OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Patricia Leann Shepard

Patricia Leann Shepard

Jul 7, 2018

Patricia Shepard (nee Kitts), of Atlanta, GA passed away on July 7, 2018. She was born on June 10, 1957 to Delberg Kitts and Juanita Black in Corryton, Tennessee.

Patricia obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Health Administration and worked as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department of Grady Hospital. Patricia is survived by...

Patricia Kathleen Silveria

Patricia Kathleen Silveria

Jul 6, 2018

Patricia Kathleen “Trish or Patty Kay” Malley Silveria, aged 69, of Brookhaven, Georgia, and of Rochester, New York, departed this world on July 6, 2018.  She has followed her late husband, Thomas W. Silveria.  She is survived by her daughter Leslie Howard, son in law Jeremy Howard and her granddaughter Amelia.  During her working years, Patricia was an on-the-scene television...

Craig Anthony Ryder

Craig Anthony Ryder

Jul 5, 2018

Craig A. Ryder, M.D. died peacefully due complications from Parkinson’s disease on Thursday morning, July 5, 2018, the day after his 81st birthday.  The first child of Harry and Iris Ryder, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Howe Military Academy in Indiana, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at...

Carlton James Barber, Jr.

Carlton James Barber, Jr.

Jul 3, 2018

Carlton James Barber Jr., 73, of College Park, passed away July 3, 2018. Carlton was born June 21, 1945 in Raleigh, North Carolina to Carlton and Mary Barber. He graduated from Hampton Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and later received a Master of Human Resource Management from Abilene Christian University.

He served his country in the US ...

Ilse Thygesen Petersen

Ilse Thygesen Petersen

Jun 29, 2018

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Ilse Petersen , beloved mother, age 89 of Woodstock, Georgia on Jun 29, 2018 at home after a long illness. She is predeceased in death by her husband, Arne Gurre Petersen, her parents Svend Aage & Laurentine Thygesen , brothers Poul , Arne & Jens of Denmark and her...

Doris Elaine Mceachern

Doris Elaine Mceachern

Jun 28, 2018

Doris Elaine McEachern, 63, died of lung cancer at home in Atlanta on June 28, 2018.

Elaine is preceded in death by her parents Doris and Willard McEachern Sr., long-time residents of Macon, Ga., where she grew up. Surviving her are her brother Willard McEachern Jr. (Patricia) of Irwinton and sister Louisa Bentley (James) of Dublin. Very special to her...

Tex Olandro Dix

Tex Olandro Dix

Jun 21, 2018

Tex O. Harrison (f/k/a Dix), 72 of Brooks, Georgia passed away peacefully at his home on June 21, 2018.

Mr. Harrison was born October 27, 1945, in Griffin, Georgia, to Travis Dix, Leila Dix & Travis Harrison.

Mr. Harrison served in the United States Coast Guard for many years. In 1970, Mr. Harrison married the love of his life, Linda...

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