Obituaries
William Wade Walker, Iii M.D.
Jan 26, 2013
William Wade Walker III, MD, 87 years young, died at home on January 26. He died quickly and unexpectedly and without severe pain from a ruptured inoperable thoracic aneurysm. He enjoyed his life thoroughly until the moment of his death. He lived a meaningful, full and long life.Dr. Walker was born on July 4, 1925 and was the son of...
Betty Wright
Jan 26, 2013
Betty Louise (Jackson) Wright, age 58, of Lawrenceville, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013. She was born on November 12, 1954 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Thomas William and Claudia Louise (Williams) Jackson. She was preceded in death by her father in 1990, her sister Jeanie in 1996, and son Joshua Derrick Reagin in 2005. Her cherished mother passed...
Betty Louise Wright
Jan 26, 2013
Betty Louise (Jackson) Wright, age 58, of Lawrenceville, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013. She was born on November 12, 1954 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Thomas William and Claudia Louise (Williams) Jackson. She was preceded in death by her father in 1990, her sister Jeanie in 1996, and son Joshua Derrick Reagin in 2005. Her cherished mother passed...
Hugh Wilson Cox
Jan 25, 2013
Hugh Wilson Cox, 82, of Stone Mountain, GA, died Friday, January 25, 2012. Born in Cartersville, GA, on September 20, 1930, Hugh was the son of John Wesley Cox and Drucilla Griggs Cox. He retired from Delta Airlines after 30 years of service, most of it in marketing. A veteran of the Korean War, Hugh served in the U.S. Army,...
Dora Lee Barry
Jan 23, 2013
Dora Palmer Barry, 90, of Lawrenceville, passed January 23, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard H Barry, Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Carol Barry; son, Richard Barry and wife Sheila; son, John Barry and wife Lisa; step-daughter, Barbara Savidge and husband Paul; brother, George Palmer and wife Anita; sister, Bettie Brownlee; ten grandchildren and twelve great...
Alida "Nena" Duarte Morales
Jan 23, 2013
Mrs. Alida "Nena" Duarte Morales, born in Havana, Cuba, September 28, 1923 entered Heaven on January 23 to be with her Lord. She joins her three sisters, Gloria Duarte Valera (Ernesto, M.D.), Omaira Duarte Arango (Virgilio, M.D.), a baby sister, Carmita Duarte and her four brothers, Antonio Duarte, Julio, PhD (Vivian) Duarte, Eugenio Duarte, and Carlos Duarte, M.D. Nena is...
Donald Jackson Johnson
Jan 19, 2013
Atlanta businessman Donald Jackson Johnson, 89, left this earthly home on January 19, 2013 to rejoin his wife, Thelma Scott Johnson in heaven. Don and his wife had lived in Atlanta most of their 69 years of marriage and for the past 6 years had resided at Canterbury Court on Peachtree. Don was the son of the late Rev. Andrew...
Emma Lewis Couey
Jan 19, 2013
Emma Couey, 95, of Pine Lake, passed away on Saturday January, 19, 2013. She was born in Marietta, Georgia. She is preceded in death by her husband John Samuel Couey. Emma is survived by her three sons: Ken, Jonathan and Alan; five Grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday January 21...
Ruby Louise Abraham
Jan 18, 2013
Ruby Louise Abraham, 88, of Decatur Georgia, passed away on January 18, 2013. Mrs. Abraham was born in Butler, Alabama, and came to Atlanta in her early 20s to work for the telephone company. She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, Mike Abraham and their daughter, Deborah Elaine Meyer. She is survived by three...
Margie Marie Conner
Jan 17, 2013
Mrs. Margie F. Conner died Thursday, January 17, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, O. C. Conner, mother and father, Russell Rackley and Hester Pass Rackley; brother and sister-in-law, Randolph and Hilda Rackley; and step son, Robert Conner. Born October 24, 1923, she graduated from Cumming High School and retired from First Atlanta Bank after 50 years....
Jerrold Mcdonald
Jan 17, 2013
Jerrold McDonald of Decatur, Georgia passed away on January 17, 2013. He was born in Orlando, Florida on February 20, 1953, to the late Marion M. McDonald, Sr. and Myrtice Mitchell McDonald. He graduated from Jonesboro High School. He was an avid lover of animals and horticulture and a huge Beatles fan. He is survived by daughter, Heather of Atlanta...
Nannelle Bond
Jan 17, 2013
Nannelle Bond, 81, of Decatur, passed away on Thursday January 17, 2013 at Halcyon Hospice in Atlanta. She was born on October 25, 1931 to the late William Hayden Bond and Rushia Vastie Turner Bond. She retired from DeKalb County after 40 years of service. Nannelle was a member of Decatur First United Methodist Church where she was active in...
Mildred Hopkins Simmons
Jan 17, 2013
SIMMONS, Mildred Kidd Millie Simmons of Decatur, GA died Thursday, January 17th, 2013 after a short illness. She was born on April 9, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA. For much of her work career Millie was a dietician at Wesley Woods Medical Center, later serving as a clerk with DeKalb County Vital Records. Predeceased by her husband William (Bill) Simmons, they...
Virginia Carter
Jan 17, 2013
Virginia Harkins Carter passed away peacefully with her husband and daughters at her side on January 17, 2013 at the Park Springs Retirement Community in Stone Mountain, GA. She was born into an Army family on May 6, 1926 in El Paso, TX. Her parents were General Paul D. and Elizabeth C. Harkins. Virginia attended numerous schools as her father...
Father Jacob Myers
Jan 16, 2013
Father Jacob Myers, the rector of St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church in Grant Park, died Wednesday evening at Emory Hospital following complications from pneumonia. He was 64.Fr. Myers was born Philip Myers, the first child of Albert and Polly Myers of Springfield, Ill. After graduating from Springfield High School in 1966, he attended Northwestern University, where he received a...
Wilma Leah Jacobs
Jan 16, 2013
It is with great sadness that the family of Wilma Leah Garbarino Jacobs announces her passing on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at AG Rhodes Nursing Center, Atlanta, GA at the age of 88. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Ardoin's Funeral Home Chapel in Elton, La. Burial will follow in the Liberty Cemetery,...
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