OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas
Douglas Rockwood Spencer
Aug 4, 2019
Douglas Rockwood Spencer age 72 of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2019. He was born January 13, 1947 in Lockport, New York. Douglas is survived by his wife Elizabeth Pietanza Spencer, his son Scott Spencer of New York, two daughters Michelle Wolf of Colorado, Jennifer Dudley of Colorado, ten Grandchildren and two Great-grandchildren. A memorial service will...
John Paul Newsom
Aug 4, 2019
John Paul Newsom, was born on March 28, 1931 to John C. Newsom and Mary Motrychuk Newsom in Gary, Indiana. He was premature but his mother nursed him to health using a lamp to keep him warm and a small drawer as a crib. In his late teens John was invited to a small Alliance church in Chicago where he...
Peggy Price Rice
Aug 3, 2019
Peggy Price Rice, age 82, of LaGrange, GA, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2019. Peggy was born in Thomaston, GA, on August 14, 1936. She was preceded in death by her parents Thelma Cook Price and Weaver Verrell Price, her daughter Elizabeth Verrelle Johnson, and her grandson Michael Joseph Meeks. She is survived by her only sister Anne Carraway...
Dorothy Mitchell Key
Aug 2, 2019
Dorothy Ann Mitchell Key age 77 of Lilburn passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019. Born in Stone Mountain, on Tuesday, October 28, 1941, daughter of the late Thurmond and Lorene Etheridge Mitchell. She was a homemaker and a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. Dorothy was preceded in death by husband Billy Leon Key and daughter Tracie Sorrells. Survivors...
Marion A Waite
Jul 30, 2019
Marion A. Waite, age 96, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on July 30, 2019. She was born on March 8, 1923 in Broadalbin, NY, to William and Lucy Bessel. Marion is survived by her husband, James Waite; Daughter Sandra Lee Emmrich (Robert); Grandchildren: Kim Lorie Ziehm, Robert E. Emmrich, Jr., and Lisa Marie Emmrich; Great-grandchildren: Jennifer L. Ziehm, Pamela Nicole...
Aaron Rocco Podeszwa
Jul 29, 2019
Aaron Rocco Podeszwa Sr., Age 59, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 29, 2019, at Gwinnett Medical in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He was born March 13, 1960, in Newark, New Jersey to Peter and Bridgette Podeszwa. Aaron worked as a Chef for most of his life. His delicious meals won him many awards and he was honored to feed many celebrities....
Harold "Hal" Algene Lowe, Jr.
Jul 29, 2019
Harold “Hal”, Algene Lowe, Jr. age 55 of Cumming, Georgia, born August 5, 1963 and passed away July 29, 2019. He is preceded in death by his father, Harold A. Lowe, Sr. Hal is survived by his son, Mitchell Brody Lowe; significant other, Annette Arms; mother, Margie Edwards Lowe Pettis and her husband, Ronnie; and sisters, Karen Lowe Barlev and...
William David Mcewen
Jul 29, 2019
William David "Bill" McEwen, age 94, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on July 29, 2019 after a brief illness. Born in 1925 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he moved in 1927 as a young child with his parents, John & Gladys McEwen, and brother Jack to Southern California, where he grew up. His parents and brother preceded him in death. ...
Kenneth Wayne Childress
Jul 26, 2019
CHILDRESS, Kenneth Wayne, age 80, of Statham GA passed away peacefully on July 26, 2019, surrounded by family. He was born on June 7, 1939, and spent his childhood in Decatur where he graduated from Decatur High School. He worked for Kraft Foods for 38 years specializing in distribution, retiring in 1994. Ken was a hardworking, jovial family man who...
Christopher Michael Mierzwa
Jul 25, 2019
Christopher Michael Mierzwa 38, of Snellville Georgia passed away on July 25, 2019. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM on August 1st at Wages and Sons Funeral Home in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The family requests your presence for a Celebration of Life Luncheon immediately following the Memorial Service to be held at the same...
James Lewis Mills
Jul 22, 2019
James Lewis Mills, 61, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 22, 2019. Jim was born on December 26, 1957 in Birmingham, Alabama to Charles and Bettye Mills. He married his best friend and sweetheart Donna on June 14, 1981 and together they raised two beautiful daughters and have two wonderful grandchildren. He attended multiple colleges and...
Hope Lynn Simpson
Jul 21, 2019
Hope L. Simpson, age 47, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at home. She was born on January 6, 1972 in Lebanon, PA. She married her best friend and her only true love, Robert E. Simpson, II. on June 20, 1992 in Monroe, GA. Together they had two children, Jonathan R. Simpson of Columbus, OH...
William J. Hooper
Jul 19, 2019
William "Bill" Hooper, Jr., age 57 of Lawrenceville, passed away July 19, 2019. He was preceded in death by his father, William Hooper, Sr., and son, Chad Hooper. Bill is survived by his wife of 35 years, Kim Hooper; children, Madison and Caden Hooper; mother, Vivian Hooper of McDonough; brother, Phillip (Cindy) Hooper of Mansfield; sisters, Mary Beth (Keith) Liles...
Bobbie Jean Atcheson
Jul 19, 2019
Bobbie Jean Atcheson, 83, of Snellville, Georgia passed away on July 19, 2019. She was the wife of Allen Warren Atcheson of Snellville, Georgia and the daughter of Stoy Jackson and Lydia Brown Marlow of Pendergrass, Georgia.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, James C. Marlow. Survivors include Virginia Marlow of Gainesville,...
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