Feb 10, 2022

Marilyn Shaw Langley “Momma”



Marilyn Shaw Langley, who loved to be called “Momma” by her kids, departed her loving family on February 10, 2022.



Marilyn was born in Decatur, Ga on March 30,1944 to Margaret and Herman Shaw.



Marilyn was mother to Charles Langley Jr and Michelle Cheek and mother-in-law to James Cheek. She raised her children with love and devotion in Scottdale,...

Feb 9, 2022

Feb 9, 2022

The bright candle that was Katie Trocheck Abel was extinguished much too soon on Feb. 9, 2022. Katie was only 39, but made her mark on the world every day and in every way. Cherished wife to Mark, tiger mom to Griffin and Molly, treasured first child of Tom and Kathy Hogan Trocheck, bossy big sister to Andrew Rivers Trocheck,...

Feb 8, 2022

Regine Reynolds-Cornell, née Régine Pierette Alexandrine Gardivaud, was born in Paris on the 2nd of July 1929, and grew up during the occupation and the second world war, under the kind care of her pharmacist father Achille Gardivaud and her mother Pierette Miré. After her father's passing in the early fifties, she traveled to New York City to fulfill her...

Feb 6, 2022

 

Louneil Corn Bramlett, age 91, passed away suddenly Sunday, February 6. Born to A.G. and Beulah Walls Corn, Louneil was a lifelong resident of Tucker, GA. She had three sisters and four brothers. She worked as a dental assistant before becoming a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, who loved gardening, reading, cooking, and creating floral arrangements. No one ever left...

Feb 5, 2022

Sarah Howell Studstill passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, February 5 after a brief battle with cancer.

She was born on March 6, 1937 in Americus, Georgia to Catherine Bruce Howell and Harry Lee (“Buck”) Howell. Affectionately known as “Susie” growing up in Americus, she enjoyed being outside and caring for animals and horses with her older sister...

Feb 5, 2022

Hemant was one of a kind! Irreverent, gregarious, a rock of a friend, an ever-ready volunteer, witty, intelligent and a lot more. If wealth is measured in terms of friendships, he was one of the richest persons around. An impassioned conversationalist, he had an informed say on just about everything.

 

Hemant was always up to something good! From helping raise...

Feb 4, 2022

Timothy (Tim) Bell age 64 of Decatur passed away February 4, 2022.  Tim was a graduate of Decatur High School Class of 1975.  Tim worked in the restaurant and hospitality field for most of his adult life.  Tim was preceded in death by his parents, James Cicero and Bonnie Lea Bell, brother Allan Bell and Sister, Tammy Lea Bell.  He...

Feb 3, 2022

Dan J. Shoemaker, Sr., AKA "Oh Great Papa'' was a Pied Piper of children and dogs. He passed away surrounded by family and his favorite music, including the three Louies (Jordan, Prima, and Armstrong), on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at the age of 95.The youngest of eight children, Dan was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Walter Gaston Shoemaker, a...

Feb 3, 2022

Ralph Hayden, treasured citizen and engineer of Atlanta, passed away surrounded by family on February 3rd, 2022 at the age of 91.  

 

 

Ralph was truly a gentleman and a scholar. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and brother. He was a caretaker by nature, a devoted professional, and a lifelong reader.

 

 

He was born...

Feb 2, 2022

Patricia Craft

June 29, 1952 - February 2, 2022

Patricia Jane Craft-advocate, beloved wife, and friend-passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 2, 2022, after battling end-stage renal disease.Pat was born at Crawford-Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 29, 1952. She attended the University of Georgia and graduated in 1974 with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and in 1977 with...

Feb 1, 2022

Dianne Lucas age 69 of Mansfield passed away February 1, 2022.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be greatly missed.  Dianne loved horses and her dogs.  She enjoyed quilting, making people laugh and singing karaoke.

She was preceded in death by her parents, A.V. and Ruth Thompson; nephews, Tim and Ted Wilson and brother-in-law, Woody...

Feb 1, 2022

George Franklin ("Frank") Jakes, 77, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on February 1st, 2022, at Northeast Medical Hospital in Gainesville, GA, with family by his side.  Frank was born on July 4th, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, son of Robert and Bernice Jakes.  His parents, Robert and Bernice, his brothers Robert Jr. and Donald are predeceased.   He is survived by his...

Feb 1, 2022

Henry Harold Wilson passed away peacefully in his home Tuesday February 1, 2022.  He was born in the Pea Ridge Community of Decatur, GA August 6, 1938 to the late Colie and Annie Wilson.  Henry was one of 14 children.  He is preceded in death by his beloved wife Cheryl Ann Wilson. He is survived by his daughter Tracy Wilson...

Jan 30, 2022

Ryland “Riley” Carl Tammen, 76, of Scottdale, Ga passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022.He was the beloved Husband of Joanna “Jody” (Baker) Tammen. They were committed to one another for 24 years and married for 15 years.

He was born in Watseka, just outside the small town of Gilman, Illinois, to Ogreda (Gagnon) and Dorrance Tammen and raised by his grandmother,...

Jan 30, 2022

C. Richard Maise 1930-2022 Dick Maise was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 1, 1930, a date that his family has always credited (or blamed) for his sense of humor. He was 91. He grew up in Belleville, NJ. Having been interested in rocks from a young age, (his family saying was that he had rocks in his head, and...

Jan 29, 2022

Elizabeth Beal Kidd died unexpectedly of natural causes related to her heart on January 29th. She passed quietly at home in Alpharetta, Georgia at the age of 47. She was the cherished daughter of Rebecca Mathews Beal and Robert Alexander Beal, the loving wife to Joel, and the doting mother to Bobby, Elias, and Charlotte. Liz is survived by her...

Jan 29, 2022

James Michael Ragland passed peacefully on January 29, 2022, from a strong, several year battle with Lewy Body Dementia.   

 

Born in St. Louis, MO, on November 13, 1943, to Rosalie and Turner Ragland, Jim was the third of seven children. His fondest childhood memories came from a decade of summers spent at his great grandpa, aunts and uncles’ farm...

Jan 29, 2022

Mary Smith Rucker of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on January 29, 2022. Mary was born on March 2, 1935 in Richmond Hill, Georgia to Jessie Thompson Smith and James Archie Smith. She was preceded in death by her siblings J.A. Smith, Curtis Smith, Evelyn Moore, and Irma Humphrey. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband, John...

Jan 27, 2022

Mrs. Pamilla Lynn (Merritt) Herbert of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022, after a long well fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Pam, 67 years old, was born in Atlanta on July 19, 1954, to parents Albert H. Merritt and Hazel (Roland) Merritt. She was the beloved wife of Richard Herbert, proud and devoted mother of Merritt Alixandra Bell,...