OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Jennifer Denise Orr

Jennifer Denise Orr

Mar 17, 2022

Jennifer Denise Orr of Lawrenceville GA passed away Thursday evening surrounded by family, friends and her loving fiancé. She mercifully found her ultimate peace and heavenly rest after diligently fighting a traumatic illness for many months. Denise was a graduate of Central Gwinnett High, and successfully started a county records retrieval service in the 90’s. She was well known...

John Wylie Ivey

John Wylie Ivey

Mar 16, 2022

John Wylie Ivey, age 90, of Stone Mountain, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday March 16, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Merritt Ivey; daughter, Claudia Ann Ivey; parents, Charles William ‘Charley’ and Leila Webb Ivey; and 13 siblings. He is survived by his daughter, Kim (Steve) Fowler, Kelli Catanach, Krista...

Sandra G. "Sandy" Valdes

Sandra G. "Sandy" Valdes

Mar 16, 2022

Sandra G. Valdes (“Sandy”) passed away on Wednesday March 16, 2022, in Grady Hospital after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her father (James Herman Gandee), mother (Doris Skeen Gandee), sister (Deanna Gandee Bovaird), and her loving husband of 46 years, Richard Earl Valdes (“Rick”). Sandy is survived by her children, Tina (Lisa), Tara, and Richie...

Harichand H. Thourani, M.D.

Harichand H. Thourani, M.D.

Mar 15, 2022

Dr. Harichand H. Thourani was 86 years old when he passed away peacefully on March 15, 2022 at home in Johns Creek, Georgia.

He is survived by his son Ashok Thourani, daughters Nirmala Dara & Veena Tharwani, son Dr. Vinod Thourani, all their spouses, and 11 grandchildren.

He came to America from Pakistan in 1968...

William Alfred Loy Sr.

William Alfred Loy Sr.

Mar 15, 2022

William (Bill) Alfred Loy, Sr., 84, of Tucker, Georgia passed away peacefully at his home on March 15, 2022 after a courageous battle with leukemia and kidney disease. He was born in Clinton, Tennessee to William Shade and Ethel Loy. As newlyweds, Bill and Betty Duncan Loy moved to Tucker in 1962 and would have celebrated their 60th wedding...

William "Bill" Thompson, Jr.

William "Bill" Thompson, Jr.

Mar 14, 2022

William “Bill” Thompson, Jr., 72, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on March 14, 2022. He was born in Greenville, Alabama on November 28, 1949. He worked several years as a land surveyor and was a member of Campus Church. Bill loved family and spending time outdoors, especially fishing.

Graveside services will be held at 1 pm on...

Brenda Bond

Brenda Bond

Mar 14, 2022

Retired hospice nurse Brenda Bond passed away peacefully on March 14, 2022 at the age of 78. She was loved and visited by many family members in the weeks before her passing.

After testing out several career options in early adulthood, Brenda decided to return to school and become a nurse in order to help others. Always...

William J. Shubert

William J. Shubert

Mar 14, 2022

William Jefferson “Jeff” Shubert (known lovingly to his family as “Pop”) passed peacefully at his lake home in Monticello, GA on March 14, 2022, with family at his side. Jeff was born in Stone Mountain, GA on February 4, 1936. His family moved to Charleston, SC, then to Dallas, GA. Still a young man, Jeff returned to Stone Mountain...

Chinedu Isaac Corey Alexander Neal

Chinedu Isaac Corey Alexander Neal

Mar 13, 2022

Chinedu Isaac Corey Alexander Neal, also known as Isaac, passed unexpectedly at 28 years old on March 13, 2022. We are completely devastated by this loss.

On March 7, 1994, Isaac was born in Lewisville, Texas, to loving parents Corey and ShaRina Neal. He immediately filled the lives of those around him with joy. Isaac graduated from...

Yashoda Tyagi

Yashoda Tyagi

Mar 12, 2022

“To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die”- Thomas Campbell Mrs Yashoda Tyagi was born on August 15, 1929 in India and lived a full and love filled life for 92 years. She left her body early morning on March 12 , 2022, peacefully in her home with her son nearby and holding...

Ravjibhai Patel

Ravjibhai Patel

Mar 11, 2022

Ravjibhai Patel Celebration of Life Live Stream from Essence of Life Video on Vimeo .

Evelyn Alice Santon

Evelyn Alice Santon

Mar 10, 2022

Evelyn Alice Santon, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at her home in Lawrenceville, GA. She was born on February 17, 1931, in Chicopee, MA to the late Pauline and Martin Jarosz. Upon graduating from Chicopee High School, she worked for the Chicopee Herald and the Northampton radio station, WHMP, as a copy writer. After raising...

George Heitz

George Heitz

Mar 10, 2022

George William Heitz, Jr., our captain, died March 10, 2022, in Atlanta, after a courageous struggle against cancer that never sapped his exuberant spirit or love for his family. He was 61 years old.

The world was truly George’s stage. Whether it was high school musicals, church productions, theme park vacations, or anywhere a crowd had gathered,...

Command Sergeant Major John Cranford Us Army (Ret.)

Command Sergeant Major John Cranford Us Army (Ret.)

Mar 9, 2022

John Cranford, age 90, of Johns Creek, Ga, passed away from a heart stroke on March 9, 2022. John was born on January 25, 1932, in Rockwell, NC, to the parents of Dorse Coy Cranford and Ella V. Holshouser.

John’s first job was when at the age of 16, when he enlisted in the US Army and...

Sarah Mitchell Hewatt

Sarah Mitchell Hewatt

Mar 8, 2022

Sarah Mitchell Hewatt age 86 of Stone Mountain, GA went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday March 8 th , 2022.

Born in Stone Mountain GA on Sunday August 11 th 1935. She was the daughter of the late Wesley Anderson and Sadie Duren Mitchell. She was retired from Continental Insurance Company as a Supervisor...

Inez Hendrickson

Inez Hendrickson

Mar 7, 2022

Mrs. Inez Hendrickson was born in Painesdale, Michigan and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to many. She married her sweetheart George Hendrickson. They knew each other since childhood and shared an incredible life together. Their life, mostly spent in Gwinn, Michigan, included a family with three boys, all built on love, respect and kindness....

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