Aug 19, 2021

Aug 19, 2021

James Thomas Hudson, Jr., age 74, died on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at Emory University Hospital Hospice Unit following a four-year battle with Waldenstrom lymphoma. Jim was born in Columbia, SC in 1946 to James Thomas Hudson, Sr. and Elizabeth B. Hudson. He was a 1965 graduate of St. Albans School, Washington, DC and a 1969 graduate of the University...

Aug 18, 2021

Charlotte Jones Ivey, age 92, of Atlanta passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Ivey, Jr.; her father and mother, Frank and Bertie Lou Jones; her siblings Elsie Irvine, Elizabeth Oastler, and Frank Jones. Charlotte is survived by her children, Elaine and her husband David Wingate, Lynne Ely, Jim and his...

Aug 18, 2021

Robert Jack Payne, 82, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021; after suffering a long illness of vascular disease. Known as Bobby Jack, RJ, Robert, or Bob; he was a man of integrity, honor, humor, and loyalty.He was born in DeKalb County, GA and graduated from Southwest DeKalb High School. He served proudly in the US Air Force, stationed at Walker...

Aug 18, 2021

Ms. Betty Ann Key (née Crane), age 72, passed away on Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Betty was born in Hannibal, Missouri on November 28, 1948 to mother Georgia Ann Johnson Crane and father Morgan Hubert Crane. Betty attended Monroe High School in Monroe, Missouri for three years, but graduated in the Class of 1966 from Palmyra High...

Aug 18, 2021

Mr. Owen Joseph Nerney, 80, Atlanta, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, in the Emory Decatur Hospital following a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Owen was born on September 12. 1940 in Lowell, Massachusetts, son of Owen Anthony Nerney and Agnes Rita Morris. Following his graduation from Dracut High School in 1958 where he played on the Basketball and...

Aug 17, 2021

James Matthew “Cabie” Washington, Jr., 76, of Decatur, GA, passed away on August 17, 2021 after a prolonged illness.James was born on December 19, 1944 in Youngstown, Ohio. He was a graduate of The Rayen High School. He worked as a brakeman for Youngstown Sheet & Tube before moving to Fountain Hills Arizona in 1998 and then to Atlanta in...

Aug 16, 2021

Dr. John Donald Fite entered heaven on August 16, 2021. Don Fite and his identical mirror twin brother, James David Fite, were born to Rev. Clifton and Ruby Blackwelder Fite in Fort Worth, Texas on Dec. 23, 1933. Dr. Fite graduated from the Berry High School for Boys at Mount Berry, Georgia in 1951. Dr. Fite knew from an early...

Aug 14, 2021

William R. Felker, 92 of Tucker, passed away on August 14, 2021. Mr. Felker was a veteran of the United States Army and a retired mechanical engineer. He was a musician, playing keyboards and guitar, and an avid bicyclist and motorcycle enthusiast. He restored many bicycles over the years for the community children. William was preceded in death by his...

Aug 13, 2021

Nancy Daniel Haden passed away on August 13, 2021, at Kingsbridge Retirement Center in Atlanta, GA. She was born July 5,1928 in Oxford, NC. Nancy attended high school in Roxboro, NC, where she was accomplished in band as a clarinet player and Majorette. She attended college in Richmond, VA, at RPI (now VCU) where she met and married her husband,...

Aug 13, 2021

Jeane Thomas Cleveland Mehlhop passed away peacefully on Friday, August 13, 2021, after a short but valiant fight against cancer. August 13th is a particularly significant day for the family, as it was Jeanie’s mother’s birthday and a day that was always acknowledged and celebrated. Jeanie was at home, surrounded by family, when she died. She was 69 years old...

Aug 13, 2021

John “Lewis” Cook, Jr., age 89, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Piedmont Hospital on Friday August 13, 2021. He is survived by his wife Sarah “Sally” Griffin Cook, son John Cook and wife, Kathy residents of Boston, daughter Ann Cook McColl of Marietta, grandchildren Rachel Cook, Lars McColl, and Carue McColl, sisters Rene Ellington and Frances Emmons,...

Aug 12, 2021

Diane Lee Orvis Jackson, 76, of Decatur, GA passed away at her residence at Holbrook of Decatur, on August 12, 2021 after battling several long-term illnesses. She was a 5-year Breast Cancer survivor. She was preceded in death by her father Versil Laverne Orvis, and mother, Eva Mary Sharpe Orvis. She is survived by her daughter Jennifer and husband Paul...

Aug 10, 2021

Richard Kenneth Cheek July 16, 1941 - August 10, 2021 Richard Kenneth Cheek, a mentor to many, and a friend to all, passed away peacefully August 10, 2021 in Flowery Branch, GA, surrounded by his loving wife and family. Born July 16, 1941 in Atlanta, GA to Homer Lee and Grace Chewning Cheek, Kenneth lived a life of great faith...

Aug 8, 2021

Gloria Dean Joiner age 91 passed away Sunday, August 8, 2021. She was born in Statesboro, Ga. on September 5, 1929 and was a daughter of the late Nell and J.R. Joiner. Her family moved to Atlanta after she graduated high school. She began a career at the Henry Grady Hotel and a second long career with the Boy Scouts...

Aug 8, 2021

Walter Frederick Vaughan, 74, of Decatur, Georgia passed away at home on August 8, 2021. Walter was preceded in death by his son, David Vaughan, and his wife, Virginia Newsome Vaughan. Walter is survived by his daughter, Becky Vaughan (Decatur, GA), his brothers Frank Vaughan (Hixson, Tennessee) and George Vaughan (Half Moon Bay, California), and his sisters, Linda Carter (Decatur,...

Aug 8, 2021

Ellen was born September 21, 1930, in Newark, New Jersey. Her parents were Herbert P. Greenwood and Frances Corson Greenwood. They lived in Maplewood, just west of Newark. Ellen graduated from Columbia High School in 1948. She then attended Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, whence she graduated in 1952 with a B.A. in economics. From 1952 to 1957, Ellen worked...

Aug 8, 2021

Pete was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, FL to the late Susan McCall Patterson and George Enslen Patterson, Jr. His family moved to Savannah, GA when he was very small and he attended Savannah Country Day School where he played varsity football and basketball and graduated in 1975. He attended Washington and Lee University and graduated...

Aug 7, 2021

Linda Manley, 68, passed away on Saturday, August 7th, 2021, surrounded by her loving family in Atlanta, Georgia, after enduring a 9 year battle with Alzheimer's. Linda was born to the late Drs. Eugene and Gladys Man in Delaware. She graduated from the University of Miami in 1975 and then moved to Atlanta where she met and married Ted Manley...

Aug 6, 2021

Joseph Blaine Hosmer, Jr. passed away peacefully during his sleep on Friday, August 6, 2021 at Phoenix Assisted Living at the age of 69 years of age. Joe was born on September 27, 1952 in Atlanta, GA to the late Julia Swiney Hosmer and the late Joseph Blaine Hosmer, Sr. Joe is survived by his cousins, Ruthy Stephens (Don), Major...