OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

William John Johns

William John Johns

Sep 26, 2016

William John Johns 3/5/1917-9/26/2016 passed away at Remington House, just a few months shy of his goal to reach 100. The rest of his life, however, was filled with many goals met and exceed. He and his brother were the first two in his family to graduate from college. He was a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army during...

James Kenneth Champion

James Kenneth Champion

Sep 25, 2016

James Kenneth Champion, MD, FACS, was a nationally recognized expert in videoscopic general and thoracic surgery. He was the son of Lorraine Champion and the late James Champion and born August 15, 1951, in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Birmingham and was a 1969 graduate of Phillips High School. He received a baccalaureate degree in Chemistry from the University...

Homer V.B. Whitmire

Homer V.B. Whitmire

Sep 25, 2016

Homer V.B. Whitmire, resident of Athens, GA, died the week of Sept. 21. He is survived by his parents Nancy Jane Adams and Bill D. Whitmire; grandparents Essie Whitmire, Daisy Holsenback, and W.O. Adams. There will be no service. Friends and family are requested to remember the good times they spent with Homer, and keep him in your prayers.

Alba Noto

Alba Noto

Sep 17, 2016

Alba Parisio Mascali Noto, of Marietta, GA, found her passage to heaven’s gate on Saturday, September 17, 2016. A Brooklyn girl, born and raised, Alba was full of life~forever dancing. She was born April 22, 1926; the youngest child of Carlo Parisio and Silvia Sica Parisio. At 90 years of age, she was blessed with a long and full life....

Stephen Robert Shinn, Iii

Stephen Robert Shinn, Iii

Sep 16, 2016

Stephen Robert “Bob” Shinn III

Bob Shinn passed away at home September 16th peacefully with his wife, Vy at his side in Marietta, GA. He was two days shy of his 87th birthday. Bob was born on September 18th, 1929 in Kansas City, MO and was raised in Detroit, MI. During his college years, he was an accomplished jazz musician...

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