haney and Thursa Bennett Haney. She graduated from Bee Log High School in Bee Log, North Carolina, near Burnsville, and earned an...
Richard Earl Hughes, Sr.
Jun 30, 2019
Richard Earl Hughes, Sr. was born in Greensboro, North Carolina to Edward Allen Hughes, Sr. and Virginia Hughes on February 11, 1945. Shortly after he was born, he moved with his family to Burlington, North Carolina where he attended Walter M. Williams High School. Later he attended Appalachian State College. Richard leaves behind his beloved wife of 40 years, Frances...
Kleomenis Angelo Kliossis
Jun 28, 2019
Kleomenis Angelo Kliossis was born on January 2nd, 1926, in Koutsopodi, a village in Greece located near the city of Argos. Kleomenis was the 13th of 15 children born to Angelo D. Kliossis, and the 5th of 7 children born to Despina Kliossis. Although they were not wealthy in material goods, their house was filled with love, and they always...
Ronald Williams
Jun 26, 2019
Dear Family and Friends, My friend, sweetheart, husband, rock, confidante, and the love of my life, Ronald Williams, passed away early Wednesday morning, June 26, 2019. Ronald was preceded in death by his father; William Rucker, and his mother; Evelyn Williams. Along with me, Ronald is survived by his siblings; Toney Williams and Vickie Williams Gibson, Brother and sister-in-laws; Kenneth...
William Clay Richards, Jr.
Jun 25, 2019
William Clay Richards, Jr., 63 of Suwanee, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. He is survived by his sister, Gail Cowan; niece, Evelyn Cowan Strozier (Tyler); friend, Yvette Thomas; aunts, Nancy McGhee and Jane McGhee; and many cousins and friends. A graveside service will be held on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Floral Hills Memory Gardens....
Jane Boyd Wentz
Jun 24, 2019
Jane Bobo Wentz, 75, of Lilburn, Georgia passed away at Autumn Leaves Assisted Living on Monday, June 24, 2019 after struggling with Alzheimer's disease. Jane is survived by her husband of 52 1/2 years, Clyde Robertson Wentz, Jr. of Lilburn; daughters Jennifer Wentz Meador (Lyle) of Jachin, AL; Patricia "Tricia" Wentz Andress (Rob) of Enterprise, AL; son-in-law Tim Williams of...
Dorothy Jean Malone
Jun 23, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy J. Malone, 83, of Tucker, GA, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019. Mrs. Malone was born 1935 in Talladega, Alabama, daughter of the late William Ansel Fulmer and Margaret Hubbard Fulmer. She graduated from the Sylacauga School of Nursing in Sylacauga, Alabama. Her accomplishments include 5-years as the head nurse for the maternity ward of Georgia Baptist...
Oliver Beaumont "Joe" Turner, Jr.
Jun 21, 2019
Oliver Beaumont Turner, Jr., known as Joe, died Friday June 21, 2019. He was born in Atlanta, GA on October 21, 1929 to Oliver Beaumont Turner, Sr. and Louise Smith Turner. He attended Boys’ High and graduated from University School for Boys. He served in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Joe was an assistant buyer of furniture and...
Noah Parker Peeples
Jun 21, 2019
Noah Parker Peeples, 23, left this imperfect world for his eternal heavenly home on Friday, June 21, 2019. He was currently taking classes at Georgia State University in pursuit of a degree in VR (Virtual Reality) gaming simulation and design. Technology and especially VR has been his passion since he got his first iPhone at the age of 16. He...
Herbert Bobby Hightower
Jun 21, 2019
Herbert Hightower, age 84 passed suddenly on June 21, 2019. He was born in North Georgia to Byron and Stellar Hightower on August 30, 1934. Born in rural Georgia, his family were sharecroppers farming cotton in Salacoa Georgia. The family moved to Scottdale, Georgia in 1947. He went to work for Scottdale Textile Mills in 1950 where he served as...
Thomas Ray Blaco Wardell
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...
John Josef Just
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...
Ralph Dale Melton
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...
Mary Ruth Sullivan
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....
Colonel Henry Hall (Hank) Woolard, Jr.
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...
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