OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas
Wanda B. Jordan
Jun 8, 2014
Wanda Barton Jordan, age 60, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Sunday, June 08, 2014. She was a member of Hebron Baptist Church. Wanda was born in Norfolk, VA and graduated from Great Bridge High in 1971. Wanda graduated from Old Dominion University in 1975 with a degree in Medical Technology and did graduate work at Harvard Medical School. She married...
Jean Baptiste Savoy
Jun 5, 2014
Jean (J.B.) Baptiste Savoy Much-loved husband, father, grandfather, son and brother, Jean B. Savoy, passed away peacefully on June 5, 2014, at the age of 84. Born in Church Point, LA, he was the third of 12 children born to Justine and Raoul. He will be remembered for his unconditional love for his family, his strong character, his love of...
Lawrence H Darrow
Jun 4, 2014
Lawrence H. Darrow, most recently a resident of Sunrise at Buckhead in Atlanta, died June 4 after a brief illness. He previously lived in the Northlake area of Dekalb County, Georgia. Trained as a classic painter, Darrow was the art director for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers from 1975 to 1994. Darrow created many original works...
Samuel Venet
Jun 3, 2014
Samuel N. Venet, of Stone Mountain, passed from this life on June 3, 2014. Born in Johnstown, PA. on April 3, 1918, to Sicilian immigrants Giovanni Venuto and Cosima Piazza, he was the tenth of twelve children and the last surviving. A clerk’s slip at Ellis Island turned Venuto into Venet. After service as an Army MP during WW II,...
Jackie Disharoon
Jun 2, 2014
Jackie Disharoon age 84, of Lawrenceville, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 2, 2014. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda Arthur. She is survived by her husband, Frank Disharoon, one son, Ronald Disharoon of Lawrenceville, GA; a daughter, Patricia Blackmon of Knoxville, TN; 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She taught in...
John Donald Bower
Jun 2, 2014
John Donald Bower, age 85, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Monday, June 2, 2014.John was born in Bridgewater, Iowa, and graduated from Bridgewater High in 1947. Living in Des Moines, Iowa, John was in the Iowa National Guard. He went into the Building Trades as a Sheet Metal Worker in 1950, and retired as a Business Agent for Local 45...
Christine Janet O'Laughlin Mrs.
Jun 1, 2014
Christine Janet Blevins O'Laughlin, 71, of Snellville, GA, passed away on Sunday, June 1, 2014. Christine was survived by her 8 children, Mark, Lamont, Casey, Dennis, Bruce, Iris, Sandy, and Wright; her 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. She was born in Pulaski, VA, had many fond memories of her childhood in Taylors Valley, VA, and shared her adult life...
Glenda Mae Cannon
Jun 1, 2014
Glenda M. Cannon, of Lilburn, Georgia, passed away on June 1, 2014. She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Freddie Cannon, children Sandi Parson and husband Alan Parson, Tracy Moxley, and Terri Sullivan and husband Daniel Sullivan, grandchildren, Carl Grubbs, Sarah Parson, Jessica Sullivan, and Lauren Huntsman, brother Gary Jackson and wife Lynn, and many nieces and...
Barbara D. Spera
May 31, 2014
Barbra Deiters Spera Barbara Deiters Spera, beloved wife and mother died suddenly in the hospital from complication of surgery on May 31, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Robert Spera of Stone Mountain, GA; daughter, Cathy and grandson, Drew of Falls Church VA; Brothers Richard and Gary Deiters , sisters Peggy Cashin, and Karen Lindberg, all of Atlanta Georgia,...
Hobart W. Blakeslee Jr.
May 30, 2014
Hobart (Bart) Blakeslee Jr passed away peacefully at his home on Friday May 30, 2014. He was surrounded by his loved ones. Bart was born on July 28, 1942 to Captain Hobart and Esthere Blakeslee in New Orleans, Lousiana. Captain Blakeslee died in World War II. In his youth and early years, Bart was nurtured by his aunts, uncles,...
Jack White
May 30, 2014
Jack Logan White, age 64, passed from this world at 7:05 a.m. on Friday, May 30, 2014. He was preceded in death by recent wife, Sheila White and his third wife, Shelby White. He is survived by his mother, Sarah Virginia White; brother, Willis R. White; and sister, Penny J. White. He had no children. Jack worked at AT&T for...
James E. Plunkett
May 29, 2014
James Earl Plunkett, age 62, of Lawrenceville, GA passed awayMay 29th 2014. Jim is survived by his wife Susan Plunkett of Lawrenceville, GA; sons: Mathew Plunkett of Madison, MS and William Plunkett of Atlanta , GA; and sister Dee Dixon of Ft. Smith, AR. Jim, also know as Frosty, was the voice of the Collins Hill Eagles and a member...
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