OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Ira Thomas Mcginnis

Ira Thomas Mcginnis

Jun 25, 2012

Ira Thomas Tommy McGinnis, 77, of Locust Grove, Georgia went home to be with his Lord on June 25, 2012. He died peacefully at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Born January 19, 1935 in Shakerag, Georgia to Roy Carroll McGinnis and Carrie Tatum McGinnis. Tommy is survived by his wife Joann McGinnis of Locust Grove, sons Michael McGinnis of Lincoln, CA;...

Claudette Mitchell

Claudette Mitchell

Jun 24, 2012

Claudette W. Mitchell, age 76, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Claudette is survived by her sisters Ebernezer Morgan and Jeanette Poole; son, Edward Mitchell, Daughter Veronica Bonaby, and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other extended family.

Harold Jones Jr.

Harold Jones Jr.

Jun 22, 2012

Harold Douglas Jones, Jr. died Friday, June 22, 2012 at the Odyssey Hospice House after a long courageous battle with multiple myeloma cancer. He was 72. Doug was preceded in death by his father, the late Harold Douglas Jones, Sr. He was a graduate of Central High School in Chattanooga, TN and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga where he earned...

Stewart T. Moran

Stewart T. Moran

Jun 19, 2012

Stewart T. Moran, age 92, died peacefully June 19th, 2012 in Atlanta, GA. He was born in Saulte Ste. Marie, MI in 1919 where he also grew up. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1941 and married the former Jean S. Ryerson in 1943 before shipping out for the European theater of WWII with the Manitoba Dragoons of...

Shirley Hansen

Shirley Hansen

Jun 18, 2012

Shirley Ward Hansen, 81, peacefully went to be with the Lord on June 18, 2012 in Snellville, Georgia after a lengthy illness. Her wonderful legacy began June 15, 1931, when she became the first child of a Baptist Minister Henry Ward and Helen Symonds Ward, a gifted concert pianist.

Shirley’s mother passed away when she was only a toddler, but...

Norris Whiteside

Norris Whiteside

Jun 15, 2012

Norris Talleyrand Whiteside, a resident of Atlanta for more than 50 years, died Friday at 90 years old in Piedmont Hospital. He is survived by his daughters, Laura Chumley and Betzi Whiteside, son-in-law Philip Chumley, grandson Norris Grahame, nieces Vicky Shore, Connie Streitberger, Sandy Litster and nephews Tal Cloud and Jim Ward. Norris served as a Navy pilot during World...

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