OBITUARIES

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

Stanford Earl Wilson

Stanford Earl Wilson

Apr 3, 2020

Stanford Earl Wilson, beloved husband, son, brother, friend, teacher, and generally caring human being, died on April 3rd, 2020. He was 95 years old. Earl Wilson was born December 8, 1924 in Savannah, Georgia, the son of the late Sam and Gertrude Wilson. He attended elementary school in Savannah, Georgia and Five Points, Alabama, and part of junior high...

Ardith Kay Beckworth

Ardith Kay Beckworth

Apr 3, 2020

Ardith Kay Gall Beckworth, 76, of Lilburn, GA, born in Troy, OH to the late Lawrence W. and Bonnie Gall, on July 16, 1943 passed away April 3, 2020.

She worked as cashier for Publix Super Markets for 13 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a friend to all who knew her. She...

David Hugh Rathbun

David Hugh Rathbun

Mar 31, 2020

David Hugh Rathbun, a former AT&T Engineer passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 31, 2020.

He is survived by his sister, Shirley Brill; his children, Michael, Nancy, and Tracy; his grandchildren, Chad, Jai, Daniel, Raegan, Remy, and Rooney; and several nieces and nephews. Son of the late James Monroe Rathbun and Rene Mae Ide, David,...

Paul Elliott

Paul Elliott

Mar 30, 2020

Paul Elliott, 67, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 30, 2020 surrounded by his family at his home in Hoschton after enduring a hard fought battle with cancer.

Paul was born February 7, 1953 in Albany, GA into an Air Force family who lived many places throughout his childhood like Alaska and Warner Robins. He spent his...

Reverend Jake O. Reed

Reverend Jake O. Reed

Mar 30, 2020

Reverend Jake O. Reed, 97, passed away at Brookdale Lawrenceville Assisted Living on March 30, 2020.

He was born in Gainesville, Georgia, and raised in Candler, Georgia. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II, and was married to the love of his life, Cleo Parham, for over 70 years.

He...

Mustafa Topcu

Mustafa Topcu

Mar 28, 2020

Mustafa Topcu, formerly of Mecitözü, Turkey, passed away on March 28, 2020. HERKESİ ÇOK SEVDİĞİ VE HERKESE YARDIM ETTİĞİ İÇİN MUTLU ÖLDÜ. A graveside service will be held on Monday, March 30, 2020 at 1:00 pm at Melwood Cemetery in Stone Mountain, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, the Topcu family would like a donation to charity.

Richard L. Barnes

Richard L. Barnes

Mar 24, 2020

Richard L. Barnes, age 75, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Northside Hospital Gwinnett. Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Bertha and Ernest Barnes; and his great-nephew Max Janton. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Hughes Barnes, of 54 years; brother, Larry Barnes, Sr.; sister, Frances Bounds; father and mother-in-law Mac and...

Mary Ellen Hriljac

Mary Ellen Hriljac

Mar 23, 2020

Mary Ellen Hriljac (Clark), 95, formerly of Chicago and Rockford IL and Sun City West, AZ, is reunited in eternal life with her husband, John. Mary moved to Georgia to be closer to her family, where she was surrounded by the love of her son Michael (Susan) Hriljac; daughters Kay Clark and Peg (George) Brody, and grandchildren, Ashley and...

Robert Taylor Jones

Robert Taylor Jones

Mar 22, 2020

Robert T Jones 08/18/1936-03/22/2020

Born in Montgomery, AL to parents John Ralph and Myrtle Jones. He attended Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery. He married the love of his life, Mary Jo Sykes in 1957 (married 63 yrs). He is survived not only by Mary Jo but sons Robert Steven, Kenneth Alton, Kenneth’s wife Laura, and brother-in-law...

Christine Rachal Lotspeich

Christine Rachal Lotspeich

Mar 20, 2020

CHRISTINE PATRICIA LOTSPEICH, BORN DECEMBER 14, 1938 IN DALLAS, TX. PASSED ON MARCH 20, 2020, WILL BE LAID TO REST ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 AT EAST SHADOWLAWN CEMETERY IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.

SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX IN 1956. SHE MARRIED ROBERT NEAL LOTSPEICH ON MARCH 5, 1957 AND LIVED...

Joanne S. Daniel

Joanne S. Daniel

Mar 18, 2020

Joanne S. Daniel, age 85, of Dacula, GA passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Born in Atlanta, on March 3, 1935, Joanne is predeceased by her parents, Clarence and Gladys Strange, her husband Roy Daniel, her brother, Michael Strange, sister, Dorothy Nelson and daughter Lori Washburn. Joanne was a loving mother, great grandmother, who cherished her family beyond all...

Paula Kelley

Paula Kelley

Mar 17, 2020

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Roger Allan Sizemore

Roger Allan Sizemore

Mar 17, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Roger Allan Sizemore, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Roger was born in Grayson, KY on April 1, 1937. He was a graduate of Steubenville high school, Steubenville, OH, attended Milligan College (BA), Butler University/Christian Theological Seminary (M Div with honors), East Tennessee State University (MA in Psychology), and the University of...

Shirley Hicks

Shirley Hicks

Mar 15, 2020

Shirley was a daughter, a sister to 11 siblings, a mother, an abused wife, and then a loved and cherished wife. She lived in the Atlanta metro area all her life. She was the Mother of a daughter and a son, Grandmother of one and a Great Grandmother of two. Her love was true, and it showed in everything...

Daniel Timothy Lascek

Daniel Timothy Lascek

Mar 14, 2020

Daniel Timothy Lascek, 36, of Dacula, Georgia passed away on March 14th while surrounded by his loving family. Daniel was born in Boulder, Colorado on July 2nd, 1983 as the son of Diane and Dean Hoffman and Timothy and Linda Lascek.

Daniel was preceded in death by his loving grandparents Wilbur and Sonia Kean and Joyce Golden,...

William Homer Sides, Jr.

William Homer Sides, Jr.

Mar 13, 2020

William H. Sides, Jr. (Bill) of Grayson, Georgia, passed away Friday, March 13, 2020. Bill was born on October 21, 1929 in Amery, Mississippi.

Bill was preceded in death by his father, William H. Sides, Sr., his mother, Ava Gravley Sides and his sister Jo (Sides) Burns. He is survived by his wife, Beverly Ann (St. Cyr)...

Russell D. Horton

Russell D. Horton

Mar 13, 2020

Russell David Horton (Russ) of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020. Russ was born in Tyler, Texas, on April 15, 1942.

Russ is preceded in death by his mother Anna Mabel Brody Wilson, his father Edward Conway “Eddie” Horton and his brother, James Robert Caldwell. He is survived by his wife Rosemary Horton, sisters:...

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