OBITUARIES

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

Sandra Griffis Murray

Sandra Griffis Murray

Nov 20, 2021

It is with great sadness that the family of Sandra G. Murray announces her passing on November 20, 2021. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Charles “Elmer” Murray, son Jimmy Don Murray and wife Jennifer of Loganville, Georgia, daughter Dr. Tracy Murray of Lawrenceville, Georgia, grandchildren Lucas, Cole, and Paige Murray of St. Augustine, Florida, brother...

Harry Joseph Hicks

Harry Joseph Hicks

Nov 18, 2021

Harry Joseph Hicks was born September 4th, 1935. He was the 4th child out of eight in his family. As a young child, his dream was to be a solder. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1954 and served his country in Korea, Viet Nam, Germany, and multiple bases in the US. He retired as a Master...

Victor Latham Cooper Sr.

Victor Latham Cooper Sr.

Nov 18, 2021

Victor Latham Cooper, Sr., age 68 of Lawrenceville, GA peacefully passed away at home after a brief illness on Thursday, November 18, 2021.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James Latham & Elaine Hagood Cooper and his aunt, Louise M. Cooper. He is survived by wife, Lynne F. Cooper; sons, Victor, Jr., and James Earl;...

Patricia A. Linn

Patricia A. Linn

Nov 17, 2021

In Loving Memory – Patricia Ann Linn

Patricia A. Linn, 88, died peacefully from Alzheimers, November 17, 2021, at a personal care home in Lawrenceville, GA. She was born September 24, 1933 in McKeesport, PA, the daughter of Myra Gwendolyn and Arthur Wendell Whiteman.

Pat, as she was typically called, left high school to get...

Mary Elizabeth Jensen

Mary Elizabeth Jensen

Nov 17, 2021

Mary Brenner was born in Lafayette, Indiana on February 7, 1931.

She grew up in Indiana with her parents, brother, and sister.

When she was 4, her father, Fred Brenner, died in a farming accident while trying to help a neighbor. Her mother, Tillie Plantenga Brenner, contracted polio and was partially crippled. Her mother helped...

Charlotte Ann Woodward Myatt

Charlotte Ann Woodward Myatt

Nov 16, 2021

Charlotte Ann Woodward Myatt, age 85, of Atlanta passed away Tuesday November 16, 2021. She was welcomed in heaven by her husband Kenneth Myatt (2018) and by her son Steve Myatt (2009). Charlotte was born in Aiken, SC on February 15, 1936.

She left Aiken to attend Wesleyan College in Macon, GA and then married Kenneth Myatt...

Sarah Elizabeth Foster

Sarah Elizabeth Foster

Nov 14, 2021

Sarah Elizabeth Foster (Clarke), of Auburn, GA, passed away on November 14, 2021. Sarah was born in Atlanta, GA on May 1, 1933 to parents Howard and Emma Louise Clarke.

Sarah worked as a branch manager at Decatur Federal starting in 1969 and retired in 1991. She was a devoted member of Dacula UMC. Sarah was a...

Coralee Driggers Long

Coralee Driggers Long

Nov 14, 2021

Coralee Driggers Long was born in Stone Mountain, GA on November 22, 1937.

She was the youngest child of Harvey & Stevie Driggers. Coralee graduated from Stone Mountain high school as valedictorian in 1955. In May 1958 she graduated from Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. She began her nursing career and quickly moved up the professional...

Reba Doss Morris

Reba Doss Morris

Nov 11, 2021

Reba Doss Morris passed away peacefully on the morning of November 11, 2021 at Avery Place in Winterville, GA.

Reba was born with her twin brother Robert on June 4, 1937, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They were the youngest of five siblings and remained close throughout their lives. Their father had his own shoe repair business, and their...

Gerald Warren Rutledge

Gerald Warren Rutledge

Nov 11, 2021

Gerald Warren Rutledge of Auburn passed away peacefully in the arms of his wife after an extended illness on November 11, 2021. He was 50 years old.

He was the son of Warren Rutledge (Laura) and the late Donna Brownlee Hammett (James). Besides his mother he was preceeded in death by his sister Felicia and brother Anthony....

Barbara M. (Harding) Bower

Barbara M. (Harding) Bower

Nov 10, 2021

Barbara M. Harding Bower age 81 resident of Lilburn Ga. Passed away on November 10th, 2021, at 3:37 pm.

William John Bower (Husband) and Timothy W. Bower (Son) proceed her in her death. She was survived by Billy (Son), Patty (Billy’s spouse), Anne-Marie (Daughter), Clayton (Anne-Marie’s spouse), Darryl (Son), Sheila (Darryl’s Spouse), Bobby (Son), Jenifer (Bobby’s Spouse),...

Charlotte Ann Ward

Charlotte Ann Ward

Nov 10, 2021

Mrs. Charlotte Ann Fuller Ward, 67, finished her course in faith on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, while in the presence of her family and in the comfort of her Elberton, Rock Branch home.

Charlotte was born in Buford on June 3, 1954, the middle of three daughters of Charles Wendell Fuller and Elizabeth Magdalene Wade Fuller. The...

Susan Mary Ritchie

Susan Mary Ritchie

Nov 9, 2021

Susan Mary Ritchie, age 71, of Lawrenceville, GA went to Heaven on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 after a brief battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

She is survived by her husband of 50+ years Dennis; son Steven; daughter Sandra (Wayne) Oxford; grandkids Scott and Evelyn Oxford; brothers Michael (Sandy) Byokawski, Thomas (Donna) Clark, Timothy (Catherina) Clark, and Christopher...

Manjula H. Desai

Manjula H. Desai

Nov 9, 2021

Manjula Hasmanlal Desai was born in Surat, India. She was the daughter to Mr. Hiralal and Mrs. Asmanben Shroff. She had a simple laidback view on life: do good by others, and love your family.

She was married to Mr. Hasmanlal Desai and lived in Surat and Vadodara where she raised her three children, Pragnya, Amul, and...

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