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...

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...

Jan 2, 2022

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...

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.  ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...