OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Stella Joyce Caffrey

Stella Joyce Caffrey

The indomitable Stella Caffrey of Marietta, GA passed away, age 94, on July 2, 2022.

Stella was born in Northampton, England in 1927 to the flamboyant George Bradshaw and Maude Newcomen Bradshaw. She enjoyed a relatively privileged upbringing in pre-World War II England until the death of her father when she was 12, attending “public” school where she excelled...

Stella Burke Feagle

Stella Burke Feagle

Stella Burke Feagle, of Smoke Rise, Georgia passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 at the age of 88 years old.

In keeping with Stella’s wishes there will not be a funeral service; a private graveside service will be held for family at the Decatur Cemetery on Wednesday, September 16, at 5 o’clock. In lieu of flowers donations may be made...

Stephanie Barnes Illick

Stephanie Barnes Illick

Stephanie Barnes Illick, 55, of Covington, GA was called home to Heaven on January 3, 2023.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at Newton Baptist Church in Covington, GA.

Stephanie was born in Marietta, GA on December 2, 1967. She graduated from Druid Hills High School in Atlanta in 1986.

Stephanie...

Martin Brent Schofield

Martin Brent Schofield

Martin Brent Schofield, 66, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away on the evening of January 7, 2022, surrounded by his beloved wife and loved ones.

Brent was born on July 20, 1955, to Colonel Martin Benjamin Schofield and Ruthanna Butters Schofield in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended and graduated from Dykes High School in 1973. Brent continued his education at the University...

Betsy Fondren King

Betsy Fondren King

Betsy Fondren King, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, March 24, 2022. She was 86 years old.

Born in Greenwood, MS on June 28, 1935, to Estel and Dovey Fondren. After moving to Memphis, Tn in 1954, she met and married Charles W King. Together for 61 years, they raised four children in Memphis before moving to Atlanta...

Helen Manly Butt Chilton

Helen Manly Butt Chilton

Helen Manly Butt Chilton of Atlanta, GA passed away on October 2, 2020.

Helen was born in Dunn, NC on April 3, 1943.

All services will be held sometime in the summer of 2021.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Hood Memorial Christian Church, hoodmemorial.org, or Peachtree Chritian Church’s music ministry, peachtree.org.

Eugene "Gene" Patrick Powers, Jr.

Eugene "Gene" Patrick Powers, Jr.

Gene Patrick Powers was “raised right” in an Irish-Catholic community in Savannah, Georgia. He was a gifted social worker and exuberant university professor, touching the lives of anyone he encountered, and he instilled these kind, nurturing qualities in every student he taught.

Gene lived and worked in Northern Ireland for sixteen years, where he raised his three children, Hannah,...

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