Obituaries
Claudia Wisdom Nations
Dec 14, 2014
Claudia Wisdom Nations, April 22 1926 – December 14, 2014, 88 years young, of Brookhaven Georgia, originally (and proudly!) from Brooklyn, New York.Survived by daughters Barbara, Linda, Susan and son Robert Nations II, sisters Tillie Tedder of North Carolina and Josephine Fladager of California, grandchildren Warren Lacroix, Michael Lacroix, Jason Meney, Zak George, and Shannon Nations, great-grandchildren Michael Lacroix of...
Jerry Luverne Mullins
Dec 13, 2014
Jerry "Jeremiah" Luverne Mullins, Jr, 38, of Snellville, GA died Saturday, December 13, 2014. He was at his home "watching" Kentucky basketball with his family. He battled esophageal cancer 2 ½ years. Jeremiah was born July 17, 1976 in Pensacola, FL to Jerry and Peggy (Kiper) Mullins. He and his younger sister, KarolAnn, moved around with their parents who are...
Hazel Pierce Chapman
Dec 13, 2014
Hazel Inez Pierce Chapman, age 94, passed away on Saturday December 13, 2014. She was born January 3, 1920 in Falkland, NC. She was a resident at Arbors of Azalea Court in Smyrna, TN at the time of her death under the care of Alive Hospice and the loving staff of Arbors Assisted Living. After moving from her home in...
Hazel Pierce Chapman
Dec 13, 2014
Hazel Inez Pierce Chapman, age 94, passed away on Saturday December 13, 2014. She was born January 3, 1920 in Falkland, NC. She was a resident at Arbors of Azalea Court in Smyrna, TN at the time of her death under the care of Alive Hospice and the loving staff of Arbors Assisted Living. After moving from her home in...
Georgia Skandalakis Vorvolakos
Dec 12, 2014
Mrs. Georgia Vorvolakos (née Skandalakis) died Friday, December 12, 2014 in Atlanta at age 82. Georgia is survived by her husband, John Vorvolakos, daughter Vicki Tucker and husband Richard, granddaughters Alexandra and Sophia Tucker, sister Matoula Drakakis of Ormond Beach, FL, sister Anastasia Vrettacos of Carnegie PA, brother Danny Skandalakis of Ormond Beach, sister Calliope Skoufis of Atlanta, and many...
Betty Jane Wilkins
Dec 12, 2014
Betty Jane Clewis Wilkins, age 88, passed away Friday December 12, 2014, at home at Clairmont Place, Decatur, GA. She was born on May 7, 1926 in Grapeland, Texas to Lillian McMurrey Clewis and Arnold Stephen Clewis. She graduated from Grapeland High School and then went on to earn a BBA from Sam Houston State University in 1946. She worked...
Jerry Emmitt Etheridge
Dec 11, 2014
Jerry E. Etheridge, 72, died December 11, 2014. He was a lifelong resident of Atlanta, having graduated from Decatur High School in 1960, and later, Woodrow Wilson Law School. He spent 18 years at Kemper Insurance, developing lifelong friendships. He later worked at Ohio Casualty Insurance. He was married to Marianne (Cottle) for 35 years, with whom he had two...
Macon Holmes Clark
Dec 8, 2014
Mrs. Macon H. Clark, of Atlanta, GA passed from this life at the age of 94 on December 8, 2014. Mrs. Clark was born September 12, 1920 in Limestone County, AL, the first child of Grace Owen Holmes and Milton Holmes. She retired from teaching after 40 years in Atlanta, GA and Auburn, AL. She was a graduate of Florence...
Wilma B. Delgado
Dec 8, 2014
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Wilma B. Delgado
Dec 8, 2014
Delgado, Wilma BallewWilma Ballew Delgado, 88, of Atlanta, died Monday, December 8, 2014. Mrs. Delgado was born in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late James and Florence Ballew. She and her late husband Gilbert lived on Clifton Rd. for 49 years where she was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Candler Park. She retired from both Emory Clinic...
Linda Louise Smith
Dec 7, 2014
Linda Louise Lindy Smith, 53, of Lawrenceville, passed away on Sun., December 7, 2014, at DeKalb Medical Center. Lindy was a vibrant woman known for spreading cheer and kindness. She was particularly noted for her beautiful alto singing voice. Lindy was born in Gainesville to Franklin L. and Mabel (Miles) Mathis. Since her marriage in 1988, she has lived in...
Andrea S. Brophy
Dec 6, 2014
Brophy, AndreaAnne Andrea Starnes Bridwell Brophy passed December 6, 2014. She was born in Atlanta at Crawford Long Hospital Peachtree St. on January 10, 1943, the daughter of the late Dorace and Elizabeth Starnes. Andrea attended South Cobb High School where she was voted Most Beautiful and was an outstanding athlete, receiving a scholarship offer from FSU. A talented hair...
Jeanne Alice Bucsela
Dec 6, 2014
Jeanne Alice Bucsela died on Saturday December 6, 2014 in San Rafael, CA from complications due to pneumonia. She was 84 years old. Born in Detroit Michigan, Jeanne graduated with a BS in chemistry from the University of Michigan. She later received dual MS degrees in biochemistry and librarianship. She was married to John Bucsela, a professor at Emory University....
William Austin Gerrard
Dec 5, 2014
Reverend Dr. William A. Gerrard, III, age 82, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2014. Bill was born in Louisville, KY to the late William A. Jr. and Elizabeth Gerrard. Bill is survived by his wife of 40 years, Suzanne Gerrard, son, Christopher Gerrard, son and daughter-in-law Jonathan and Trudy Gerrard, and his brother Steve Gerrard. He was a graduate...
Roberta Christine Kirkland
Dec 2, 2014
Roberta Christine Kirkland Feb. 3, 1918-Dec. 2, 2014. Our Mother was preceded in death by her husband, James O. Kirkland, parents, three sisters and her brother. She is survived by her four sons, Randy, Mickey, Pat and Ben, four grandsons, two granddaughters and four great grandchildren. She grew up in Wrens, Georgia where she met Dad. They moved to Atlanta...
Beverly Joyce Tippett
Dec 1, 2014
Beverly Sills Tippett, age 81, of Atlanta, GA, died Monday, December 1, 2014 after an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Daisy Brown Sills and Cosby C. Sills of Atlanta, and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank D. Tippett. Beverly was a graduate of O'Keefe High School and a longtime member of Briarlake Baptist Church...
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