Obituaries

Andrea Joyce Abramson

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...

Patsy Ann Groover

Patsy Ann Groover

Dec 3, 2021

Patsy Groover was not adept at boredom. She was on the front line of late 20th Century women who understood their place was any place. As a working mother of 3, she was busy. As a retiree, she was even more so. When the water aerobics instructor failed to show at her neighborhood pool, Patsy thought nothing of taking over...

Patricia Self Fears

Patricia Self Fears

Dec 3, 2021

Patricia (Pat) Self Fears, age 79, was called Home and into the Presence of the Lord on Friday, December 3, 2021. She had fought with Lewy Body Dementia for several years and now she has been renewed. She was the sweetest and kindest person you would ever meet, and she left her footprint on the hearts of her family, many...

Marvin Lee Harden

Marvin Lee Harden

Dec 2, 2021

Marvin Lee Harden, 81, passed away on December 2, 2021 surrounded by loved ones after a short illness. Born in Carrollton, GA on September 22,1940, he had lived in the Tucker area for 50 years. Marvin was preceded in death by Janet H. Piecara, his wife and devoted companion; LaVerne Harden Marlow (sister); Bessie Gillespie Harden and Marvin DuWayne Harden...

Mary Lillie Young

Mary Lillie Young

Dec 1, 2021

Mary Lillie Young, 77 of Decatur departed this life, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. She was born September 16, 1944 to the late Alice Glenn Oliver and Major Oliver, Sr. She joined St. Paul Baptist Church in Anderson, SC. She worked at Colonial Funeral Home also in Anderson, SC. She was joined in marriage to the late James Robert Young. She...

Evelyn Elizabeth Norman

Evelyn Elizabeth Norman

Nov 29, 2021

Evelyn Elizabeth Norman (nee Gardner) passed away peacefully at her home in Decatur, Georgia on Monday, November 29, 2021 after a short illness.Evelyn was born in Rex, Georgia on October 13, 1922 and lived the first eighteen years of her life in Stockbridge, Georgia. After graduation from McDonough High School (1939), she worked as a bookkeeper for several years before...

Ellen Placht Heemann

Ellen Placht Heemann

Nov 29, 2021

Ellen Placht Heemann, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away on November 29, 2021, of complications from lung cancer and COPD. Ellen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 1, 1936. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Warren Heemann; daughters Eve Heemann Byrd and Lori Barbara Heemann; son Paul Joseph Heemann, and son-in-law Eugene Davis Byrd. She is also...

Nancy Ruth Richardson

Nancy Ruth Richardson

Nov 29, 2021

Nancy McConnell Richardson, age 79, of Atlanta, GA passed away Monday, November 29, 2021 after complications from dementia. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, James Howard Richardson, Jr. in 2011. Nancy is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Scott Richardson and Elizabeth Richardson, son David Richardson, grandchildren Darion Williams, Jordan Griffin and Cavin Richardson, nephew...

Lillian Lee Newman

Lillian Lee Newman

Nov 29, 2021

We know that she is safe and warm in the arms of her family who went before her. Lillian gave so much of herself to so many. She will be missed by those of us who were so fortunate to have had her in our lives.

Dorothy  Lucille Mock

Dorothy Lucille Mock

Nov 29, 2021

Mrs. Dorothy (Dot) S. Mock of Peachtree City passed away on November 29, 2021 at the age of 88. She was preceded in death by her husband, Julian R. Mock and is survived by her daughters, Terry Mock and Christy Tate, and her son, Alan Mock and his wife, Joy. She also leaves behind a sister, Catherine Garcia, and six...

Eleanor Hayden Jones

Eleanor Hayden Jones

Nov 28, 2021

Never married, Ms. Jones lived most of her life with her siblings, Robert and Sarah. Most of her career was spent working for General Motors Acceptance Corporation in the accounting department. Until recently, she was an active member of Clairemont Hills Baptist Church which is now Bridgepoint Church at Toco Hills. She was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves.

Beverly Ann Stripling

Beverly Ann Stripling

Nov 26, 2021

Beverly Ann Stripling, March 18, 1966 -November 26, 2021. At age 55, she passed on while hospitalized in Tucson, Arizona, under the loving watch of family and friends,”Bev’s Warriors.” She had fought metastatic cancer for ten years. The cancer caused her much suffering but she carried it well and without complaint.

 

Bev claimed two homes - Georgia and Arizona. In...

Sean David Alaniz

Sean David Alaniz

Nov 26, 2021

It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the death of Sean Alaniz, age 30, our beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend passed away suddenly on Friday, November 26, 2021. Sean was born in Fort Polk Louisiana and lived in Tucker Georgia for most of his life. He relocated to Nashville last year where he was working, making...

Sally Ann Dunn

Sally Ann Dunn

Nov 24, 2021

Sally Ann Dunn, strong, independent, loving, and generous, died suddenly of a heart attack in her home in Atlanta after a brief illness on Nov. 24, 2021. She was 72.



Concerned about the world and all its peoples, and especially about climate change and the prevalence of guns in America, she worked diligently and gave to many groups to make...

Daniel Joiner Harrington

Daniel Joiner Harrington

Nov 24, 2021

Dan was born in Atlanta on March 10, 1949. He grew up in Medlock Park in Decatur, GA. He attended Saint Thomas More Catholic School and Druid Hills High School. He went on to graduate from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in business. Most of his career was spent as a chauffeur for North Point Transport Group in Atlanta....

Lloyd Ambrose Busch, Iii

Lloyd Ambrose Busch, Iii

Nov 23, 2021

Lloyd Busch age 77 passed away on November 23, 2021 from complications of a stroke he suffered in March 2020. He is survived by his former wife Rosemary, the Olsen family, his “adopted daughter” Natalia and many loving friends and colleagues. Lloyd was born in Pittsburgh, but considered Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he spent much of his youth, to be his...

Richard Aquilla Hollahan, Iii

Richard Aquilla Hollahan, Iii

Nov 22, 2021



The rich warm Tallahassee sunshine of late August 1954 was the first light on the path of Rick Hollahan’s life. Born on the 25th of that month to Beverly and Dick Hollahan, Rick later became the older brother of Rex, born seven years after him.



Rick displayed early on the signature intelligence, wit, curiosity, and caring that became the hallmarks of...

Eduardo Santillan

Eduardo Santillan

Nov 22, 2021

Eduardo (Chon) Encarnacion Santillan, was born in Harlingen, TX and passed away unexpectedly at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA on November 22, 2021, at the age of 26 years old. On this day he succumbed to his injuries in midflight and lost his life to save another and through death he gave the ultimate gift of life. Born on...

Joyce Foster Britt

Joyce Foster Britt

Nov 21, 2021

Joyce Foster Britt passed away peacefully at her home in Stone Mountain, Georgia on Sunday, November 21, 2021, after a month of in-home hospice care. Joyce was born in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta on February 27, 1936. She was the second of five girls born to Viola “Peggy” Newton and Edmond Foster. The family moved to Statham in 1940,...