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Robert King Chandler

Robert King Chandler

Jun 18, 2020

Robert King Chandler, Sr., 78, of Lilburn, GA an Atlanta native passed away on June 18, 2020. He was the son of Charles Parks Chandler and Hazel Kathleen King. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Evelyn Hunt Chandler and is survived by his brother Larry Chandler, son Robert King Chandler, Jr., daughter Kimberly Burel, and granddaughters Erin...

Chauncey Brown

Chauncey Brown

Jun 18, 2020

Chauncey Robert Brown died as the result of heart failure just before noon on June 18, 2020. He was born in Macomb Illinois on September 21, 1930 where he lived in the log cabin on the way into town. As a young boy his family moved to Knoxville, Illinois where he graduated from Knoxville High School. He joined the United...

Jimmy Darrell Gable

Jimmy Darrell Gable

Jun 17, 2020

Jmmy (Jim) Darrell Gable passed the evening of Wednesday June 17th, 2020. He served in the Korean War as Airman First Class in the US Air Force. Jim was the son of the late Julia Bell Gray and Emory Lee Gable and he was born in LaGrange, Georgia on October 6, 1930. He is survived by his brother, Horace E....

Robert Allen Shults

Robert Allen Shults

Jun 17, 2020

Robert Allen Shults, age 50, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on June 17, 2020 after a long and courageous struggle with brain cancer. Robert was born on September 27, 1969 in Roanoke, Virginia. He spent his childhood in Salem and Marion, Virginia and graduated from Marion Senior High School in 1987. He earned a...

Launa Crockett Williams

Launa Crockett Williams

Jun 16, 2020

LaUna Williams passed away peacefully Tuesday June 16, 2020 at the age of 94. LaUna was born in Bristol, TN to Pearl and John Arnold. She graduated from Tennessee High School and became nursing assistant. LaUna had a beautiful singing voice and frequently sang solos in the church and for weddings. She was a talented seamstress and loved to draw...

Leonard Griffin Boswell

Leonard Griffin Boswell

Jun 12, 2020

The Reverend Leonard Griffin Boswell died on Friday June 12, 2020 at the age of 92. He died as he lived, with grace, cheerfulness, and gentle kindness. Born in 1927 in Newborn, Georgia to Griffin and Mary Boswell, he grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was raised in the Presbyterian Church, to which he devoted his...

Dorothy Douglas Adams

Dorothy Douglas Adams

Jun 11, 2020

Dorothy Douglas Adams of Decatur, Georgia, passed away June 11, 2020. The only child of Freeman Seavey Douglas and Anne Laura Douglas formerly of Augusta, Georgia, Dorothy was born November 2, 1922 in East Liverpool, Ohio. When she was a young child, her father’s job with Babcock & Wilcox transferred the family to Augusta. Dorothy graduated from Tubman High School...

Phillip Buice

Phillip Buice

Jun 8, 2020

On Monday, June 8th, 2020, Phillip L. Buice, loving husband and father of four, passed away at the age of 73. Phillip was born on September 30th, 1946 in Atlanta, GA. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and became a residential contractor in the Atlanta area following his service and return home. Phillip was kind, gentle, hard-working...

Richard Thompson Putney

Richard Thompson Putney

Jun 8, 2020

A gifted teacher and experimental psychologist, died on June 8, 2020 in Atlanta following an illness. He was cared for lovingly throughout his last months by his beloved daughter, Eleanor. He is also survived by nieces Robin and Claire and grandchildren Cassidy and Devin. He was pre-deceased by his wife Paula and daughter Hollye and by his brother Robert. Born...

Donald Grady Shockley

Donald Grady Shockley

Jun 8, 2020

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Don Shockley attended public schools and Birmingham-Southern College in his home city. He received the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Emory University in 1962, and completed doctoral studies at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1975. Don and Mary Jim Lyons, having been sweethearts since elementary school, were married during their senior year at Birmingham-Southern....

Ira Calvin  West

Ira Calvin West

Jun 8, 2020

Ira Calvin West, Jr. or “Buddy” to his family was born on January 4th, 1969 in Atlanta, GA passed away on June 8th, 2020. He was a resident of Gwinnett County all of his adult life. To know him was to love him. His whole world was his family. He and his wife were married for 29 years and she...

Eric Smart

Eric Smart

Jun 7, 2020

It is with heavy heart we announce the death of husband, father, and grandfather, Eric Smart, 84, on Sunday Sunday 7, 2020. He had been in declining health for several years and was not strong enough to beat the Covid-19 virus when it struck. He was predeceased by son, Terry, in 2016. Eric is survived by his wife of 61...

Lula Nicolette Poulos

Lula Nicolette Poulos

Jun 7, 2020

Lula Nicolette Poulos, age 98, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, June 7, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Christine Poulos, and her three younger siblings, Victor J. Poulos, Tassie Poulos Portulas and Pete J. Poulos, all lifelong residents of Atlanta. She is survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and...

Bascom Palmer Mills, Jr.

Bascom Palmer Mills, Jr.

Jun 6, 2020

Bascom Palmer Mills, Jr. November 8, 1933 – June 6, 2020 Due to Covid restrictions a memorial service will be held at a later date. Please continue to monitor this web page for service details Bascom “Palmer” Mills, Jr, born in Jacksonville, FL on November 8, 1933, was the youngest of three children born of Bascom Palmer Mills and Lucy...

Theresa Exley Kidd

Theresa Exley Kidd

Jun 5, 2020

On Friday, June 5, 2020, Theresa Kidd, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 51 years. Theresa will be lovingly remembered by her husband and best friend John, and their precious children, Sydney and Jake, by her parents Bobby and Janice (Heidt) Exley and by her sister and brother Janet (Jonathon) Black and Chris Exley. Theresa will also forever be...

Joan Hicks

Joan Hicks

Jun 5, 2020

Joan Chapman Hicks, 89, of Atlanta, GA, formerly of St. Cloud passed away on Friday June 6, 2020 from natural causes. Born in Dunston-on-Tyne, Durham, England in 1930, Joan Hicks grew up in England during World War II and survived the diphtheria epidemic of 1943 that killed thousands of people. She graduated from the Yorkshire Training College of Housecraft in...

Carolyn Ward Clements

Carolyn Ward Clements

Jun 5, 2020

Carolyn Clements of Avondale Estates, GA passed away Friday June 5, 2020 at the age of 95. Ms. Clements was born Carolyn Ward Burdette on March 6, 1925 in Atlanta, GA to James Miles Burdette and Addie May (Lawton) Burdette. Her family moved to Calhoun, GA when she was a child and she spent all of her young life there....

Joseph Locke Thompson

Joseph Locke Thompson

Jun 2, 2020

Joseph Locke Thompson, 81, of Decatur, GA peacefully passed June 2, 2020. Joseph “Joe” was born February 8, 1939 in Washington, D.C. to the late Colonel DeWitt Thompson and Cleo Elizabeth Spainhauer Thompson. He was the brother of the late DeWitt Thompson II. Joe leaves his loving memories to be cherished by: his beloved wife of 60 years, Patricia Ann...

John Cullen Stevens

John Cullen Stevens

May 31, 2020

John Cullen Stevens was born in Umatilla FL on October 28, 1935 to Cullen Homer Stevens and Isabel Culpepper Stevens. His parents divorced at a young age and his mother relocated to New Orleans LA. There he meet life long friends Jim Powell and Warren Milan. “Steve” as he was known to his friends, enlisted in the army in 1952...

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