OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Laverne William Dilts

Laverne William Dilts

Jan 6, 2010

L. William Dilts, age 85, of Marietta, GA died January 6, 2010. A memorial service will be held Saturday January 9, 2010 at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 3098 St. Anne’s Lane NW, Atlanta, GA 30327.

Dale Thomas Ginsberg

Dale Thomas Ginsberg

Mar 26, 1954

Dale Thomas Ginsberg entered the world of eternal peace, on June 16th, 2020, at the age of 66.

He was a former resident of Maplewood, New Jersey and most recently resided in Atlanta, GA. Dale graduated from Columbia High School and played baseball for Columbia as well.

Dale was an avid sports fan (NY Mets). In addition, he loved music....

Nancy Bolt Culp

Nancy Bolt Culp

Sep 17, 1930

Nancy Bolt Culp, 88, of Stone Mountain passed away October 23, 2018 after a long battle with bronchiectasis. Nancy was a native of South Carolina and the daughter of Nannie Lou Onie Bishop and John Manning Bolt.

Nancy was a retired school psychologist at The Howard School and an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Her passions...

Sara Davenport Cadenhead

Sara Davenport Cadenhead

Apr 13, 1925

Sara, born Sara Emily Davenport, passed away on May 2, 2020 at Presbyterian Village in Austell, GA. She was born April 13, 1925, to James Marcus (Mark) and Odessa Mae West Davenport, in the rural farming community of Mars Hill, near Acworth, in Cobb County, GA. She lived in Atlanta for many years before moving with her husband, A. Paul...

Lucy Fair Hagan

Lucy Fair Hagan

Jun 9, 1921

Lucy Bowie Fair Hagan died peacefully at Canterbury Court in Atlanta on May 23th at the age of 95. Born and brought up in Greenville SC in a close family whose love followed her and shaped her life, she was the daughter of Charles Hardy Fair MD and Annie Akers Fair. Her maternal grandfather, James Samuel Akers, was Ga. Tech’s...

Mavis Houser

Mavis Houser

Mavis Martin Ankrim Houser, 97, of Marietta, Georgia passed away peacefully on August 18, 2025. She was born and raised in Kenmore, New York and was the last surviving child of seven children born to the late Henry and Maude Martin. In her late teens the family moved to Florida where she later met and married her first husband. They...

Joni Greene Russell

Joni Greene Russell

Joni Greene Russell passed away on February 7, 2025, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 66.

She is survived by sisters Janet Greene Celko (Dick Turnipseed), Dianne Greene (Bob Brown), and Cindy Greene, brother Jim Greene (Elizabeth), sister-in-law Shell Spatch (Al), nephews Matt Celko and James Greene, nieces Katie Greene and Shanna Walker (Nick), and great-nephews Cameron and...

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