OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas
Michael E. Greene
Mar 17, 2023
Michael E. Greene 75 of Stone Mountain died March 17, 2023. Mike was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Carol and his 4 children; Emily Carlile of Austell; Michelle Whitlock of IL; Michael Bates of Marietta; Karen Freeman of Columbus. Mike is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will...
Jere Hammond Warren
Mar 16, 2023
By David Smith Soto
My dear friend Jere Warren, artist and journalist, died March 16, 2023 at his home in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He earned a living most of his life as a graphic artist on several newspapers, notably The Miami Herald, but had the soul of a fine art painter. Jere was a United States Marine, a...
Martha Kate Yount
Mar 8, 2023
Martha Kate Kenney Yount , 85, of Lawrenceville passed away on March 8, 2023. Martha Kate was a 1955 graduate of Athens High School. She attended UGA and was married to Paul W. Yount, Jr. She retired from BellSouth/AT&T. Martha was a member of New Hope Christian Church where she had previously taught Sunday School and was...
Goran Handać
Mar 7, 2023
Goran passed away with peace in his home with his loved ones. He is survived by his wife Azra and children, Fedja and Nastja, his grandchildren Loris, Lucia and Mateo, and his sister Berina.
Goran was a loyal and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, son and friend.
He was a Navy and commercial scuba diver,...
Sandy Denese Hewatt Drummond
Mar 3, 2023
Mrs. Sandy Denese Drummond, age 69, of Snellville, Georgia passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023. Sandy was born on November 30, 1953 in Atlanta, Georiga, daughter to the late Junior Lee and Ruby Esta Haney Hewatt.
Sandy was a woman of steadfast faith in The Lord and unconditional love for her family. Her kind heart and...
Melba Pickens Holbert
Feb 27, 2023
Melba Morgan Holbert, age 87 of Loganville, Georgia, died peacefully on Monday, February 27th, 2023 in Monroe, Georgia. Melba was married to the late, James Pickens, on January 30, 1953, and to the late, Earl Holbert, on December 21, 2012. She owned a hair salon in Decatur and worked as a hairdresser for over 40 years. She was a...
Hubert Dixon, Jr.
Feb 27, 2023
Hubert Dixon Jr. passed away unexpectedly on February 27,2023. His untimely death has deeply saddened and shocked the family. Hubert Dixon Jr. was born October 10,1962 in Benton, Mississippi to the proud parents of Corintha Dixon and the late Hubert Dixon Sr. He eventually made his home in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Hubert at an early age, confessed a belief...
Salena Arnold
Feb 26, 2023
Salena Arnold passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at the age of 91.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ewell Arnold; parents, Virgil & Eula O’Shields and siblings, Troy O’Shields, Kate Ledford, Christine Owensby and Lois Turner. Salena is survived by her 5 children, Aleshia Daniels, Regina Webb, Angela Joslin, Renee & John Taylor,...
Edna Reid Autry
Feb 26, 2023
Edna Reid Autry of Statham, Georgia, formerly of Stone Mountain, Georgia, died February 26, 2023. She was born October 23, 1925, in White County and graduated from Cleveland High School in 1941. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Harrison Autry of Stone Mountain, Georgia. She is survived by her sons Charles Thomas Autry (Donna) and Reid...
Sandra King
Feb 25, 2023
Sandra King Celebration of Life Live Stream from Essence of Life Video on Vimeo .
George Franklin Kesler
Feb 25, 2023
George Franklin Kesler, 75, died peacefully while surrounded by his immediate family on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Northside Gwinnett Hospital in Lawrenceville, GA. George was born in Jefferson, GA. He was the son of the late Oris Massey Kesler and George Theron Kesler.
George was a graduate of Young Harris College and the University of Georgia,...
Major Thomas Henry Richmond
Feb 25, 2023
On Saturday February 25, 2023, Major Thomas Henry Richmond, retired, was promoted to glory while at his home in Tucker, Georgia.
Major Tom was born in 1934 in Morgantown, WV, the eldest son of Harold and Wilma Richmond. In 1953, he entered the School for Officer Training in Atlanta, Ga, as a member of the Shepherds Session....
Michael P. Manikowski
Feb 24, 2023
Michael P. Manikowski, 65, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on February 24, 2023.
Michael was born in Long Beach, CA on January 10, 1958 and was the beloved husband of Ysela Manikowski, son of Theresa R. Manikowski and the late Paul R. Manikowski.
He was preceded in death by his son, John Manikowski in 2010,...
Alton Wayne Mccord Sr
Feb 24, 2023
Alton Wayne McCord Sr age 80 of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on Friday February 24, 2023, at Piedmont Eastside Hospital in Snellville, Georgia from Stage 4 colon cancer. He was employed by Ford Motor Company Atlanta Assembly plant in Hapeville, Georgia for over 40 years working several years on the assembly line and later becoming a union official...
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