Obituaries

Michael  Ray Thrasher

Michael Ray Thrasher

May 3, 2021

Michael Ray Thrasher was born 2/5/1953 in Atlanta, Georgia from loving Mother, Joan Marie Mulleneaux and Earl Ray Thrasher. Mike has three surviving sister's, Sherry, Dina, and Delisa. Mike attended Grady High School, and later obtained a broadcasting degree. He meet the love of his life Kim Carter in 1977, and they later married in 1981. Mike and Kim had...

Alida Mary Griffin

Alida Mary Griffin

May 1, 2021

Alida Mary (Blair) Griffin, 74, of Decatur passed away on Saturday May 1, 2021. She was born on June 9, 1946 in Watertown, New York, the son of Delbert and Helen (Lyons) Blair. Alida was a graduate of Watertown High School. Alida migrated to Atlanta in the sixties. Her first job was at the original Krispy Kreme on Ponce de...

 Charles Winton Cooper, Sr.

Charles Winton Cooper, Sr.

Apr 30, 2021

Charles Cooper, 75, of Monroe, passed away on Friday April 30th, 2021. Charles was born in Atlanta and was employed in construction most of his working life. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ossie and Virginia Magness Cooper and his daughter Donna Gail Cooper. Charles is survived by daughters, Jean Tengram and her husband, Steven and Lynn Tischhauser...

Martha June Brown

Martha June Brown

Apr 30, 2021

June M Brown 86, passed away on Friday April 30th. She was predeceased by her husband James Lauren Brown, the love of her life, and her parents, Bernice and James Myrick. June graduated from the Academy of Richmond County, Augusta University, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgia State University with a degree in Microbiology. She was a scientist at...

William Louie Cassels

William Louie Cassels

Apr 28, 2021

William Louie Cassels (Billy), 69, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on April 28, 2021. Born in Atlanta on March 18, 1952, he was the fourth child of Robert Quarterman Cassels and Donata Horne Cassels. He attended Fernbank Elementary School, Druid Hills High School and graduated from Georgia State University in 1975 with a BBA degree. He was a member of...

Robert Lenton Griffith

Robert Lenton Griffith

Apr 27, 2021

Robert “Bob” Lenton Griffith, age 77, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. He was born November 5, 1943 in Jackson, MS to Lenton Beal and Dorothy Roberts Griffith. A native of Jackson, MS, Bob attended Central High School, received a Bachelor of Music degree in piano from the University of Southern MS and obtained a Master...

Charles Ernest Carter

Charles Ernest Carter

Apr 24, 2021

Charles Carter died Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 100 years of age. He is survived by his children, Vernon, William, Scott, Gary, grandchildren and a host of family and friends. Charles was a retired Carpenter who spent most of his adult life in Rochester, NY. He was a devoted father, WW II Veteran, and Deacon at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church....

Ann Musser Howard

Ann Musser Howard

Apr 22, 2021

No obituary information is available at this time. Service times listed below.

Annette Self

Annette Self

Apr 19, 2021

Annette Self, 79, of Stone Mountain, GA passed away on Monday April 19, 2021. She is survived by her daughter, Darlene Williams (Ohio); grandchildren, Crystal Selvage, Donald Rerko Jr. (Kiley), Kaylani Williams (Ohio); great grandchildren, Timothy Selvage, Grady Rerko, Joelle Rerko (Ohio). Preceded in death by son, Tommy Self; parents, Clyde and Alline Garriso; sisters, Violet Gunter and Jackie Parrish;...

Jerome "Jet" Francis Stanick

Jerome "Jet" Francis Stanick

Apr 16, 2021

Jerome Francis Stanick passed away on April 16, 2021 at the age of 74 after suffering a stroke late last year. Born in Douglas MA and raised in Whitinsville, Jerry was a graduate of Northbridge High School, Class of ’65, and an Air Force Veteran. Upon leaving the military he relocated to a suburb of Atlanta Georgia where he lived...

Horatio James Forbes, Jr.

Horatio James Forbes, Jr.

Apr 16, 2021

Horatio James Forbes Jr. was born August 19, 1929 in Meridian, MS, the son of Horatio J. Forbes Sr. and Bessie Plummer Forbes. He spent his formative years in Huntsville, Alabama where his family had moved. After graduating from Huntsville High School in 1947, he attended Georgia Tech and graduated with a BS Industrial Engineering degree in 1952. A few...

Jacqueline Martha Azar

Jacqueline Martha Azar

Apr 16, 2021

Jacqueline Martha Azar, 1940-2021 In the early hours of April 16, 2021, Jacqueline Martha Azar (“Jackie”), aged 80, passed onto the next life where she had been patiently and lovingly awaited by her grandparents; parents; uncles Joe, Nick and Abe; and aunts Maggie, Sarah, Frances and Karemy. Jackie had spent most of her adult life caring for her mother, Uncle...

Robert Hanson Perkins

Robert Hanson Perkins

Apr 15, 2021

Robert Hanson Perkins, beloved son of Lloyed and Bettye Perkins and beloved brother to Terri Perkins-Lewis and William Edward Perkins, died suddenly on April 15, 2021. He is survived by his siblings, his nephew Samuel Lloyed Lewis and his beloved pet, Buddy. He was taken too soon and we will miss him forever.

Fay Hamilton Gwynn

Fay Hamilton Gwynn

Apr 14, 2021

Fay Hamilton Gwynn, age 86, of Decatur, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2021. She was predeceased by her mother, William “Bill” Van Bamberg, and father, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, and former husband, John Minor Gwynn, Jr. and is survived by her children, son, John Gwynn of John’s Creek, GA, and daughter, Stacy (Steven) Oshinski of Ponce Inlet, FL;...

Anna Catherine Hull

Anna Catherine Hull

Apr 10, 2021

Anna Catherine Hull, 33, of Loganville, GA passed away on April 10th. Anna attended Bryan College, and was working toward her masters degrees in Bioethics and Theological Studies at Emory University and the Candler School of Theology. Despite the many challenges she faced in her life, she had an indomitable spirit and was always helping and teaching others. During her...

Margaret Camila Freeman

Margaret Camila Freeman

Apr 9, 2021

Margaret Camilla Freeman (Cammie), aged 62, passed away after a short illness on April 9, 2021. She is survived by her loving father, Robert C. Freeman. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jessie Johnson Freeman and her brother, James Thrash Freeman. Cammie was loved and well taken care of by the wonderful ladies of ResCare at her Brighton...

Nicholas Theodore Grossman

Nicholas Theodore Grossman

Apr 9, 2021

Nicholas T. Grossman, affectionately known as "Deed", passed away on April 9th, 2021, at the age of 92. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Jeanne. Nick is survived by daughters Nancy Pihera and Gail Scherer (Mike); grandchildren Drew Pihera, Evan Pihera (Rebecca), Cole Scherer (Kelley) and Jana Johnson (David); great-grands Sofia, Hollis, Nina, and Landon; and his...