Feb 12, 2018

Dr. Frances Sterling Ellis, 95, of Stone Mountain, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018. Born November 12, 1922, in Gloster, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Elias and Rhoda Berryhill Sterling. In 1942 she married Ralph J. Ellis who served in the Air Force during WWII and later became a Methodist minister. Frances...

Feb 12, 2018

Feb 12, 2018

Beverly Beacham Lucas died peacefully on February 12, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 90. Beverly is survived by her son Ronald, daughter Cathy, brother Franklin, and four grandchildren, Kristen, Dylan, Jackson and Brayden. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Lucas, Sr. Beverly was born on December 1, 1927 in Savannah, Georgia to Ansel and...

Feb 11, 2018

Dr. Frank A. DeZoort, 74, of Stone Mountain passed away surrounded by love on Sunday, February 11th in Decatur, Georgia. He is survived by his sister, Dr. Edith DeZoort, brother Bill DeZoort (Barbara), son Dr. Todd DeZoort (Christi), daughter Dana DeZoort, and grandsons Gage DeZoort, Jake DeZoort, and Keenan DeZoort. Frank was born on January 12, 1944 in Paterson, NJ...

Feb 11, 2018

Family, faith, friends and music defined the life of Alcie Thornton. Mrs. Thornton, who was named after a beloved aunt named Alcie, passed away Feb. 11, 2018 of congestive heart failure. Born Alcie Elizabeth Parker in 1933 in Siloam, Greene County, Ga., she also lived in Florida for a time. She and her husband Walter lived in Avondale Estates for...

Feb 11, 2018

Joseph Ian Abbott, of Tucker, Georgia passed away unexpectedly on February 11, 2018. Ian was born on May 22, 1979 in Austell, GA to Joseph and Patricia Abbott. Ian attended East Paulding High School. After high school Ian served as a Specialist in the Army from 1997 through 2001. Ian loved watching movies and telling stories. He had a soft...

Feb 10, 2018

Mr. Robert Allen Melton, 81, of Decatur, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlotte Cofer Melton. He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Rick Hulsey and Amy and Jerry McEachin. Grandchildren: Allison Hulsey, Jerry McEachin, Nick McEachin, and Zac McEachin and family friend, Shai Cooper. He was preceded in...

Feb 10, 2018

Mary Elizabeth Partridge of Hammond, LA. lost her battle with diabetes at her home on February 10, 2018. Born in Atlanta to the late John and Agnes Partridge on August 9, 1948, Elizabeth grew up in Avondale Estates and attended school there. She received a BA from Belhaven College in Jackson, MS., and an M.Ed and an Ed. D from...

Feb 10, 2018

Julia M. Clark Alpharetta, Georgia Julia, 64, of Alpharetta passed away on February 10, 2018 after a brief illness. Julia was born in Bainbridge, GA to the late Lillian W. Clark and Judge Thomas A. Clark. She attended Plant High School in Tampa, FL. After receiving her degree from The University of South Florida in social work, she worked for...

Feb 10, 2018

Richard John Boyens, 79, of Decatur, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, NY, November 3, 1938, he was the son of the late Clarence and Esther Jacobsen Boyens. Richard learned to fly before the age of 16 at Marine Park Seaplane Base in Brooklyn and was flying before he could drive. He...

Feb 9, 2018

Rachel Elizabeth Casey Cain passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at the age of 91. Elizabeth, or Betty as so many knew her, was born in Atlanta, GA on December 26, 1926. She was one of six children whose family lived in Acworth, GA where her father worked for the Southern Railroad and she attended and graduated from Acworth High...

Feb 9, 2018

Marsha Ann Aughtry of Tucker, GA died February 9, 2018. She was born in Norfolk, VA on January 15, 1936. Marsha was a graduate of the University of Georgia and taught in the DeKalb County School System for 39 years. Marsha and her parents were charter members of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. Throughout the years she taught Sunday school, served...

Feb 7, 2018

Kyle Rubio, 23, of Loganville, beloved son and brother, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018. Kyle enjoyed fixing anything he could get his hands on. He enjoyed football, baseball, soccer and spending time with his family and friends. Kyle is survived by his son, Cayden Rubio; mother, Leigh Rubio; father, Gregory Rubio and his wife, Edith Rubio; sister, Kyleigh Rubio;...

Feb 7, 2018

Virginia Pillow Lavinder, age 97, passed away February 7, 2018, at Dekalb Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, after a brief illness. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, she was the daughter of Charles Clayton Pillow, Sr., and Mary Peters Pillow. She graduated from William Fleming High School in Roanoke and after completing business courses she went on to employment with Frigidaire in...

Feb 6, 2018

Ralph Doud Whaley, age 78, died on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, GA. He was born in Nashville, TN to Mary Doud Whaley and John Hickman Whaley, Jr. Both of his parents and brother, John Hickman Whaley III, preceded him in death. Ralph is survived by his wife, Claudia Whaley; close friend, Peggy Brodsky;...

Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

Harry “Tripp” B. Rhame III 1970 - 2018 After too short of a life filled with discovery, creativity, love, and laughter and too long of a fight against melanoma, Tripp peacefully passed away at home on February 6, surrounded by the love of his family. If you would like to honor Tripp's life with a contribution, Smile Train and St....

Feb 5, 2018

Katherine “Kay” Wright Philips spent her childhood on the beach, spent her final days in the mountains, and lived her life everywhere in between. Born in 1921 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Gordon and June Wright, Kay passed away on February 5th, 2018, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, near Montreat, her adopted “second home” for much of her adult...

Feb 5, 2018

Major Sandra Snelson, a native of Washington D.C., passed away Monday, February 5, 2018. She spent more than forty years as an officer (an ordained minister) for The Salvation Army. She was 78 years old. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, at Elliott Sons Funeral Home, 4255 Columbia Rd., Augusta GA, and Friday, February...

Feb 5, 2018

Frances Marie Browne Shumate, 89, of Atlanta, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Monday, February 5, 2018. Born February 10, 1928 in Tuscaloosa AL, she was the daughter of late Searcy Foster Browne and Jessie Marie Davis Browne. Frances graduated from the University of Alabama, earning her Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics. She loved to cook & bake for...