OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas
Tammi Renee Stewart
Aug 21, 2019
Tammi Renee Stewart, a loving wife of 28 years and a wonderful mother to three, 50, passed away on Wednesday, August 21st in her home after a 19-year war of attrition with ocular melanoma. She was born on November 4th, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona to Samuel Goggin and Doraine Gargis. She was a graduate of Georgia Southern University and a...
Douglas Edward Blanchard
Aug 20, 2019
Douglas Edward Blanchard, 75, of Lilburn, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. He was born on January 19, 1944 in Fall River Massachusetts to the late Kenneth W. Blanchard and Edna W. Raybun. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 4 PM from the Chapel of Holiday Marina 6900 Holiday Rd. Buford, GA...
Lloyd Johnson
Aug 19, 2019
JOHNSON Lloyd Johnson age 79 of Stone Mountain passed away August 19, 2019. Born and raised in Garfield, GA; Lloyd moved to Stone Mountain in 1960 and worked as a Plumber with the Local 72 before founding Lloyd Johnson Plumbing in 1983. He was a member of Stone Mountain Masonic Lodge #449 F.&.AM, a member at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church...
Connie Sue White Magill
Aug 17, 2019
Connie Sue White Magill – February 26, 1957 – August 17, 2019 Born at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia to Benjamin Bruce and Sarah Aileen (McClure) White, she is survived by her daughter, Melissa Magill (Theron) Thackery; grandchildren Waylon Aubrey and Gracie Ray Thackery; sister Patricia (White) Attaway; and brothers Ben B. White, Jr, Stephen W. White, and Douglas...
Billie Jo Baxley
Aug 17, 2019
Billie Jo Baxley, 83, of Snellville passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019. She was born on September 11, 1935 in Grayson, Georgia to the late William Joseph Baxley and Maxine Weatherford. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kathie Lynn Thompson. Survivors include her children, Cynthia Stephens, Judith R. Hollie and Sandra Dee Bennett; Grandchildren, Brett (Vanessa) Peavy,...
Mary Puthumana
Aug 17, 2019
Mary Puthumana passed away peacefully on Saturday, 8/17/2019. She is survived by her Children, George S. Puthumana, Sherry Thomas, Sheela Puthumana, Usha Joseph, Santha George, Sobha Berlin, Sheeba James, Ashaceline John, their spouses, Grand Children and Great Grand Children. Mary Puthumana was 98 years old and living in Tucker, Georgia for several years with his son, George. She was very...
Fred R. Croney
Aug 17, 2019
Fred Ray Croney, age 88, of Atlanta passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019. His wife of 63 years, Margie, survives him. He was born in Fayetteville, TN February 3, 1931. After serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, he worked for the FBI in Washington D.C. He joined Southern Bell in 1960 where he had a very rewarding career in...
Rachel Armstrong Curtis
Aug 17, 2019
Rachel Faye Armstrong Curtis, age 88, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in Tucker, GA. Born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, she was a retired teacher and a Christian who was active in her church. She loved to cook, read, work crossword puzzles and spend time with her husband and family. Rachel is survived by her husband of over 66 years,...
Jo Ann Kay O'Neal
Aug 15, 2019
JoAnn Kay Marsh Pugmire O’Neal, born on October 22, 1938, to Beatrice Lucille Snyder Marsh and Arlo Marsh in Ft. Wayne, IN where she grew up along with siblings Gay Marsh (formerly of St. Augustine, FL) and Al Marsh (of Ft. Wayne, IN). JoAnn passed away peacefully on August 15, 2019 and is proceeded in death by mother Beatrice, father...
James Larry Lutz
Aug 15, 2019
James Larry Lutz of Tucker, GA went on to receive his eternal reward on Thursday August 15th. Fondly remembered as Larry “The Legend” Lutz, he was preceded in death by his parents, John Boyd Lutz and Edith Margie Harrison Lutz. Larry was a true native of Atlanta, born on July 27th, 1948 at Crawford Long Hospital. Except for a few...
William E. Shepman
Aug 9, 2019
William Ernest (Wes) Shepman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 6, 1957. Wes, age 62, departed on August 9, 2019 and resided in Loganville, Georgia. Wes is survived by his wife, Karen Blair Shepman; daughter, Stephanie Anne Garmon; grandson, Zachary Thomas Allen Garmon; sister, Jenifer Goodman; nephew, Wiley Goodman; nephew, Austin Keeler; niece, Dixie Stile; and nephew, Allen Blair....
James Maxwell Osborn
Aug 8, 2019
Dr. James (Jim) Osborn, age 89, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2019. Jim was born September 10, 1929 in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Gerald and Dorothy Osborn. The family later moved to Kalamazoo, where his father was head of the Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University. Jim received his PHD in mathematics in 1955 at the University of Michigan....
Mary Dee Choi
Aug 7, 2019
Mary Dee Choi, 66, of Lawrenceville GA passed away on Wednesday August 7, 2019. Born in Duluth GA, she was the daughter of the late James Woodall and Annie Carey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Kwee Choi, sister Shirley Robinson, brother Terrell Woodall, brother Tony Woodall, and her sister and twin Martha Woodall. She was survived...
Sara "Rara" Chaffin Ingram
Aug 6, 2019
Sara “RARA” Chaffin Ingram, 93, of Tucker passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Born in McDonough, Ga on Thursday, October 29, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Alonza and Evelyn Gillespie Chaffin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Waites Ingram, Sr.; sister Elizabeth Foster; brother-in-law Grady Foster; Son-in-law David E. Tagart, Jr.; and granddaughter...
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