OBITUARIES

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

Carol Adela Blake-Hodge

Carol Adela Blake-Hodge

Dec 7, 2020

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James Linwood "Wink" Hewatt

James Linwood "Wink" Hewatt

Dec 7, 2020

James Linwood “Wink” Hewatt age 88 of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed peacefully on Monday, December 7, 2020. Born in Stone Mountain, on Thursday June 9, 1932 he was the son of the late James Reece and Kate Campbell Hewatt. At the young age of 18 Mr. Hewatt joined the US Air Force, and proudly served his country for four...

Durward Leon “Dusty” Rhodes

Durward Leon “Dusty” Rhodes

Dec 6, 2020

Durward Leon “Dusty” Rhodes of Buford, Georgia died December 6, 2020 at his home. Cause of death was cancer. Born February 19, 1936 at Wichita Falls, Texas to William Durward Rhodes and Evelyn Cloud Taylor. In 1954 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy upon high School graduation. As Hospital Corpsman First Class, in 1962 he was commissioned through direct...

Morris Sims Carter

Morris Sims Carter

Dec 3, 2020

Morris Sims Carter passed away Thursday morning, December 3, 2020 at the age of 34. Sims, as his family and friends called him, was living in Dover, New Jersey surrounded by a circle of close friends and community.

Sims was born August 2, 1986 in Orlando, Florida and was named after his grandfather Morris Collins Sims. As...

James Wayne Moore

James Wayne Moore

Dec 2, 2020

James Wayne Moore of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away early Wednesday, December 2, 2020. He was 80 years old.

Wayne is preceded in death by his father Romeo James Moore, mother Mary Ryals Moore, brother Howard “Bo” Moore, and sister Penelope Britt. He is survived by his wife Constance Moore of Lawrenceville, Georgia; son Ben Moore; daughter Christy...

Marilyn Kay Gilder

Marilyn Kay Gilder

Dec 2, 2020

Marilyn Kay Gilder, 73, of Fernandina Beach, FL passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Osprey Village surrounded by her husband, Frank, and her daughter, Lauren after an eight month battle with glioblastoma.

Kay was born in New Albany, IN and was raised in Frankfort, KY. Her father was an Air Force officer and her mother, a...

Ronald Joseph Marino

Ronald Joseph Marino

Nov 30, 2020

Ronald Joseph Marino of Suwanee, Georgia passed away on Monday, November 30th, 2020. Ronald was born in Memphis, Tennessee on October 18, 1943.

He is survived by his wife, Judith Marino; his children, Scott Marino and his spouse Alexis with their son Matthew, Mark Marino, Chris Marino and his son Clay Marino along with Clay’s spouse Laura...

Martha Hayes Blackwell

Martha Hayes Blackwell

Nov 29, 2020

Martha Hayes Blackwell, age 90, of Atlanta, GA passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020.

She attended Wesleyan College for two years, transferring to Emory where she received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Emory University School of Nursing in 1952. She worked in multiple areas and in several hospitals and was a private duty nurse...

Robert “Bob” Mcmillan Kitchens

Robert “Bob” Mcmillan Kitchens

Nov 26, 2020

Robert “Bob” McMillan Kitchens, 83, formerly of Stone Mountain and Chamblee, GA passed away peacefully on November 26th, 2020 after a short bout with Covid-19.

Bob was born in Atlanta, GA on January 9th, 1937. Bob was preceded in death by his parents; Harlon Chester and Isabel Kitchens, brothers; Harlon Kitchens, Jr. and John Paul Kitchens and...

Linton Lamar Collins

Linton Lamar Collins

Nov 24, 2020

Linton Lamar Collins, of Stockbridge, Georgia, passed away at the age of 86 on November 24, 2020. He was born in Bainbridge, Georgia on July 31, 1934, the son of Roy Linton Collins and Evie Harrell Collins. He was a retired truck driver and member of the Teamsters Union.

Linton was a loving husband, father, and grandfather....

Thelma E. Willis

Thelma E. Willis

Nov 23, 2020

Thelma E. (Dishner) Willis

Thelma E. Willis, 88, of Lawrenceville, GA, lost her battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Monday, November 23, 2020 while surrounded by her family. She was born on December 11 th , 1931 in Stonega, VA, to Elizabeth and Clarence Dishner. She eloped and married the love of her life, Thomas M....

David Kersh

David Kersh

Nov 23, 2020

David Corley Kersh, 64, of Stone Mountain, GA passed away on Monday 11/23/2020 at Emory St. Josephs Hospital.

He was born October 30th, 1956, in Starkville, MS. On August 28th, 1976 he married the love of his life Gwendolyn Gay Kersh.

David was raised in Starkville and was a 1974 graduate of Brandon High School....

Judith Ann Garbowski

Judith Ann Garbowski

Nov 21, 2020

Judith Ann Dodge Garbowski, loving wife and mother passed away on November 21, 2020, at the age of 57. Judy was born in Parlin, New Jersey and spent the second half of her life in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Judy was preceded in death by her father, Tom Dodge, and her nephew, Ryan Rush. Surviving is her loving husband, Rick Garbowski,...

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