Obituaries
Jean C. Chen
Jan 8, 2018
In 1931 our mother was born Jean Cho-Yu Huang in Wuhan, China, where her father was CEO of Hanyung Iron Works. She was the youngest of seven children. She went to the Jingling Girls High School and then moved to America in 1950 to attend the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth, MN. There she picked up her passion for...
Dr. James Stephen Buckler
Jan 8, 2018
Dr. James Stephen Buckler, 68, of Johns Creek, beloved son, husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018. Born August 3, 1949, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of Rosamond Harmon Buckler and the late Alonzo Magruder Buckler, Jr. Steve was proud to have grown up in Avondale Estates and was a 1967 graduate of Avondale High...
Jerry Buck Andrews
Jan 6, 2018
Jerry Buck Andrews, age 82, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, January 6 at Sunrise Assistant Living in Lilburn, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar (Jessie Casey) Buck and two sisters, Mrs. Jean Buck Russell and Mrs. Patsy Buck Robertson. She is survived by her husband of sixty years, Mr. Robert J....
James Franklin Panter, Jr.
Jan 5, 2018
James Franklin (Jim) Panter, Jr., passed away January 5, 2018, at his home in Lawrenceville, GA, after a battle with cancer. He was born October 23, 1962 in Atlanta, GA to Margaret S. and James F. Panter, Sr. A lifelong Baptist, he graduated from Lakeside High School, Class of 1980. Jim attended Mercer University, Atlanta, for 2 years and transferred...
Herbert Albert Petty, Jr.
Jan 5, 2018
Herbert Albert Petty, Jr., age 86, of Atlanta, passed away January 5, 2018. He is survived by Herbert A. Petty III, Mary Catherine Petty, and Stephen L. Petty. Services will be private. A.S. Turner & Sons, Decatur Ga.
Dovie Estelle Aschbacker
Jan 4, 2018
Dovie Estelle (Burnham) Aschbacker, 106, of Decatur, Georgia passed away at her home on January 4, 2018 with family by her side. Born March 1, 1911, in Sumrall, Mississippi, she was the fourth of nine children born to the late Thomas Sumpter Burnham and Zona Ellen (Clark) Burnham. Just 17 when her mother passed away, Dovie spent nearly a decade...
Frank E. Price
Jan 2, 2018
Frank E. Price, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Frank was born on April 2, 1928 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech, graduating second in his class, and was a Navy Commander, flying jets while in the Navy. Frank had a lifelong love of flying, and worked as a Mechanical Engineer. He is survived by...
Robert Joseph Strickland
Jan 2, 2018
Robert Joseph Strickland, 72 of Pine Lake, GA. Robert Joseph Strickland was born in Atlanta, GA, son of Harvey B Strickland and Edwin L Strickland . He worked as a Prep Cook for the Commerce Club . Surviving are sisters, Eugenia Strickland, and Anita Y Waldorf, brothers, Tony W Strickland, and Michael H Strickland. "Bobby" was preceded in death by...
Helen Ruth Mumford Scherer
Jan 2, 2018
Helen Ruth Mumford Scherer died at her home in Atlanta on January 2, 2018, two months shy of her 100th birthday. A native of Macon, Ga., Helen lost her own mother at the age of 11, a fact that had a great impact on her life and led her to value family above all else. She is survived by three...
Charles Robert Gillespie
Jan 2, 2018
Charles Robert Gillespie, age 92, a resident of the Park Springs Retirement Community in Stone Mountain, GA went to be with the Lord on January 2, 2018. He was born February 1, 1925, in Williamston, SC. His family relocated to Commerce, GA when he was a child. He graduated from Commerce High School and moved to Atlanta in 1942. During...
Dr. Horace Kimbrell Sawyer, Jr.
Jan 1, 2018
Dr. Horace Kimbrell “Buzz” Sawyer Jr., age 87, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on January 1, 2018. He was born September 4, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of three children, and the loving son of Horace Kimbrell Sawyer Sr. and Jewell Christine Smith Sawyer. Horace was married to the love of his life, Mary Frances Garrison, from Morganton,...
Randall (Randy) Taylor
Jan 1, 2018
Randall Wade (Randy) Taylor passed away on January 1, 2018 at age 45. Randy was born at ECM Hospital in Florence, AL. on September 24, 1972 and lived his younger years in Russellville, AL. The family moved from Russellville to New Orleans, then to Crown Point, IN, and later to Decatur, GA. Randy is survived by his mother, Lois Taylor,...
Gordon Wayne Redfern
Jan 1, 2018
Gordon Wayne Redfern, 83, of Stone Mountain, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018. He is now at peace in Heaven. Born October 16, 1934 in Moultrie, GA, raised in Jacksonville, FL and Atlanta, he was the late son of Gordon Fletcher Redfern and Alma Perkins Redfern. He attended Murphy High School and Southern Tech Institute. Wayne was a Naval Reserve...
Evelyn Kathleen Mcelroy
Dec 31, 2017
Evelyn Kathleen Hendon McElroy January 8, 1921-December 31, 2017 Early on the morning of December 31st, Evelyn Kathleen Hendon McElroy, of Avondale Estates, GA, passed from this life a week before her 97th birthday; a result of complications from both a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and a broken hip. Evelyn was the widow of Walter G. McElroy, Jr., formerly...
Myrtle P. Thomas
Dec 29, 2017
Myrtle (Pearce) Thomas, age 105, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away December 29, 2017. She was a member of Lawrenceville First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Logan Edward Thomas. Survivors include: daughter, Delaney Thomas Griggs and husband John, of Lilburn, GA; daughter, Millie Thomas Huff, of Griffin, GA; grandsons, Logan Huff of Covington, GA, and Clif...
Kenneth Eugene Hall
Dec 28, 2017
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, sibling and friend, Kenneth Eugene Hall, who died on December 28th, 2017 after a nine-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Kenneth Eugene Hall was born in Annapolis, Maryland on December 5th, 1949. He moved to Sarasota, Florida with his family in 1966. In Sarasota, as...
Amelia M. Feuss
Dec 28, 2017
Amelia Margaret “Amy” Feuss passed away on December 28, 2017 following a lengthy and brave struggle with cancer. She was born to Dr. Charles D. Feuss, Jr., and Dorothy Gilmore Feuss on December 5, 1953 in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from Summit Girls School, Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati School of Law. Following...
Adrienne Louise Grifferty
Dec 28, 2017
Adrienne Louise Grifferty, 81, of Atlanta, passed away December 28, 2017, after a brief illness. Born December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Sullivan and Minnie Kuck Sullivan. Adrienne graduated from Fordham University and taught elementary school at Cambridge Central School for 33 years. She is survived by her children: James Grifferty...
Elizabeth Campbell Walker
Dec 28, 2017
Elizabeth (Betty) Walker was passionate about the Lord, her family, and life. Whether spending time with her grandchildren, cooking a famous Southern "Sunday dinner" or conquering a five-mile run, Betty brought joy to her surroundings. She passed into the Lord's arms on Thursday, December 28, 2017. Born at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta to Herman and Elizabeth Campbell, she was...
Barbara Ann (Fussell) Lipski
Dec 27, 2017
Barbara Ann Lipski (Fussell) Barbara Ann Lipski, age 92, died peacefully Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at her home in Decatur, GA. Born October 30, 1925 to Frank and Martha Fussell, Barbara was a life-long resident of the Atlanta area. She was a member of the Emory Auxiliary, after her retirement from over 25 years at the Internal Revenue Service. Barbara...
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