OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Winsome Margaret Thomas

Winsome Margaret Thomas

May 28, 2021

Winsome Margaret Thomas, age 72, passed peacefully away on Friday, May 28, 2021 at Emory University Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia. She was born July 8, 1948 in Kingston to Woodrow and Thelma McGhie. At age 9 she earned a full scholarship to Wolmers Girls High School where she made many lifelong friends. She subsequently received her O Levels and...

Arthur Clifford "A C" Sheppard

Arthur Clifford "A C" Sheppard

May 27, 2021

Arthur Clifford “AC” Sheppard, age 80 of Lithonia, Georgia entered into eternal rest on Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Born on Sunday, December 1, 1940, son of the late Wesley and Sue Thompson Sheppard. He is also preceded in death by his brother, Paul Sheppard.

Mr. Sheppard was the owner and operator of AC Sheppard Hauling....

Patsy Glaze Lynn

Patsy Glaze Lynn

May 27, 2021

Patsy Glaze Lynn December 10, 1951 – May 27,2021

Patsy Lynn, 69 of Stone Mountain GA passed on May 27, 2021

She was a lifelong resident of Stone Mountain GA.

She was preceded in death by her husband Richard F. Lynn, Father Grover Glaze, Mother Annie Ruth Mitchell Glaze and brother Grady Lee....

Darlene Sara Stapp

Darlene Sara Stapp

May 27, 2021

Darlene Stapp

February 12, 1961 – May 27, 2021

Darlene Sara Stapp passed away on Thursday, May 27th at her home in Conyers, GA at the age of 60.

A fierce, vivacious woman, Darlene was full of life and had the most magnetic blue eyes any woman could only dream of having. She...

Millicent Buerk Coleman

Millicent Buerk Coleman

May 25, 2021

Millicent Coleman age 98 of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on May 25, 2021. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Barry Coleman and her beloved youngest daughter Veronica Cazier. Millicent is survived by her two daughters Sarah Bonner and Katharine West, her three grandchildren Gerald R. Carter, Elise DePasquales, and Grace Schauer, her three sons in law...

Joseph Augustus Loew Jr.

Joseph Augustus Loew Jr.

May 25, 2021

Joseph Augustus Loew, Jr. (Jon) was born on Oct. 27, 1943 in Biloxi, Ms. He passed away peacefully at his home on May 25, 2021. Jon was a loving and loyal husband to Nancy for 48 years. He was an Army veteran. Jon graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree. He taught...

Richard "Pop" Dugan

Richard "Pop" Dugan

May 25, 2021

Richard Dugan, known more simply as “Pop.” What an amazing man… Our dad, and your friend, was an anchor, provider, philosopher, teacher and so much more. Pop was charismatic, warm, nurturing, solid, creative, talented and a perfectionist. We all learned so much from him. He was a ROCK. He loved people, animals and his country. He was a problem...

Wendy Heffner Wilson

Wendy Heffner Wilson

May 24, 2021

Wendy Heffner Wilson age 75 of Stone Mountain entered into eternal rest on Monday May 24, 2021.

Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Friday, June 1, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Bain L. Heffner MD and Mary Heffner.

Wendy was a graduate of the Walter M. Williams High School, and also...

Melvin D. Miller

Melvin D. Miller

May 22, 2021

Melvin D Miller, 85, of Stone Mountain, GA passed away May 22, 2021 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather and loved all animals, especially his dogs. Born on July 1, 1935 to William Miller and Laura (Delpierre) Miller in Patton, Pennsylvania. He attended Patton High School were he played varsity...

Benjamin May Jennings

Benjamin May Jennings

May 22, 2021

Benjamin May Jennings, loving father, devoted son, brother, friend and artist, died at his home on May 22, 2021 surrounded by his family after a long, hard, but spirited fight with ALS. If the true measure of one’s success is the number of friends they have, Ben died a very wealthy man.

Ben was born on November...

Jill Hurlburt Sigl

Jill Hurlburt Sigl

May 22, 2021

Jill Elizabeth Sigl

Jill Elizabeth Sigl, 69, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on May 22, 2021 from a long battle of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Jill was born on February 26, 1952 in Shaker Heights, OH. Her family later moved to Novelty, OH were she attended high school at West Geauga and met the love of life,...

Robert Burton Blahnik

Robert Burton Blahnik

May 22, 2021

ROBERT BURTON BLAHNIK OBITUARY 1927-2021 Sept. 26 – May 22 Bob Blahnik was a WWII veteran, software entrepreneur, arborist, genealogist raconteur, and amateur historian. He was known for his independent thinking and deep devotion to his wife Julia, his partner of 67 years in raising five children. He passed away peacefully with family at his side at the age...

Mary Ellen “Pete” Petree Carlton

Mary Ellen “Pete” Petree Carlton

May 21, 2021

Mary Ellen “Pete” Petree Carlton of Cumming, GA, died on May 21, 2021.

Mary Ellen was born in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 1925. She grew up in Washington, and fondly remembers the visit she made as child with her family to her cousin Orville Wright’s home in Dayton, OH.

She graduated from Centenary College...

Anthony Ray Holbert

Anthony Ray Holbert

May 21, 2021

Anthony Ray Holbert, age 50, of Monroe, GA passed away on Friday, May 21, 2021.

He was born at Button Gwinnett Hospital in Lawrenceville, GA on November 28, 1970. Anthony graduated from Central Gwinnett Lawrenceville High School in the class of 1988. He was a gifted carpenter and started his own business doing what he enjoyed.

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Gursimran Raina

Gursimran Raina

May 20, 2021

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Maria Combe

Maria Combe

May 20, 2021

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Anthony Vu

Anthony Vu

May 19, 2021

Anthony Nguyen Vu (Pretty Tony) passed away in the late hours of Wednesday night, May 19, 2021. He is survived by his parents, Hoan & Dung Vu and four siblings, Michelle Davis, Jessica Vu, Steven Vu, and Benjamin Vu, along with two nephews and five nieces, Amara, Ayanna, Nasir, Sariyah, London, Charlotte, and Deija.

While Anthony passed...

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