Mr. Maurice Duane Sockness, Sr., age 91, of New Buffalo, MI, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2017. Mr. Sockness was born on July 23, 1926 in Barron, WI to the late Olaf and Bessie Sockness. It was in Barron that he spent his childhood alongside his two sisters. Mr. Sockness joined the United States Army during World World II...
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Luke Edward Hanson, age 29, of Fayetteville, passed away on November 9, 2017. Luke was born on February 8, 1988 at West Paces Ferry Hospital in Atlanta. He spent his early childhood in Columbus, Ohio with his parents and brother. The family moved back to the Atlanta area in 1994. Luke graduated from Luella High School in Locust Grove in...
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Ernest Theodore Delburn, Jr., 91, of Columbus, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at his home. Memorial services will be 11:00 am, Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Northside Baptist Church, 54th St., Columbus, GA. Mr. Delburn was born May 17, 1926 in New York City, NY, the son of Ernest T. Delburn, Sr. and Elizabeth Ringeisen Delburn. He grew up in West Palm Beach,...
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Robert Frank Ballard, 64, of Columbus, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at his home. A private family service will be held at a later date and his ashes scattered in the Gulf of Mexico as he requested. Mr. Ballard was born November 10, 1952 at Ft. Benning, the son of Lawrence Almos Ballard and Margaret Moore Ballard. He graduated from...
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Mrs. Juanita Colley Durden, of Fayetteville, GA passed away November 6, 2017. Mrs. Durden was born to the late George and Lillian Colley in Athens, GA on April 18, 1927. The family later moved to Monroe Ga where she grew up. She adored her grandchildren and loved to cook and bake cakes. She was talented at sewing, crocheting, cross stitching...
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Kathleen Ann Bennett August 18, 1949 ~ October 31, 2017 Family Kathleen Bennett, 68, surrounded by love and her family, traveled home to be with her Creator on October 31st, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kathleen was born in Toledo, Ohio to Ruth Politis and George Bennett. She had three babies of her own – Kenneth, Cherie and Angela – of...
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John Wess Todd was the oldest of six children born September 10, 1932 to the late Norris and Carrie Lou Todd of West Point, Georgia. John departed this life on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 in Newnan, Georgia. Wess, as he was fondly called, joined St. Mary’s United Methodist Church in Hogansville, Georgia along with his family and served diligently in...
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George Emerson BRAND, 75, passed away peacefully at home on October 30, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. George was born on June 30, 1942 in Ft. Erie, Canada; the youngest of five children of David Richard and Hazel Ellen Fobert Brand. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and earned his Undergraduate Degree in...
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Susan Morgan (Moss) Cunningham, age 77 of Auburn, Alabama, passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Ms. Cunningham was born on July 22, 1940 to Mr. John and Mrs. Eola Morgan in Rome, Georgia. She grew up in Cave Spring, Georgia across the highway from her father’s dairy farm. After graduating from Rome High School, she attended Stephens College in...
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Sidney Crawford Watson of Griffin, Georgia, passed away on October 23, 2017. Ms. Watson was a loving and tender-hearted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a friend to many. She was born on January 5, 1942, in Springfield, Ohio. Ms. Watson spent most of her adult life working in telecommunications, where eventually she retired as a supervisor for Southern Bell. After retirement,...
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