OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

George Dennis Murphy

George Dennis Murphy

George Dennis “Denny” Murphy (age 79)

Originally from Washington, PA, passed away peacefully in Atlanta, GA on Sunday, September 26, 2021. He was the husband of the late Maureen Wilson Murphy and is survived by his children Erin Reese, Ryan Murphy (Michelle), Katie Iglinski (Joe), and Tessa Rossi (David); grandchildren Kova, Wynnie, Evelyn, Aliyah, Darius, Jessica, Vanessa, Kenneth, Eddie, and...

Richard "Dick" Eugene Friese

Richard "Dick" Eugene Friese

Dick Friese died on October 15, 2022, at the age of 88. Dick suffered a massive stroke on September 17, 2022.

Dick was born to Lucille Elizabeth and Richard George Friese on June 26, 1934, in Portland Oregon. He attended Portland State University before entering the Air Force Cadet program in 1954. While in the Air Force he graduated...

Matilda Caroline Alexander

Matilda Caroline Alexander

Matilda Caroline Alexander, 93, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, but even now we don’t dare call her Matilda.

Born in Columbia, Missouri to a Presbyterian minister and his wife, the family moved to Birmingham, Alabama and then to Fayetteville, North Carolina where Caroline graduated from high school. In 1949, she earned her bachelor’s...

Kathryn Phillips Pearce

Kathryn Phillips Pearce

Kathryn Phillips Pearce age 101 of Alpharetta, Georgia, formerly of Savannah, Georgia passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

She was born September 1, 1921 to the late Octavia and Milton Phillips. Kathryn was preceded in death by her husband of seventy years, Ronald Pearce.

Kathryn is survived by her children Carol Paul of Westfield, New Jersey and Ronald and Nadine...

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