Willie James Smith was born June 24th, 1936 to the late Jesse Smith and Jessie Mae Cook-Smith. Mr. Smith was an all-around person. He helped any and every one even if they were broken down on the side of the road. He had plenty of jokes of all topics. He loved his checkers, domino’s, poker, and chess. He also loved...
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Robert Joseph Owen, age 89 of Peachtree City, passed away quietly on January 3, 2019 at the Georgia War Veteran’s Nursing Home in Augusta. He was born November 17, 1929 to coal-miner father, Floyd and mother, Rossie Burr in Palmer, TN. In October of 2015, he suffered a fall at home that left him completely disabled and bed-ridden. Prior to...
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HYLTON RICHARD PARKINSON JR. OBITUARY Hylton Richard Parkinson Jr., age 59, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, GA after battling cancer. He was born on Friday, September 11, 1959, to Johnetta Leola Richardson-Parkinson and the late Hylton Richard Parkinson Sr., in Monrovia, Liberia. He attended St. Peter’s Lutheran...
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Ray Warner Dollar, 91, of Decatur, Georgia, was born in Grady County, Georgia, on January 9, 1927. He was the third child of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dollar. His two older siblings, William Herman Dollar and L. B. Dollar, preceded him in death. Ray attended Cairo High School where he lettered in football, playing quarterback. Following graduation...
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Lorraine E. Rogers, known to most as Dazy, was born May 1, 1937 in Hoquiam, Washington. She was the only child to Elsie Irene Walhmark Nelson and Theodore Archie Nelson. Dazy met the love of her life, James “JR” William Rogers, a sailor in the US Navy, in Pacific Beach, Washington and less that a year later, the two were...
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William Joseph Baker, known to most as “Joe,” was born November 9, 1943 in Columbus, Georgia to Effie Mae Fulcher and Jack Elmer Baker. Mr. Baker grew up in Columbus and always had a draw to the military from a young age. After highschool, Joe joined the United States Air Force and served his Country with honor and pride. He...
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Donna Milissa Whitehead was born May 27, 1959 in Columbus, Georgia to Carolyn Lee Cone and James Robert Cone, Jr. She was one of five children and being older, she was instrumental in helping her mother raise her siblings. She was always a daddy’s girl and somewhat of a homebody. After graduating from Hallie Turner in Columbus, she began working...
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Ken Hensley of Hoschton, Georgia went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Ken was born in Erwin, Tennessee on November 17, 1956. He was the loving husband of Beth Hensley for thirty-two years and adoring father of their wonderful daughter, Abby Hensley. Ken grew up in Maryland and joined the US Navy...
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Mrs. Mary Ann Cotney, age 69, of Newnan, passed away January 4, 2019. Mrs. Cotney was born on July 5, 1949 in Grand Rapids, MI to the late Walter and Dorothy Michaud. She grew up in the Grand Rapids area and graduated from Michigan University with a degree in Nursing. She then became a truck driver and met her coworker and...
Read MoreMarlene Frances Holton was born November 29, 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Edna Simmons Martin and William Alford Martin. Growing up, she always had a love for children especially once her nieces and nephews came along. She enjoyed babysitting her nieces and nephews and was overjoyed with buying them gifts and toys for birthdays and holidays. She worked...
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