OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Leonidas (Lee) Cartwright Mcclurkin Jr.

Leonidas (Lee) Cartwright Mcclurkin Jr.

May 27, 2023

Leonidas (Lee) Cartwright McClurkin, Jr. was born on May 1, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas to Lee C. McClurkin, Sr. and Alverne M. McClurkin. He was a sixth generation Texan.

He was preceded in death by his first girlfriend and beloved wife of 58 years, Anne Lazard McClurkin, and his daughter, Mary Anne McClurkin Wolfe. He is survived by his...

Margaret Slanker Wofford

Margaret Slanker Wofford

May 25, 2023

Margaret ‘Peggy’ Slanker Wofford, age 70, died Thursday, May 25th 2023. Ten days before her 71st birthday. Peggy was survived by her daughter, Trixie Walker, and granddaughter, Soni Walker. Peggy lived in the John’s Creek, Atlanta, GA area for 40+ years; 20+ of those years were with her late husband, Jack Wofford. If you ever frequented the Ace Hardware in...

Carolyn Jean Bond

Carolyn Jean Bond

May 16, 2023

Carolyn Jean Bond known by most as Jean was born April 12, 1940, in Cedartown, Ga and raised in Rome, GA.

Her parents were Coriene and Weldon Couch. She also has a brother Ed Couch of Rome, Ga. Jean married her love, Cary Bond, the day after she graduated from the Piedmont School of Nursing with her Registered Nurse degree...

Julie Orris Mcneal Compton

Julie Orris Mcneal Compton

May 14, 2023

Julie Orris McNeal Compton, 82, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia after a brief illness. Julie was born on July 28th, 1940 in New York, New York to James Homer and Beatrice Gannon McNeal.

She is survived by her loving husband, Ralph Compton; one brother, Richard McNeil(Carol McNeil) of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Julie...

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