Obituaries

Don Gartrell Campbell

Don Gartrell Campbell

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,...

Alma Louise Baxter

Alma Louise Baxter

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...

John Timothy Mchale

John Timothy Mchale

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.

Forrest Mccrary

Forrest Mccrary

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....

Alan Newell Merritt

Alan Newell Merritt

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.

Lynn Therese Portee

Lynn Therese Portee

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...

Robert George Whitfield, Sr.

Robert George Whitfield, Sr.

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...

Alice Marie Maclin

Alice Marie Maclin

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...

Barbara Joan Mcmillian

Barbara Joan Mcmillian

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...

Charles Mcleod Baird

Charles Mcleod Baird

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...

Edward Franklin Franze, Iii

Edward Franklin Franze, Iii

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...

Mary Ruth Leigh

Mary Ruth Leigh

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...

Robert Roper Homans

Robert Roper Homans

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...

George Bramlett Jr.

George Bramlett Jr.

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),...

Marjorie June Washburn

Marjorie June Washburn

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...

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...

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...

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...