OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Gerhardt Michael Hoff

Gerhardt Michael Hoff

Apr 22, 2020

Gerhardt Michael Hoff, known as Jerry, passed away on April 22, 2020 just two months short of his 90th birthday from complications of Covid-19.

Jerry was born in Vienna, Austria on June 12, 1930. As a young boy growing up in Vienna during World War II, he taught himself English by secretly listening to the Voice of America and the...

Jane Ernestine Edwards

Jane Ernestine Edwards

Apr 20, 2020

Jane E. Edwards, 93, of Monroe, GA, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020, with her daughters by her side.

Jane was born on October 28, 1926, in Springfield, MA to parents Harriett and Ernest Harper. Jane was married to the father of her children, Albert E. Casperson, in 1942, until his death in September of 1987. She then...

James W. Donnelly

James W. Donnelly

Apr 20, 2020

James W. Donnelly (age 87) died peacefully in Atlanta on April 20. 2020, after struggling for several years with Parkinson’s Disease.

He was born in 1932 in Atlantic City, NJ, to Marie & Frank Donnelly. The family moved to Washington, DC (Anacostia) when Jim was 3 years old.

After his employment at the Naval Research Laboratory, he served...

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