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Paul  Vernon Ellingson

Paul Vernon Ellingson

Jan 4, 2022

Paul Ellingson, 67, died on January 4, 2022, at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital from complications of aspiration pneumonia. The eldest son of Maurice and Lois (Grinde) Ellingson, Paul was born on June 16, 1954, in Fargo, ND. He graduated from Fargo North High School in 1972, where he excelled on the highly competitive speech, debate, and golf teams. He was...

Reginald Maurice Gilbert

Reginald Maurice Gilbert

Jan 4, 2022

 

Reginald Gilbert passed away January 3, 2022, much too soon.

 

 

Reginald was born October the 9th 1974 in Atlanta, GA, at Grady Memorial Hospital, to Cynthia Darlene Gilbert. Reginald was raised by both is late mother and late grandmother Bernice Gilbert and late grandfather Harold Gilbert. He attended Brown High School and Booker T Washington High School. He leaves...

Michael Allen Tertichny

Michael Allen Tertichny

Jan 4, 2022

Michael A. Tertichny passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Michael spent much of his life traveling and living all over the United States, including Missouri, Iowa, Louisiana, Washington State, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida, Washington, D.C., the territory of Guam, and finally, Georgia. Along the way, he met many wonderful people and positively...

Hazel Francine Merritt

Hazel Francine Merritt

Jan 4, 2022

Mrs. Hazel Francine Merritt passed away peacefully at home on January 4, 2022. Hazel was born on September 1, 1925 in Glenwood Georgia to parents Ocie and Sally Roland. After graduating from high school she moved to Atlanta where she met her late husband of 42 years Albert Merritt. She was the proud and loving mother to her late son...

Carol Hoskinson

Carol Hoskinson

Jan 4, 2022

Carol Rowe Hoskinson passed away after a long illness on January 3rd, 2022. Carol was born in Toledo, Ohio on March 10th, 1947. She was adopted as an infant by her loving parents Alice and Webster Rowe. Growing up, Carol lived with her family on a farm in Archbold, Ohio. She was the oldest of four children and loved her...

Raymond Bradford Ernst, Jr.

Raymond Bradford Ernst, Jr.

Jan 3, 2022

Raymond Bradford Ernst, Jr.  age 74 of Conyers, GA passed away peacefully on January 3, 2022.  He was born July 12, 1948 in Douglasville, GA and resident of Georgia for the majority of his life.   Brad, as his family and friends called him, was a meek and kind hearted man who loved his family above all else.   His profession of...

Hazel Brown Mcconnell

Hazel Brown Mcconnell

Jan 2, 2022





Hazel Brown McConnell, age 99, died peacefully at home on January 2, 2022, surrounded by her family.



Born December 6, 1922, in Dublin, Georgia to the late Thomas Coke Brown and Hazel Phillips Brown, she cherished the memories and friendships of her life in Dublin, GA.



She attended Milledgeville Women’s College, Valdosta State University, and the University of Georgia graduating with a...

Kevin  James  Farrell

Kevin James Farrell

Jan 2, 2022

Kevin James Farrell age 81 of Decatur, GA passed away peacefully on January 2, 2022 surrounded by family.;He was born October 3, 1940 in New York City. ;Dr. Farrell was the Burn Unit Director at Lehigh Valley Hospital and renowned trauma and burn surgeon, he focused on providing wholesome and compassionate care for the “sickest of the sick,” ending his...

Elinor Cook

Elinor Cook

Jan 2, 2022

Elinor Howard Cook, deeply devoted wife, proud mother, and friend to so many, passed into God’s hands early on the morning of January 2, 2022. Elinor was born on December 12,1946 in Decatur, Georgia. The younger of two daughters of William Schley Howard, Jr and his wife Nelle Chamlee Howard, Elinor was raised in Decatur and graduated with the Class...

Donald Lance Chapman, Sr.

Donald Lance Chapman, Sr.

Jan 1, 2022

Donald L. Chapman passed away on January 1, 2022. He was 84 years old. Don retired from Bellsouth telephone company after 35 years of service and was a U.S. navy veteran prior to that time. Don was a lifelong resident of Decatur, where he was born. He is preceded in death by his father Elmer Chapman and his mother Nell...

Cynthia Manley Mather

Cynthia Manley Mather

Jan 1, 2022

Cynthia Manley Mather was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts.  She was the middle daughter of Katherine and Lester Manley.  Her older sister Janice predeceased her.  She met and married her husband, Alan Mather, in New Haven, Connecticut while attend teachers college.  They moved to Lordship, Connecticut where they had two children, Jeff and Whiz.  They moved to Wilton, Connecticut in 1965.  ...

Larry Joe White

Larry Joe White

Dec 31, 2021

In loving memory of Larry Joe White, born October 14, 1946 and went home to be with the Lord on December 31, 2021.

He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Jeannette R. White; sons, David White and Kevin R. White (Jessica); daughter, Kimberly W. Lee (Jason); 5 grandchildren; 1 great grandson; brother, Fred White (Chun Ja); 5 nieces...

Mary Anna Byrom Hunter

Mary Anna Byrom Hunter

Dec 29, 2021

Mary Anna Byrom Hunter, age 83, of Johns Creek, Georgia, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at her daughter’s home after an illness.

Mary Anna was born November 15, 1938 in Byromville, GA, Dooley County to the parents of John S. and Mary Ethel Robertson Byrom. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Georgia College in Milledgeville where she...

Ann B. Downs

Ann B. Downs

Dec 28, 2021

Ann Elizabeth Bryan Downs, Presbyterian missionary, wife, mother, grandmother and friend, died peacefully December 28, 2021, in Atlanta after a long illness. Ann was born October 28, 1933 in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of Inez Abner George and John Horace Bryan. Her first years were spent in Memphis, then Meridian, Mississippi, St. Paul, Minnesota and, from age 9 through...

Carter Stocks

Carter Stocks

Dec 27, 2021

Carter Stover Stocks left this world peacefully at her Stone Mountain, Georgia home on December 27, 2021, at the age of 91. She was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the daughter of Dakyns and Edith Stover. Carter's father was the town lawyer and a local stage actor in plays, and her mother was the daughter of a civil engineer (John...

James Edward Addison

James Edward Addison

Dec 26, 2021

Jim was born in Columbus, Ohio to Ben B. Addison and Geraldine Longnecker Addison. He attended grade school in Harrison, Indiana and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Jim received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, then a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the same institution in 1955. After moving to Atlanta, he worked for...

James Edward Woodward

James Edward Woodward

Dec 26, 2021

James Edward Woodward left for Heaven on 12/26/2021 after 95 years of living and being loved here on Earth. Preceding him in Heaven are his faithful wife of 65 years, Johnnie Pearl Hope Woodward, his mother, Velma Chester Woodward Burke and father, Bonnie Edward Woodward, younger sisters, Beth Woodward and Ann Woodward Smith, younger brother, Tom Woodward.  He is survived...

Diane Holbrook Mundy

Diane Holbrook Mundy

Dec 24, 2021

Diane Mundy  May 18,1845 – December 24, 2021

 

Diane Holbrook Houser Mundy was the daughter of Stewart L Houser and Esther Holbrook Houser.  As an “army brat” she moved around growing up but graduated high school in St Petersburg, Florida.  She attended Florida Southern college and while there spent one year as an exchange student in Germany.  She graduated FSU...

John Scott Parks

John Scott Parks

Dec 23, 2021

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of John Scott Parks MD, PhD on December 23, 2021 following a long battle with cancer. He fought bravely but in the end, he went peacefully in his sleep with his wife by his side. Dr. Parks spent his life as an exemplary clinician in Pediatric Endocrinology and was an...

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