OBITUARIES

Cheryl Linda Aaronson Reiss, age 79, of Alpharetta, GA passed away at home November 30, 2021. She was born in Brooklyn NY on May 17, 1942 to Jacob Aaronson and Irma Berlin Aaronson. Cheryl grew up in Silver Spring MD with her sister Wendy and brother Sidney. She had several lifetime best friends some from as long ago as kindergarten....

David “Joe” Bishop, age 75, of Roswell, GA, died February 6, 2022, with his longtime wife, Connie Rohe Bishop, by his side.

He is also survived by mother-in-law Jeanne Holford, father-in-law Chuck Rohe, sister-in-law Cathy Rohe, nieces Caroline Rohe and Katherine Rohe Corwin (Travis) and extended family Kit and Jack Simmons. He was preceded in death by parents Helen...

Ruth Osborne Read died on Friday, June 10, 2022, surrounded by family at her home in Atlanta. She was 91.

Ruth was born April 18, 1931, to Henry Pitchford Osborne and Ruth Glazner Osborne. She grew up in Atlanta, New Orleans, and North Georgia, enjoying summers at the Dillard House and with cousins in Canon, at her Bowers family homestead....

Rick Berry, 67, founding co-owner of Goodness Grows plant nursery in Lexington, Georgia, died Friday, November 12th, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. at home. He founded the nursery with his late partner, Marcus “Marc” Richardson, 43 years ago.

He passed peacefully at home and is survived by his husband, Kurt Wolfe; his beloved attack dog, Kaydee; siblings Cathy Crawford, Coy Berry...

Mark Steven Jones, 61, of Marietta, passed away on January 26th after a long struggle with heart disease.

Mark was born on April 5th, 1960, to Martha and Don Jones in Atlanta Georgia. After graduating from Briarwood Highschool in 1978, he went on to receive his BA from UGA’s Grady School of Journalism and then his Masters in Marketing...

William Franklin Anderson, Jr. (Bill) passed away peacefully on June 17, 2022, seventeen days past his 100th birthday.

Bill was born on May 31, 1922 in Ninety-Six, South Carolina to Roberta McIntosh Anderson and William Franklin Anderson. He entered Clemson University as the Class of 1944, but his education was interrupted when he left college to join the US...

Marjorie (“Margie”) Kusman Grant will be remembered as a fiercely loving and protective matriarch, an optimist who viewed the world through a lens of hope and humor, and – to those who knew her best – a dynamic, spirited (and, yes, opinionated) firecracker, who lit up the rooms she entered. Margie set an example for those around her of how...