Obituaries
Sophie Barbara Cimino
Dec 23, 2021
Sophie Barbara (Prahovic) Cimino
August 28 1920- December 23 2021
Sophie Barbara Cimino, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away December 23, 2021 at the age of 101. She passed away in Atlanta, GA, but was a long time resident of Tampa, FL. Sophie was born in Branford, Connecticut on August 28,1920.
She attended high school at Branford High School. After...
Kenneth Gordon Harris, Jr.
Dec 22, 2021
Kenneth Gordon Harris, Jr. 61, died on Wednesday December 22, 2021 at his home in Loganville. He was the third of four children, born at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta to Kenneth and Doris Harris. He attended Towers High School in Dekalb County. Ken's career began at the age of sixteen with the purchase of his first car and never...
Martha Towns Akins
Dec 20, 2021
Martha Sue Towns Akins, 84, died December 20, 2021 at home in Atlanta, GA following strokes and dementia.
She was born January 31, 1937 in Savannah, Georgia to Elmer Leon Towns, Sr. and Erin Azalie McFadden Towns. She graduated from Evangelical Bible Institute (high school) in Savannah and from Columbia Bible College, Columbia, SC in 1958. She sang and travelled with...
Beatrice Casimir
Dec 20, 2021
The beloved Beatrice Anne Casimir, 84, (nicknamed Bea) died peacefully at her home, in Fayetteville, Georgia, USA, on December 20, 2021. Born in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on November 14, 1937, she was the daughter of Emmanuel and Georgette (Semerand) Casimir. After her classical schooling, Beatrice left her native city Cap-Haitian to migrate to Port-au-Prince, the Capital of Haiti, where she studied...
Doris Warren
Dec 20, 2021
Doris Moreland Warren, age 74, of Lilburn Georgia died December 20th 2021 at Northside Duluth Hospital. Dotti was born in Albany Georgia on November 3rd 1947. She was the first born to Joseph "Simp" Moreland and Peggy Joyce Moreland.
Dotti married John D. Warren, son of Dr. Ned L. Warren and Rose L. Warren of Nashville TN, on August 11, 1968...
Patricia Ann Thompson
Dec 18, 2021
Patricia Ann Autry Thompson, 82, of Decatur, peacefully passed away surrounded by and enfolded in the abiding love of family on December 18, 2021. Patricia (Pat) was born September 16, 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Grady Wesley Autry and Inah Belle Dorsey Autry. She was the wife of the late Joseph Locke Thompson, who preceded her in death...
David Emerson Awtry
Dec 17, 2021
David Awtry, 67, of Hartwell, passed away unexpectedly at home on December 17. David was born on March 13th, 1954, in Atlanta, the only son of James and Faye Awtry. He is preceded in death by his parents James & Faye and is survived by his cousin Cathy Corrigan of Denver. David leaves behind his beloved German Shepherd Charlton Von...
Jennings Watkins
Dec 16, 2021
Watkins, Jennings Edward passed away peacefully at his home in Atlanta on December 16, 2021 at the age of 102 years. Mr. Watkins was born on December 8, 1919 in Copperhill, Tennessee to parents Willie Eloise and Ervin Walter Watkins. He grew up in Blue Ridge, Georgia and attended Blue Ridge High School. After graduating, Mr. Watkins worked for his...
Susan Antoinette Brewer
Dec 15, 2021
Susan Brewer of Kennesaw GA died December 15, 2021, at the age of 90. Graveside service only to be held Dec. 19th at 3:30 pm, Arlington Memorial Park 201 Mount Vernon Hwy, NW Sandy Springs, GA 30328, Section A26. A celebration of her wonderful life will be held following the internment at Summit Baptist Church, 4310 Moon Station Ln NW,...
Frances J Lawler
Dec 15, 2021
Frances (Jeannie) Lawler, 96, of Stone Mountain, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021. She was born in Elba, AL to the late Joseph Clayton Gannon and Mamie Strickland Gannon.. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. Until her retirement at age 75, she was a Ward Secretary at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama.
She was...
Charles James Scott, Jr
Dec 15, 2021
Charles James Scott Jr. 81 of Decatur, passed away on Wednesday December 15. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Charles J. Scott Sr. and Grace Ann Meeks. Charles retired from Northfolk Southern Railroad after 35 years as a superintendent. He is survived by his wife Carolyn, daughter Stacy Scott Hudgins of Orange Park, FL, grandson Griffin Scott Hudgins of...
Charles Michael Dayton
Dec 15, 2021
Charles Michael Dayton, 50, passed away on December 15, 2021. He was a loyal friend, a proud Navy veteran, and a great mechanic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy (Kuranda) Dayton and Charles Raymond Dayton. He is survived by his ex-wife, Mary Souther, who does not know how she will keep her cars running without his help....
Mary Ann Palmer
Dec 15, 2021
Mary Ann Gerrells Palmer, 96, of Decatur, GA, passed away on Wednesday December 15, 2021. She was born in White County, Cleveland, GA, to the late William Sumter and Callie Allison Gerrells. Mary was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a long-time member of Ousley Methodist Church and later Avondale First Baptist Church in Avondale. She was a...
Hugo Rolando Alfaro, Sr.
Dec 14, 2021
Hugo Rolando Alfaro age 83 of Atlanta died on Tuesday December 14, 2021. He was born in Antofagasta, Chile and came to the United States at the early age of 21. Hugo arrived in New York with a job as a dish washer. He eventually followed his older brother Eduardo to Atlanta, where he began his career as a cook....
David Horton Somerville
Dec 14, 2021
David Horton Somerville of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away on December 14, 2021 at the age of 84. He was a graduate of Point Pleasant (WV) High School, Class of 1955, and West Virginia University where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. David was employed by Johns-Manville Corporation in sales for forty years, retiring in 2000. He...
Susan Belle Smith
Dec 13, 2021
Susan Belle Smith, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Smith of Waycross died December 13, 2021 in Decatur, Georgia, just two days shy of her 93rd birthday. Susan was born December 15, 1928 in Waycross. She grew up in Waycross, attended Valdosta State College and graduated from the University of Georgia. Susan worked for Emory University Department...
Janice Marie Cecil
Dec 11, 2021
Janice Marie Cecil passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 11, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was 64 years old.
Janice was born to Frank and Jane Cecil in Oak Park, Illinois, the fifth of seven children. She graduated from Briarcliff High School in Atlanta, Georgia and continued her education at University of Georgia and Georgia State University, receiving a Bachelors...
Arleene M. Benoit
Dec 9, 2021
Arleene M. Benoit, 95, of Atlanta, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loving family in her home on Thursday, December 9, 2021. She was the beloved wife of Richard Benoit for 69 years and devoted mother of seven adoring children. Born in Wausau, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Clara Werner.
Richard and Arleene made Atlanta their permanent...
Rebecca Ann Williams
Dec 9, 2021
Rebecca Ann Yancey Williams, 76, of Franklin, GA, died unexpectedly on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Piedmont Hospital Newnan. She was born to Randolph Ogden and Vivian Summers Yancey on November 19, 1945.
Becky graduated from Avondale High School, Class of 1963. After high school she married and had three daughters. She worked with her parents at Yancey’s of Atlanta following...
William Francis Zavatkay, Jr.
Dec 8, 2021
William Francis “Bill” Zavatkay, Jr.
Bill Zavatkay of Atlanta, GA passed away on December 8, 2021 in Atlanta, with his devoted wife by his side. Bill was born on April 24, 1963 to William F. Zavatkay, Sr. and the late Barbara Marie (Campbell) Zavatkay in Manchester, CT. Bill spent his early years in Manchester and Glastonbury, CT before the family moved...
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