Jun 30, 2020

Rose Baechtold, age 98, died on 6/30/20 following a long illness, and what Rose called "a good run". During her final days, Rose's favorite music was playing and loving hands were on her. A proud-of-it native New Yorker, Rose was a graduate of Girls High School, and College, City of New York, both in Brooklyn. During World War II, Rose...

Jun 28, 2020

Brian P. Dotson, age 46, of Decatur, GA passed away on Sunday, June 28. 2020. Brian was an extremely loving person who cared deeply for his family and friends. He never knew a stranger and readily shared his gentle Spirit with them. He was an artist at heart and expressed his love of music through his DJing. A native of...

Jun 28, 2020

Christopher David Stewart, beloved son, brother and grandson, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday evening June 28, 2020. Born on May 23, 1989 and raised in Smoke Rise, Georgia, Christopher was the beloved son of David and Akrivy Stewart, cherished brother to Jenna Pelletier and her husband, Daniel, and adoring grandson to Joyce Myers and Richard Stewart. He was preceded in...

Jun 27, 2020

Bell, Charles Bacon, M.D. Charles B. “Charlie” Bell, 77, of Decatur, died peacefully at home on the morning of June 27, four weeks after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Born at Emory Hospital, he and his brother, sons of Charles Clinton Bell and Alice Cooper Bell, grew up in Woodstock, Georgia. Both left Woodstock to attend Emory University, where Charlie...

Jun 27, 2020

Don Gartrell Campbell, 84, of Loganville, passed away on Saturday June 27, 2020. A native of East Point GA, he was born to T. G. and Gladys Ruth Campbell. Don was a proud Army Veteran and worked as a technician with Southern Bell, retiring after 30 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson,...

Jun 25, 2020

Alma Louise (Garrett) Baxter passed peacefully on June 25, 2020. Preceded in death by her husband Robert Emmett Baxter and her son Robert Emmett Baxter Jr. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, sons: Jack, Ben, and Jimmy Baxter; daughter Mary Colley Baxter; 6 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. A graveside service honoring her life will be held at 1:00 pm...

Jun 24, 2020

John Timothy McHale, age 81, died June 24, 2020. Celebration of his life will be delayed until the pandemic abates. If desired, memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Jun 24, 2020

Lynn Thomas Portee, a long-time resident of Dekalb County, Georgia passed Wednesday the 24th of June in the year 2020. She is the daughter of the late Leonard Wilson and Muriel Josephine (Gilbert) Thomas. Born in 1949 in New Jersey, Lynn received a Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Merrimack College. She was a 35 year employee of BellSouth, where she...

Jun 24, 2020

Forrest McCrary passed away 24th Of June at 11:30 PM. He was born on November 17, 1944 in Junction City, Georgia with the nick name of Flattop to the Late Floyd and Pasty McCrary. He was the youngest of three children. Forrest leaves to cherish his memories one sister, Ethel Louise McCrary and Marion Jean McCrary (Deceased) of Lakeview, NY....

Jun 24, 2020

Alan N. Merritt passed away on Wednesday June 24th, 2020. He is survived by siblings, Bob Merritt, Kathy McDaniel, Ann Jones, son Alan Merritt Jr., and grandson’s, Connor Merritt and Ashton Merritt. A graveside service will be held in section 10 at Decatur Cemetery in Decatur GA on Sunday June 28th at 2:00 p.m.

Jun 23, 2020

Alice Marie Nystrom Maclin (May 18, 1928 - June 23, 2020) was born in Cadillac, Michigan to a Swedish father, George Nystrom and English mother, Minnie Harwood. She was just twelve years old when her parents died in an automobile accident. She went to live with an aunt in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she quickly realized she had to live...

Jun 23, 2020

Barbara Joan McMillian, 77, passed away on June 24, 2020 at Northside Cherokee Hospital. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she was the daughter of Grady and Catherine Taylor. She graduated from Southwest Dekalb High School in 1961 and was employed for over 20 years at Grizzard Advertising. Barbara enjoyed social gatherings with family and friends, music and dancing. She loved to...

Jun 23, 2020

Robert George Whitfield, Sr. (Bob) of Dunwoody, Georgia, died June 23, 2020 at the age of 96 to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born in London, Ontario, Canada in 1924 to the late Herbert Whitfield and Lillian Smallman Whitfield and was one of 11 children. In 1942, he married Joyce Page of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. They moved...

Jun 23, 2020

Charles M. Baird died (he disliked the term “passed away”) at age 79 on June 23, 2020. He is survived by his daughter Ellen R. Baird and his brother W. Joseph Baird. He was an Atlanta native of Southern parentage, but his remote ancestors on his father’s side were from Massachusetts. He was the direct descendent of two of the...

Jun 22, 2020

The Rev. Edward Franklin Franze III, 76, of Winder, GA died June 22 at Tranquility Hospice Center in Marietta after contracting the novel coronavirus. He was a family man, music lover, ordained minister, theology teacher and Latin scholar.Mr. Franze was born Feb. 19, 1944 in Lexington, VA, the son of the late Edward F. Franze Jr. and Sally Ann Lauderdale...

Jun 21, 2020

Mary Ruth Wade Leigh gently passed away in her sleep on June 21, 2020. She was born on May 12, 1930, in Wrens, Georgia, and graduated from Reidsville High School. She was a homemaker, bookkeeper, and secretary and spent most of her life in Atlanta. Interment will be in Wrens. It has been an absolute honor to be her husband...

Jun 19, 2020

Bob Homans, 86, of Atlanta, Georgia passed peacefully on June 19, 2020 after a long illness. Bob was born on August 16, 1933 to Pearly and Mildred Homans in Newburyport, Massachusetts. After serving in the U. S. Army in the Korean War, he attended Georgia Tech and worked for General Motors Lakewood Assembly plant in Atlanta until his retirement. He...

Jun 19, 2020

George Bramlett Jr, of Tucker, Ga., passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. He was 90 years old. He was born in 1929 in Decatur, Ga., to George W. Bramlett and Mamie Lois Maddox. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Louneil Corn Bramlett, sons Phil Bramlett and Jeff Bramlett (Donna),...

Jun 19, 2020

Jun 19, 2020

Marjorie June Washburn passed away peacefully on June 19, 2020, after suffering a heart attack on June 16. June was born on February 9, 1933, in Columbus, Ohio, the third of six children of John Lindsay Young and Ruby Wilson Young. When June was eight years old, the family moved to Madison, North Carolina, where she graduated from Madison High...