OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Larry Joe Keeble

Larry Joe Keeble

Apr 2, 2020

Larry J. Keeble, 74, of Sandy Springs, GA, passed away on April 2, 2020. He grew up in LaGrange, GA, and was a graduate of The University of Georgia, where he was a member of Sigma Pi Fraternity. After college Larry served in the U.S. Army on the DMZ in Korea.

Larry’s earliest career was as an award-winning textile designer...

Robert Tatum Groome

Robert Tatum Groome

Apr 1, 2020

Robert “Bob” Tatum Groome of Atlanta died at home on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at age 82 after battling throat cancer.

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bob grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and graduated from Lee Edwards High School. At Davidson College, he excelled in collegiate baseball, was a Sigma Chi fraternity brother and received an ROTC scholarship. After...

James William Scott, Jr.

James William Scott, Jr.

Apr 1, 2020

Scott, James William, Jr. ( Scott) Age 80 of Atlanta, GA. Died peacefully at home April 1st. James was born Jan. 31,1940 to Alice Sherrif and James William Scott, Sr. of Anderson , SC. He graduated from Scotts High School, Scotts, NC. He attended Wingate College, Wingate, NC and served with the Army 16th Infantry, Ranger Battalion in Germany. He...

John Robert Young

John Robert Young

Mar 31, 2020

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, John Robert “Bob” Young – a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather – passed away at the age of 91. Bob was born on February 15, 1929, in Marietta, Ohio. Despite having offers to play basketball around the country, he stayed home to take care of his mother and be near his high school sweetheart,...

Albert Richard Casavant, Jr.

Albert Richard Casavant, Jr.

Mar 31, 2020

Richard Casavant, age 77, died peacefully and with the utmost grace at his home in Atlanta, Georgia on March 31, 2020. At his side were his wife Jane and his son John, and his constant canine companion, Archie. He was also surrounded with love from his son David and other family and friends.

Since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer...

Mary Welden Brown

Mary Welden Brown

Mar 30, 2020

Mary Evelyn Welden Brown, 88, died peacefully at home on the morning of March 30th , 2020, after a short battle with cancer. Mary was born in Senioa, GA in 1931 and was a longtime resident of Atlanta. She was proceeded in death by her son, Kevin Lee Brown and is survived by two sisters, Sue Welden Williams (Rueben) and...

June Macquarrie Henry

June Macquarrie Henry

Mar 26, 2020

June MacQuarrie Henry went to Heaven on March 26, 2020 three days after her 94th birthday. June was born in Boston Massachusetts in 1926 to Neal MacQuarrie and Ethel Hall. Upon her parents death June was separated from her two sisters, Marjorie and Barbara, and her three brothers, Norman, Donald and Robert. After living in several foster homes, she went...

Sarah Ann Fifer

Sarah Ann Fifer

Mar 24, 2020

Sarah Ann Fifer, at 91 years of age, beloved wife of Jack A. Fifer (deceased), beloved mother of Patricia A. Fishman, Bonnie E. Tapp, and Charlene H. Castle, beloved grandmother of Charles M. Wetzel, William P. O’Leary, Kimberly C. Molino, Bethany A. Wetzel, Shannon L. O’Leary and Taylor L. Fishman, beloved great-grandmother of Shailyn Rose, Kalysta Nassery, Esteban Melendez, Delainey...

Dorothy Mae Speights

Dorothy Mae Speights

Mar 23, 2020

Ms Dorothy M. Speights passed away peacefully March 23, 2020 during a brief stay at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, GA. She was 83 years old.

Dorothy resided in and called New York City home for over 40 years, where she owned and operated her own dry cleaning business for many years. She later became a nurse’s assistant fulfilling an...

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