OBITUARIES

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

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....

George Charles Anderson, Iii.

George Charles Anderson, Iii.

Mar 7, 2022

George C. Anderson III passed peacefully on March 7th, 2022, at the age of 82. He was born in Canton, Ohio on August 14th, 1939.

He was the oldest child of George C. Anderson Jr. and Eleanor Stewart Anderson. George was happily married to Karen C. Anderson for 65 years.

He was a graduate of...

Kanchan Patel

Kanchan Patel

Mar 6, 2022

Kalpanaben (Kanchan) Jayeshkumar Patel, aged 71 resident in Chattanooga, TN sadly passed away on March 6, 2022. Kalpana is survived by her devoted husband of 35 years. Kalpana was bravely fighting off the cancer since March of 2019. The cancer was in remission by summer of 2021. Then, the cancer recurrence was observed on October 2021. By March 2021,...

Barbara Gale Genualdi

Barbara Gale Genualdi

Mar 4, 2022

Barbara Genualdi passed away on March 4, 2022 in Atlanta, GA after a long, but courageous battle with cancer.  She was 73 years old.  Through everything, she fought tenaciously and never let any suffering show to those around her.  She focused on the positives, as she did with all things in a very fruitful and blessed life.

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Allie Berry Jarrard

Allie Berry Jarrard

Mar 4, 2022

Allie Glass Jarrard age 93 of Loganville, Ga. went to be with the Lord in her home with family by her side. Friday March 4th 2022, born in Stockbridge Ga. March 18th 1928. She was the daughter of the late Olivia Berry and Lee Hugh Glass. She was preceded in death by her husband William Thomas Jarrard Sr. ,...

Marco A. Rubio

Marco A. Rubio

Mar 3, 2022

Marco A. Rubio, a resident of Stone Mountain, GA, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:32 a.m., after an illness he fought hard against that lasted several weeks. He was an employee of The Finish Line in Stone Mountain. Marco was born on October 24, 1972 in La Mision Hidalgo, Mexico. He was preceded in death by...

Alan Leonard Hollinshed

Alan Leonard Hollinshed

Mar 2, 2022

Alan Hollinshed went home to be with the Lord on March 2, 2022, at the age of 55.

Born Alan Leonard Hollinshed to the parentage of Jessie Daniel and Willie Maude Hollinshed of Ft. Valley, Georgia.

At an early age, Alan joined Usher Temple C.M.E. Church and became an active member until he moved away....

Richard ( Dick ) Carl Kraus

Richard ( Dick ) Carl Kraus

Mar 1, 2022

Richard ( Dick ) Carl Kraus, age 93, of Lilburn, Georgia, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2022 of natural causes. Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on October 1, 1928 to Gottfried and Isabelle ( Latisch ) Kraus, he was the younger brother to his sister Carol ( Arndt ). Dick grew up in Sheboygan and attended North High School,...

Cristian Mejia

Cristian Mejia

Mar 1, 2022

Cristian Mejia, born in Georgia, October 10, 1996 passed away on March 1st, 2022 due to a motorcycle accident. The woman at fault failed to yield and attempted a U-turn in front of Cristian causing him to collide behind her. He died in the ambulance. Cristian was an incredible individual, although never married or had children, he was easily...

Audrey Dodson Kelley

Audrey Dodson Kelley

Feb 28, 2022

Audrey Dodson Kelley age 92 of Stone Mountain passed on Monday February 28 th , 2022. Born in Stone Mountain on Monday July 22 nd 1929, she was the daughter of the late James and Phemie Ellis Dodson, she was also preceded in death by her husband Knox Kelley.

Audrey was a member of Mountain View Baptist...

Viet Hoang

Viet Hoang

Feb 28, 2022

Viet was just 53 years old when he passed away on 02/28/2022 at his home in the presence of his family. He was born on January 18, 1969 in Ba Xuyen, VietNam to Thong Hoang and Cam Thi Phuong Tran. He came to United States when he was just six years old and spent most of his life in...

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