Obituaries

Helen Yancey Walker

Helen Yancey Walker

Jul 10, 2022

Helen Yancey Walker age 99 of Decatur, GA passed away July 10, 2022.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be greatly missed.  She was a member of the Native Atlantan Club.  Prior to her retirement in 1999, Mrs. Walker was an employee of the Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters as an office manager.  

She was preceded...

Lueben Lynley Davis, Sr.

Lueben Lynley Davis, Sr.

Jul 10, 2022

Lueben Lynley Davis Sr. - better known as “JJ”, or “Mr. Davis” - transitioned on Sunday 10th July, 2022, in Decatur, GA. Lueben was preceded in death by his father, David Alfred Davis, sister, Eleanor Plaskett, sister, Fernie Davis, mother, Vivian Sprauve, brother, Mitchlyn Davis, and brother, Merrill Davis. Left to mourn his passing and carryon his legacy are his...

Robert Earl Stewart Jr.

Robert Earl Stewart Jr.

Jul 9, 2022

On July 9, 2022, Robert Earl Stewart, Jr. passed away unexpectedly in Avondale Estates, GA.  A memorial service will be held at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta on August 6, 2022, at 4 p.m.

Robert was born March 12, 1953 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, AL, to Onella and Robert Stewart Sr. He grew up in Birmingham, while spending...

Donald  Fall Bracewell

Donald Fall Bracewell

Jul 8, 2022

Donald Fall Bracewell was born in Atlanta, GA on May 7,1924. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on July 8, 2022.

 

Don grew up in the Grant Park Neighborhood and attended Commercial High. In 1943, at the age of 18, he joined the Army Air Corps where he first served as a flight instructor for young...

Grace Winnifred Ayers

Grace Winnifred Ayers

Jul 7, 2022

Grace Winnifred (Winnie) Ayers passed away July 7th at home surrounded by family after a brief illness. Winnie was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Alfred and Grace Brannon Sears. An Atlanta native, she grew up in the Kirkwood area and graduated from Murphy High School in 1952. Soon after she met Vern Ayers and they were married in 1954 and...

Arthur Alexander Scott Sr.

Arthur Alexander Scott Sr.

Jul 7, 2022

Arthur Alexander Scott, Sr of Stone Mountain, GA passed away July 7, 2022 at the age of 83.  Art led a life of service that was truly blessed and devoted to God, his family, and his friends. He grew up in Decatur, GA graduating from Decatur High School and the University of Georgia. Art’s passion for service was established within...

Jimmie Tyrone Jackson, Sr.

Jimmie Tyrone Jackson, Sr.

Jul 7, 2022

Betty Jean Jackson helped bring Jimmie Tyrone Jackson, a strong balanced minded king of a man into this world the 15th day of October 1958. Bringing laughter and happiness to Jimmie Lee Jackson, doctors and nurses at Herman Kiefer Hospital in Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. Jimmie T. Jackson gained his wings July 7,2022.

 

He loved people, fishing, animals, cooking, gardening,...

Verna Laurel Lopey

Verna Laurel Lopey

Jul 5, 2022

Verna Lopey, beloved educator, and disciple of Christ, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022, peacefully in her sleep in Brentwood, TN. She was 97 years old.

She was born Verna Laurel Parris on July 17, 1924, to parents Dorothy and Herman Parris in

Guyana, South America. She graduated from Bishops High School in Georgetown, Guyana. In 1949, she emigrated to the United States...

Edwin Ernest Kuettner

Edwin Ernest Kuettner

Jul 3, 2022

Born Feb. 2, 1934, died July 3, 2002. Ed was the second son of Arthur A. Kuettner and Gertrude Geissler Kuettner, both German Immigrants. He was an Atlanta native. Family includes brothers, Arthur P. Kuettner and Werner Kuettner; sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kuettner; nephews, Mark E. Kuettner, Eric Kuetnner and wife, Linda; grandniece, Stefin Corley; grandnephew, Austin Kuettner; great-grandnephew, Conner Corley;...

Pete D. Costas

Pete D. Costas

Jul 1, 2022

Pete Dennis Costas, age 91, died peacefully in his sleep Friday evening, July 1, 2022 at his home in Snellville Georgia.

 

Pete was born On March 12, 1931 in Norfolk, Virginia to George Costas (a.k.a. Savas Gehopolous) and Ruth Cleveland (Tyree) Costas. He served his country in the United States Army from 1951 to 1952 and his fellow man as...

Joseph A. Farnell, Jr.

Joseph A. Farnell, Jr.

Jun 30, 2022

Joseph A. Farnell, JR. age 78 of Clarkston passed away on June 30, 2022.  Joe was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be greatly missed.  He was an avid golfer and was a member of the Senior Golf Association of Atlanta or SGAA.  Joe really enjoyed traveling, especially cruising.  Alaska was his favorite destination.

He is survived by his...

Herschel  Maxey

Herschel Maxey

Jun 28, 2022

Herschel Maxey of Decatur, Georgia, born December 24, 1924, entered into eternal life on June 28, 2022.  Herschel spent his youth in Watkinsville, Georgia and later moved to Decatur, Georgia where he raised his family.  He is survived by his wife, Imogene Rutledge Maxey, his wife of 66 years, his son Gregory Maxey and his wife Daria and his son...

Frances Caroline Brugh

Frances Caroline Brugh

Jun 27, 2022

Frances Caroline Ropp Brugh passed away on June 27, 2022, at the age of 98.  Frances was born on February 22, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama to Pope and Ella Ropp.  She grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, and graduated from St. Petersburg High School in 1943.  She went to nursing school at Mound Park Hospital and soon joined the Nurse...

John Lamb Milledge

John Lamb Milledge

Jun 25, 2022

John Lamb Milledge, age 73, of Buford, Ga, passed away on June 25, 2022, of complications following surgery.  John was a native Atlantan who graduated from Briarcliff High School in 1966 and West Georgia College in 1971.  He was an 8th generation native Georgian, lifelong Atlanta resident, and was a direct descendant of Thomas Milledge, who arrived with James Oglethorpe...

Nathaniel  Chafee

Nathaniel Chafee

Jun 23, 2022

We are very sad to share the news of the death of Nathaniel Chafee, 82, after a brief illness, on June 23,2022.  

 

Nat was born April 11, 1940, in Providence, Rhode Island. His parents, Francis Haseltine Chafee, a physician, and Jane Spofford Chafee, had two children before him:  Richard Spofford Chafee, and Molly Chafee Harrington.

 

He attended Providence Country...

Jesse Edwin Creech, Jr.

Jesse Edwin Creech, Jr.

Jun 22, 2022

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Jesse Edwin Creech, Jr., age 92, of Decatur, Georgia passed away peacefully on Wednesday June 22, 2022 in hospice care at his home. Jesse was born June 5, 1930 in Decatur, Georgia to the late Jesse and Gladys (Morris) Creech. He was...

Helen Adams Wallace

Helen Adams Wallace

Jun 21, 2022

Helen Adams Wallace of Tucker, Georgia died surrounded by her family on June 21 at the age of 75. She was born to William Walter Adams and Louise Williams Adams on April 25, 1947 in Athens, Georgia. She spent her first years in Winder and moved to Atlanta when she was a young girl. She married James Robert Wallace in...

Phillip Edwin Bullard

Phillip Edwin Bullard

Jun 19, 2022

Phillip Edwin Bullard, 79, passed away unexpectedly on June 19 at his Decatur home. Born in Atlanta, October 15, 1942, Phil graduated Grady High in 1961; earned a BA from Georgia State in 1967; and did graduate studies in music performance. He served in the Army, 1968 to 1971, and was a Disability Adjudicator for the State of Georgia for...

Myra  Jean Messer

Myra Jean Messer

Jun 19, 2022

Myra Jean Austin Messer, beloved mother, faithful friend and child of God went to be with the Lord on June 19, 2022.  She was bornin Scottdale, Georgia on June 13, 1934 to W.L. Austin and Daisy Austin.  She graduated from Avondale High School and began working for Southern Bell.  In 1962 she married Edward Dorian Messer and gave birth to...