OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas
Janet C. Ferguson
Oct 1, 2012
Ferguson, Janet, Former Civil Rights Activist, Pioneering Woman in Radio News Janet Ferguson, born Janet McCormick Chatten, a civil rights activist in Atlanta in the 1950s and 1960s and a pioneering woman in radio news who wrote Mike Wallace's shows for the Air Edition of the Chicago Sun in the late 1930s, died of natural causes in Atlanta on October...
David C. Winters
Oct 1, 2012
David C. Winters, age 66, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Monday, October 1, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Lee Nelson, of Lawrenceville; children, Sonya Dawn Winters and Shannon Winters, of Lawrenceville; mother, Mary V. Holloway, of Box Spring, GA; grandchildren: Taylor Winters, SkyLynn Winters, Kaylyee Wilson, Andria Clark, Cody Clark; siblings: JoAnn Jodi Winters Swilley of Duluth, James...
James Ronald Johnson
Oct 1, 2012
James R. Johnson, 80, of Duluth, GA passed away on October 1, 2012. He was born June 6, 1932 in Knoxville, TN where he graduated from Rule High School. Jim attended Georgia Tech where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees. While at Georgia Tech, he played football on the 1952 National Championship Team. He also played on the...
Mary R. Norwood
Oct 1, 2012
Mary Rotondo O'Brien Norwood, formerly of Poughkeepsie, New York, passed away on October 1, 2012 in Lilburn, Georgia at the age of 90. Mary retired as an RN from the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. She moved to Lawrenceville, Georgia in 1993. Mary is survived by son and daughter-in-law, John and Dione O'Brien of Lawrenceville, Georgia; son, George O'Brien...
Dinny Allen Anderson
Oct 1, 2012
Dinny Allen Anderson, age 53, beloved son, brother, uncle and friend passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 at his home in Oxford, Georgia. Dinny is survived by his mother Sue Lee King and the late Larry King of Monticello, GA, his father, Wesley and Barbara Anderson of Stone Mountain, GA; brothers and sisters, Wes Tammy Anderson of Conyers, GA,...
Dorothy V. Braselton
Oct 1, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy Braselton, formerly Dorothy Verner of Commerce, Georgia age 96 of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away On Monday, October 1, 2012. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Verner of Commerce, Georgia, her husband, Harrison W. Braselton: grandparents, Judge & Mrs. W. W. Stark of Commerce, Georgia, and Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Verner of...
Eunice Payton Rawlins
Sep 30, 2012
Eunice Lenora Payton Rawlins age 91 of Stone Mountain, Ga died Sunday September 30, 2012 at Embracing Hospice in Snellville, Georgia, from complications of a heart attack. She was employed by J. C. Penney company in Tucker Georgia for several years making draperies, retiring in 1991. Her passion in later was making womens vest. She was preceded in death by...
Carole Theresa Cathcart
Sep 29, 2012
Carole Theresa Cathcart passed away at home with her family on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the age of 74. Carole was born in New Bedford, MA, where she met and married her husband Al. She attended New Bedford, Vocational High School where she graduated in 1956. The two were married in 1958 in Massachusetts and then moved to Conyers,...
Elliot Jones Jr.
Sep 29, 2012
After a long illness, Elliot Jones, Jr. fell asleep peacefully on September 29, 2012 in his home in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Elliot was born on January 18, 1933 in Franklin, Louisiana and became a resident of Stone Mountain, Georgia in 1995. He retired from the St. Mary Parish School system after 40 years of service and he was a veteran...
Donald Tracy Herrin Sr.
Sep 28, 2012
Donald T. Herrin Sr., passed away on September 28, 2012 in Lawrenceville, GA. He was born on October 31, 1947 in Atlanta, GA, son of Wofford and Edith Herrin Akins. Donald is survived by his spouse, Ellen Rachelle Herrin. Also surviving are his children, Donald T. Herrin Jr. Melissa, Robert P. Herrin Allison, Joseph B. Herrin, Kathryn Smith Paul, Laura...
Joseph E. Hennelly
Sep 28, 2012
Joseph E. Hennelly, 66, of Hoschton, GA, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2012. He was born on January 30, 1946 in New York, NY. He is preceded in death by his parents, Patrick and Nellie Hennelly O'Sullivan and a brother Richard Hennelly. Joe is survived by two sisters Margaret and Frances and two brothers Patrick and Thomas. Also surviving...
Sisk Dudley Corey
Sep 27, 2012
Dudley Corey Sisk died September 27 at his home in Cornelia, Ga. His mother, Lynn Stiles Sisk, predeceased him. Corey is survived by his father and stepmother, Dudley B. Sisk and Barbara Luhn of Clarkesville, GA; a sister and brother-in-law, Leslie S. and Wolfgang Enneker of Buford, GA; and aunts and uncles, Annabel S. and Charles Girard of Danville, KY;...
Ulis Robert Buckner, Jr.
Sep 26, 2012
ULIS R. BOB BUCKNER JR. passed away on September 26, 2012 at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Mr. Buckner was born on August 6, 1937 in Pruden, Tennessee to Ulis and Mattie Buckner. He was the owner of B&B Tax Service, Inc. in Grayson, Georgia. Preceded in death by parents; brothers Fred Buckner, Clyde Buckner, Henry Buckner, and Tom...
Fitzgerald Scott Sr.
Sep 24, 2012
Fitzgerald Scott Sr. Age 48 Fitzgerald Scott was born in Petersburg, VA February, 06 1964. He attended Petersburg High School and soon after discovered his love for music. There are no words that can describe the type of mentor, friend, brother, father, and son that Fitzgerald was. He was always willing to teach those that would come after him and...
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