OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Kathryn Florence Paris

Kathryn Florence Paris

Nov 23, 2017

Kay Paris. Born Kathryn Barnum, July 15, 1924. Attended Simmons College in Boston, where she married Robert Playfair and had two children, Jonathan and Judith (deceased). Lived in Vermont with second husband, Raoul Paris, one daughter Nichea. Moved to Atlanta in 1964. Secretary for the Unitarian Church of Atlanta during the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Was the...

Rebecca "Beci" Sutton

Rebecca "Beci" Sutton

Nov 20, 2017

Rebecca “Beci” Sutton died unexpectedly in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 2017 at the age of 79. Beci is survived by her sons David of Atlanta, GA and Jonathan of Amelia Island, Florida and her grandchildren, David “Wheeler” Sutton and Margaret “Maggie” Class Sutton. She is also survived by 3 brothers, Samuel Sutton of Paradise Valley, Arizona, Lewis Sutton of...

Marguerite Elizabeth Bailey

Marguerite Elizabeth Bailey

Nov 19, 2017

Marguerite Elizabeth Bailey 84, of Gainesville, Ga. Passed away Sunday November 19, 2017 at The Oaks of Limestone in Gainesville, Ga. After a brief illness.

Marguerite was born in Atlanta, Ga. on February 24, 1933, the daughter of the late John Joseph Hill Sr. And Fannie Louise Smith Hill.

Surviving are her son James David Bailey and wife Tammy of...

Adele Gilkes Jones

Adele Gilkes Jones

Nov 18, 2017

Adele Gilkes Jones, 95 passed away on Nov 18th. She resided at Sunrise of Decatur after living 55 years in Simsbury, CT. She was predeceased by her husband, Waldo Jones, Sr. and her son, Waldo Jones, Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Diane Nathanson and Jenifer Deutsh, three grandchildren and one great grandson. Internment will be private.

Sarah Edwards Kenan

Sarah Edwards Kenan

Nov 18, 2017

Sara Edwards Kenan died at Belmont Village in Atlanta, Georgia on November 18, 2017.

Born on July 22, 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama, Sara was the daughter of the late Roy Lee Edwards and Sarah Bickley Edwards of Birmingham. She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, George Edward Kenan.

Sara graduated from Auburn University in 1948. She met and...

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