Obituaries

Joseph Frank Jackson, Jr.

Joseph Frank Jackson, Jr.

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...

Mary Louise Campbell

Mary Louise Campbell

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...

Mi Hwa Braswell

Mi Hwa Braswell

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...

Albert Edward Staley, Jr.

Albert Edward Staley, Jr.

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...

Gertrude Guerard Richards

Gertrude Guerard Richards

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...

Roger Gilleland

Roger Gilleland

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...

Barbara Scott Neustadt

Barbara Scott Neustadt

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....

Barbara Louise Embry

Barbara Louise Embry

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...

Frances Juanita Linkous

Frances Juanita Linkous

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...

Olga Elizabeth Lockaby

Olga Elizabeth Lockaby

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...

Marilyn Pach Moynihan

Marilyn Pach Moynihan

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...

Betty Jean (Thrower) Freeman

Betty Jean (Thrower) Freeman

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...

James  Louie Johnson

James Louie Johnson

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...

Jane T Singleton

Jane T Singleton

Jun 1, 2019

Jane T. Singleton, 78, of Stone Mountain, died Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Tranquility Hospice. Jane was born July 23, 1940 in Atlanta, daughter of the late John and Nancy Hadaway Thompson. She was a lifelong area resident and was retired. She loved spending time with her family , friends & going to church. Other than her parents, Jane was...

Silvia Ethridge

Silvia Ethridge

May 30, 2019

Silvia Hornsby Ethridge, 79, of Atlanta, died Thursday, May 30 2019. Silvia was a graduate of Bass H.S. in Atlanta. She retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation after 35 years of commendable service, Silvia was a long-time member of the Church of the Epiphany Choir. She was an avid reader with a broad knowledge of many subjects. Silvia loved...

Eleanor Stephens

Eleanor Stephens

May 29, 2019

STEPHENS, Eleanor - Eleanor Froehbrodt Stephens, 89, of Tucker, GA, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. She was born to William and Laura Kannberg on September 19, 1929, in Chicago, IL. Eleanor was a devoted, loving wife, mother, and grandmother. A long-time member of the First Christian Church of Atlanta, she was actively involved in...

Roger Payne Edwards

Roger Payne Edwards

May 29, 2019

Roger was born on May 29, 1945, at Baptist Medical Center in Jasper, Alabama. His parents were Coot and Irene Philpot Edwards. He was named for Roy Rogers and Dr. Payne, the delivery doctor. His nickname became Poochie. In 1947, at the age of 22 months, he won the "Prettiest Baby in Jasper" contest. He was a member of West...

Fred Campbell  Turner

Fred Campbell Turner

May 27, 2019

Fred Turner, 72, of Orlando, Florida, died Monday, May 27. He is survived by his wife Dr. Janie Turner, his daughter Caroline Turner of Seattle, his son Scott Turner and Scott's wife Karen Love of Greenville, and two sisters, Dr. Patricia Turner and Jane Turner. Fred worked with his dad at A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home in Decatur,...