OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Martha Benner (Mainous)

Martha Benner (Mainous)

Nov 16, 2025

Martha Benner (Mainous), age 87, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2025, in Eatonton, Georgia. Born on June 7, 1938, in Beattyville, Kentucky, she lived a life marked by dedication to her family, profession, and faith.

She was the daughter of Ada Kincaid and Lester Mainous and grew up in Beattyville with her siblings Helen Mainous Holcomb, Ruthie Mainous and Lester...

Thomas Troyce Hendricks

Thomas Troyce Hendricks

Nov 15, 2025

Thomas Troyce Hendricks, age 85, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, passed away peacefully on November 15, surrounded by the love of his family. A man of steadfast faith, deep devotion, and quiet strength, “Papa T” lived a life marked by service, generosity, and unwavering commitment to the people he cherished.

Born in Atlanta in 1940 to Thomas and Virginia Gibbs Hendricks, Troyce...

Douglas Scott Burns

Douglas Scott Burns

Nov 15, 2025

In Loving Memory of Douglas Scott Burns- A Life Remembered and Cherished

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Douglas Scott Burns on November 15, 2025, at the age of 65. Following a 5-year courageous battle with mucosal melanoma, Doug passed away peacefully surrounded by his devoted wife, Kathy, and his children, Jordan and Chris.

Doug was known...

Anne Raye Simms Arnold

Anne Raye Simms Arnold

Nov 8, 2025

Anne Raye Simms Arnold passed away on November 8, 2025, following a brief illness. She was predeceased by her parents, James “Sonny”Simms and Victoria Joyner Simms, and husband James Harold Arnold. Ann was one of 8 children, Buddy, Allen, Jack, Bill, Mary, Fanny, and her twin Nan all deceased She was born on October 23, 1923 in Wilson N. C....

Merritt Dutton Morehouse, Jr.

Merritt Dutton Morehouse, Jr.

Nov 6, 2025

Merritt Dutton Morehouse, Jr., died peacefully on November 6th in Athens, Georgia. He was 89 years old. He grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, and after graduating from The Choate School and Yale University, he worked in the public relations industry in Chicago. He and his wife Joyce then moved to Michigan, where he was ordained Deacon and then Archdeacon...

Florence Stancliff Weekley

Florence Stancliff Weekley

Oct 27, 2025

Florence Stancliff Weekley was born January 19, 1931, in Atlanta, GA and grew up in the Kirkwood area of the city. She was the seventh-born of eight to William A. Stancliff and Mary Peacock Stancliff. Florence was a graduate of Murphy High School and worked in downtown Atlanta as a secretary. On April 9, 1955, she married Robert Johnson "Johnny"...

Shanna Dawn Jackson

Shanna Dawn Jackson

Oct 27, 2025

Shanna Dawn Jackson, 53, passed away peacefully at Emory Hospital on Monday evening, with her wife and parents by her side. Shanna was born in Houston, Texas to Linda and Travis Jackson, MD. She spent her first few years in Texas before moving to Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the age of three. Shanna was an active child involved in many...

Stephen Wells Burnett

Stephen Wells Burnett

Oct 24, 2025

Stephen Wells Burnett of Sewanee, TN, died October 24, 2025 in Atlanta, GA.

Stephen was born August 13,1943 in Wilmington DE to James M. and Roberta H. Burnett, both originally Tennesseans. He graduated from Wilmington Friends School, Wake Forest University, and the University of Tennessee (UT) with an M.S. in Banking and Finance. He met Nancy at UT, and they were...

Robert Ray Baldree

Robert Ray Baldree

Oct 17, 2025

Robert Ray Baldree, age 65, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Friday, October 17, 2025, after two months in critical care first at Piedmont Macon Hospital, then at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. He was surrounded by his family and lots of love.

Robert was born on September 1, 1960, in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, the son of Bobby Ray Baldree, Sr. and...

Howard Eugene "Gene" Belcher

Howard Eugene "Gene" Belcher

Oct 17, 2025

Howard Eugene "Gene" Belcher, 85, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2025, in Fayetteville, Georgia. A native of College Park, Georgia, Gene was born on April 17, 1940, and lived a life marked by quiet strength, integrity, and dedication to both his family and his profession. Gene proudly served his country in the United States Air Force, an experience that...

Dr. Donald Bryan Mcginty

Dr. Donald Bryan Mcginty

Oct 17, 2025

Dr. Donald Bryan McGinty passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on October 17, 2025. He was born on December 31, 1938, to Louise Blanton McGinty and Griffin McGinty. Don grew up in Opelika, Alabama, where he spent his early years helping his father bottle RC Cola out of their garage—a humble beginning that reflected his lifelong work ethic and...

Judith Promnitz Marine

Judith Promnitz Marine

Oct 14, 2025

Judith Ann Promnitz Marine (known as Judy) passed away on October 14, 2025, in Austell, Georgia, from recently diagnosed ovarian cancer. Judy was born January 21, 1933, to Julia and Carl Promnitz in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was delivered by her Uncle Joe Nielander. She first lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and New Orleans, Louisiana, before settling in Atlanta, Georgia, at...

Andrew Anatol Mickle

Andrew Anatol Mickle

Oct 11, 2025

Andrew Anatol Mickle, 75, passed away in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, October 11, 2025 after a battle with pneumonia.

Andy was born April 19, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Nataly (Klimenko) Mickle and Anatol Mickle, from Murmansk, Russia and Kharkiv, Ukraine. With their extended family, they fled the Soviet Union and emigrated to the U.S. in 1947, eventually...

Joyce Sturgeon Saye

Joyce Sturgeon Saye

Sep 25, 2025

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Joyce Sturgeon Saye, who left us on Thursday, September 25, 2025. Joyce was born on February 1, 1947, and spent her early years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, later making a new life in Braselton, Georgia. She was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, and friend whose vibrant spirit touched many lives.

Joyce...

Kevin Mark Holloway

Kevin Mark Holloway

Sep 21, 2025

Kevin Mark Holloway, 55, of Calhoun, Georgia, passed away on September 21, 2025.

Mark was the son of the late Erwin and Shirley Kelly Holloway. He was the father of Jessica and Avery, and the grandfather of Travis, who will always remember the love they shared with him and the special bond they had throughout their lives.

Affectionately known as...

Penelope "Penny" Webb Mcmullen

Penelope "Penny" Webb Mcmullen

Sep 19, 2025

Penelope "Penny" Webb McMullen, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2025, at Magnolia Senior Living in Sugar Hill, Georgia, at the age of 87.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1938, Penny was the only child of Edmund Jackson Webb and Ruth Raiford Webb. She was raised in Savannah, Georgia, where she attended Savannah High School...

Elizabeth Brittain Lamoureux

Elizabeth Brittain Lamoureux

Sep 18, 2025

Betsy Lamoureux, age 80, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025, in Decatur, GA. She had a generous and loving spirit that she shared with the world through acts of kindness and creativity. She also had a tenacious spirit, proving every prognosis wrong when she was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and often leaving her doctors bewildered. Above all,...

Lois B Stinnett

Lois B Stinnett

Sep 17, 2025

Lois Evelyn Byrd was born September 20, 1930 in Newport, Arkansas to Rudy Dowell Byrd and Maxie Belle Chaney Byrd. Growing up in this small town she told of rural Arkansas during the Great Depression and World War II. She learned to cook during rationing, allowed to make fudge with her sugar allotment and talked about her pharmacist father losing...

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