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Joyce Golinsky, 64: Teacher, artist, lover of dogs, people
Joyce Golinsky didn’t do anything halfway.From her art to helping find homes for dogs, Golinsky put all of her energy into the task at hand.“Joyce had an enthusiasm for life, a zest for life,” said Billy Golinsky, her husband of 24 years. “That enthusiasm translated into whatever she did.”A lover ...
The Rev. David Perry Ginn Sr., 84, local pastor, advocate of civil rights
The churches that the Rev. Perry Ginn pastored were welcoming with a capital W. That was an essential element of his being. He made no exceptions — because he believed God didn’t, either.Ginn developed that conviction reading the Bible, and he was recognized as an Old Testament scholar of the ...
Deaths & Funerals
ATLANTARamsey Agan, 77, died Wednesday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Sunday, Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs. Fischer Funeral Care.CARROLL COUNTYRichard Laverne Pike, 80, of Whitesburg died Thursday. Memorial service, 7 p.m. today, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Douglasville.CLAYTON COUNTYNellie Marie Haynes Floyd, 95, of Riverdale died Thursday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Haisten Funeral ...
Dan Whitner, 77: Jazz drummer overcame obstacles to pursue love of music
Dan Whitner never tired of playing the drums. From his earliest days beating on pots and pans in his grandmother’s kitchen to playing Atlanta jazz clubs until his death, Whitner couldn’t resist setting the tempo for his life.It didn’t start out so swinging. Diagnosed with polio as a child, doctors ...
Deaths and funerals
ATLANTAJanet King Yerta, 86, died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta. H.M. Patterson and Son Arlington Chapel, Sandy Springs.CARROLL COUNTYWilliam T. “Billy” Miles Sr., 67, of Carrollton died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel.CLAYTON COUNTYSam Huggins, 75, of Riverdale died ...
Deaths & Funerals
ATLANTAKenneth Winchester MacKenzie, 66, died Monday. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Friday, Atlanta Unity Church Church, Norcross. SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society, Alpharetta.Melvin Roberts, 65, died Saturday. No service is planned. Georgia Funeral Care, Acworth.CARROLL COUNTYBinnie Joey Jarriel, 70, of Villa Rica died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 p .m. Friday, Jones-Wynn Funeral ...
Deaths and Funerals
CARROLL COUNTYJeffrey Burdette, 67, of Carrollton died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel. Betty Ione Truitt Phillips, 76, of Carrollton died Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa Rica. Agnes Amy Adcock Powell, 89, of Temple died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jones-Wynn Funeral ...
Maybelle “May” Vranicar agitated for social justice
Living in a mid 20th-century era of compliant, subordinate women and freely-expressed prejudices, Maybelle “May” Vranicar agitated for social justice. But while others were picketing or bomb throwing, say her kids, Vranicar mainly chose a less dramatic but equally effective way to help foment change. “She did her work at ...
Deaths & funerals
ATLANTAJosephine C. Grashof, 91, died Friday. Private service to be held. H.M. Patterson and Son Oglethorpe Hill.CHEROKEE COUNTYFrances “Fran” Alexander, 86, of Canton died Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, South Canton Funeral Home.Ann Edge, 84, of Canton died Thursday. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Canton First United Methodist Church. Darby Funeral ...
Deaths and funerals
CARROLL COUNTYDelcie Broadstreet, 57, of Villa Rica died Thursday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home.Carol Ann Honeycutt, 74, of Covington, La. and formerly of Villa Rica died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home.Richard Allen Tyson Jr., 36, of Villa Rica died Thursday. Funeral, 4 p.m. today, Flat ...
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