OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Atlanta, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Jesse Lee Tuff

Jesse Lee Tuff

Mar 10, 2020

Jesse L. Tuff was the eldest of seven children born to the Late Elma & Mattie Tuff of Miami, Florida.

Jesse married at seventeen in 1966 to the Late Jeannette White Tuff and from their union were born two children. Jesse worked as a salesman for an IBM company in the 1970’s for several years and then left to...

Donald William Rupert

Donald William Rupert

Mar 8, 2020

Donald William Rupert, age 77, passed away at home on Sunday, March 8, 2020. He was born on January 9, 1943 in Springfield, Illinois. In 1965 he volunteered for Service in the Army during the Vietnam War and resigned in 1969 as 1st Lieutenant. He graduated in 1970 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale with a BS in Industrial Engineering....

Olin Ferrel Frazier

Olin Ferrel Frazier

Mar 7, 2020

Olin Ferrel Frazier, a long-time volunteer at the American Legion Post 147 in Hapeville and a gifted musician and singer, passed away March 7, 2020. Born in Atlanta on March 19, 1938, he and his 10 siblings grew up in the Adamsville neighborhood. He is preceded in death by his parents, Mack and Julia, his wife, Jeannie, his sister Hanna...

William Conway Rucker

William Conway Rucker

Mar 7, 2020

William C. Rucker aka (“Bill,” “Conway,” “Papaw”) passed away at his home in Grayson, Georgia surrounded by family on March 7, 2020.

Born in Rolla, Arkansas 1928, he was preceded in death by his wife Louise on December 25, 2012.

He is survived by his daughters Phyllis Dotson, and husband Harold of Loganville, Georgia, Theresa Pruitt and husband Joe of...

Patricia Marie Goggin

Patricia Marie Goggin

Mar 5, 2020

Patricia M. (Kreller) Goggin passed away on March 5. She was born in Denver, CO on March 29, 1929, the youngest of five children, to Anton and Anna Kreller. Married to John D. Goggin (deceased September 2007) in March, 1951. She is survived by five children: Robert G. (Buzz) Goggin (Iris), Brian D. Goggin (Kate), Bruce P. Goggin, William A....

Bruce William Higbie

Bruce William Higbie

Feb 29, 2020

Bruce William Higbie, 72, of Jefferson, GA passed away shortly after 7:00AM Saturday, February 29th, in the comfort of his home, surrounded by family, and holding the hand of his wife of 42 years, Carol Higbie (née Black) after a brief illness.

Bruce was born on March 25th, 1947 at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY to Clarence “Kirby” Higbie...

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