OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Francis Bryan Wakefield Iii

Francis Bryan Wakefield Iii

Dec 28, 2021

Francis (“Frank”) Bryan Wakefield III, age 93, died peacefully on December 28, 2021 at his home in Atlanta.

Frank was the son of the humble pastor Rev. Francis Bryan Wakefield Jr. and the pianist/organist/choir director Gladys Comforter Wakefield. Frank was born in Charleston, South Carolina (where his sea-faring grandfather lived); grew up in Gainesville, Florida; and took years of...

Frank Thomas Gomez

Frank Thomas Gomez

Dec 27, 2021

Frank Thomas Gomez passed away unexpectedly on Monday December 27th, 2021 at the age of 58, leaving a big void in the lives of all who knew him.

He was born in Tallahassee, Florida on July 29th, 1963. His family moved to Georgia when he was 5 years old. He attended school at Woodward Academy and graduated in 1981....

Lee Rhyne Patterson

Lee Rhyne Patterson

Dec 24, 2021

Lee Rhyne Patterson died peacefully, surrounded by family, on December 24, 2021 at age 96. She was born on September 9, 1925 in Conover, NC to Orestes Pearl and Huldah Rockett Rhyne.

Lee grew up in Clemson, SC as the daughter of a college professor and a gifted homemaker. She came from a close family with two siblings, an...

William (Bill) Thomas Pitt

William (Bill) Thomas Pitt

Dec 20, 2021

William (Bill) Pitt, 78, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2021. He is survived by his wife, Deborah (Debbie) Pitt of Hartwell, Georgia, one son, Nathan Pitt and his wife Lena, and one granddaughter, Madison Pitt. Bill was well known in the Atlanta and metro areas after spending much of his life in the sales industry, working for Premium Beverage,...

Eugene Andrew Birke

Eugene Andrew Birke

Dec 19, 2021

Eugene Andrew Birke, 94, of St. Marlo Country Club in Duluth, GA, died on December 19, 2021, after a struggle with leukemia and melanoma. He was surrounded by his beloved family after spending 20 days in the Johns Creek Emory Hospital ICU.

He was born to Andrew and Anna (Freno) Birke in Winston-Salem, NC, on October 27, 1927. He was...

Matthew Steven Lindsey

Matthew Steven Lindsey

Dec 15, 2021

Matt, Age 38, of Smyrna, Georgia, passed away suddenly on December 15th. Beloved husband of Stephanie, loving and adoring father of Kolby. Matt is also survived by his mother Debra Hallmark, his father David Lindsey, his stepfather Eric Hallmark, his stepmother Amy Lindsey, his brother Tyler, his sister Dana, his sisters-in-law Brittany (Ryan) and Jennifer (Sean), his nieces Emerson and...

Mary Sue Crump

Mary Sue Crump

Dec 12, 2021

Mrs. Mary Sue Crump, 79, ended her three-year battle with pancreatic cancer on 12/12/2021. She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Nannie Mae Burch Berry, siblings David Berry, Alma Williams (Charles, Jr. dec.), Bill Berry (Arnita) and special nephew David Hunt.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, R.G. Crump, her son and daughter in law,...

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