Obituaries
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Beryl Lea Brown
Dec 8, 2021
Lea Lea Brown passed away to be with her Heavenly Father, Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Piedmont Hospital, due to complications of acute appendicitis. She was born August 8, 1940, to the late Roy H. Brown, Jr. and Jane Roark-Hennessy Brown in Knoxville, TN. Lea Lea became a leader during her developmental years and attended The University of Tennessee where...
Leigh Ann Oatney
Dec 8, 2021
Leigh Ann Oatney, 45, wife of Paul Mooring, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at her home in Decatur, Georgia with her family and close friends by her side. She was comfortable and left us peacefully, without the burden of pain or suffering.
She fought a courageous battle against Metastatic Breast Cancer that was diagnosed a little over 14...
Ronald Paul Jayson
Dec 6, 2021
Ronald Paul Jayson of Decatur Georgia, age 73, passed away on December 6th, 2021. Ron was born in Montreal Canada and moved to Miami Beach at the age of five. He attended Ida Fisher Elementary School and Miami Beach Senior High School before heading to Florida State University, where he graduated in 1970 with a degree in Journalism. He was...
William Stuart Simonton
Dec 5, 2021
William S. Simonton, age 64 of Decatur, Ga passed away on December 5, 2021 from natural causes. He is survived by his sister and brother-in law Yvonne (Bonnie) and Doug Hammond of Burnsville, NC, nephew Scott R. Sager of Atlanta, Ga., his aunt Mary Ann and several cousins. The service will take place December 20, 2021 at 2 pm at...
Jimmie Bryant Crossley
Dec 5, 2021
Jimmie Kimberly Bryant Crossley, 82 of Johns Creek, Georgia passed away peacefully Sunday December 5, 2021. Jimmie was the youngest of five born to Caroline and Wilmer Kimberly on July 20, 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia. She is survived by her daughter Laurie Lawrence (Kurt) of Bogart, GA and son William Robert Bryant Jr (Julia) of Decatur, GA; grandchildren Kimberly Barnes...
Nancy Tarver Goodyear
Dec 4, 2021
Nancy Tarver Goodyear, aka Nancy Rice, died peacefully in her sleep on December 3, 2021. Nancy was a passionate teacher of English and Latin, a rock-solid friend, a mentor extraordinaire, and a supportive coworker. She had a beautiful energy that could not be denied and a giving spirit. All with whom she connected soon recognized her intelligence and wit. She...
Andrea Joyce Abramson
Dec 4, 2021
Andrea Abramson was born September 9, 1951 and passed away on December 4, 2021 at the age of 70. She was predeceased by her mother, Betty J. Poulos band her father George Poulos. In November 2002, she married her husband Kenneth Abramson, also survived by a son, Bobby Johnson.
While recalling her deep depression after a traumatic event that left...
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