OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Wilhelmina Horney Eller

Wilhelmina Horney Eller

Oct 4, 2016

Wilhelmina Horney Eller “Mimi” age 81, died Oct 4, 2016 at the A.G. Rhodes Nursing Home, Wesley Woods. She had been a resident of the Wesley Woods Towers until the toll of Progressive Supranuclear Palsey PSP necessitated nursing home care. Widowed, she is survived by her 3 younger siblings, John, Peter, and Louise Horney. In lieu of flowers, donations may...

Martha Simpson Fitzgerald

Martha Simpson Fitzgerald

Oct 3, 2016

Martha Trezevant Simpson Fitzgerald, 85, died Monday, October 3, 2016 at her residence, The Holbrook, in Gainesville Ga. She was born November 28, 1930, in Elberton, Ga, the daughter of the late Florence Arnold and William Harris Simpson, Jr. Her family moved to Athens, Ga where she attended Athens High School. She was a Phi Mu at University of Georgia,...

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.

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