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Portia A. Scott worked at the Atlanta Daily World, a newspaper founded by her uncle in 1928, for more than 40 years.

Portia A. Scott, 70: Former managing editor of Atlanta Daily World

As the managing editor of the Atlanta Daily World, Portia A. Scott was proud to continue a tradition started in 1928 by her uncle, W.A. Scott II, and later run by her father, C.A. Scott. Portia Scott started writing for the paper as a teen, and made it her career ...

Deaths & Funerals

CARROLL COUNTYRoy Bradford Karr Sr., 75, of Temple died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Hightower Funeral Home, Bremen.Michael T. “Mickey” McBride, 74, of Sugar Hill, formerly of Villa Rica, died Friday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Hillcrest Cemetery, Villa Rica. J. Collins Funeral Home.COBB COUNTYJonathan Lee Butterworth, 42, of Marietta ...

Sanford Shmerling, 85: Physician prescribed jokes, joy

Internist Sanford Shmerling’s customary advice to his patients, in addition to whatever medications or regimen he prescribed, was to tell them to start treatment with two big smiles and thereafter to break into broad grins at least three times a day. He was that kind of healer, unfailingly upbeat. He ...

Deaths & Funerals

BARTOW COUNTYCora Lee Cagle, 72, of Cartersville died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, New Canaan Baptist Church. Parnick Jennings Funeral Home.CARROLL COUNTYMichael T. “Mickey” McBride, 74, of Sugar Hill, formerly of Villa Rica, died Friday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Hillcrest Cemetery, Villa Rica. J. Collins Funeral Home.Hollis Elliott McHan, ...

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ATLANTAStevan Clements, 68, died Wednesday. Private service to be held. Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Chamblee.Sanford Schmerling, 85, died Friday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Sunday, Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta. Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Chamblee.CARROLL COUNTYFranklin Charles Mitchell, 73, of Carrollton died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home, Douglasville.Larry ...

Joseph Harper, 26: found his calling in sound design

Joseph Harper carried his passion for music throughout his life. What started with drum lessons as a young boy eventually led him to the Savannah College of Art and Design with a 4.0 GPA, two scholarships and a major in sound design. During his time in Atlanta, Harper enjoyed seeing ...

Mary Angela Whyte, 77: Long-time Druid Hills newsletter editor

For more than two decades, Mary Angela Whyte dutifully worked on the Druid Hills Civic Association’s quarterly newsletter. It wasn’t always easy, and former association president Bruce MacGregor knows he wasn’t always timely with his submissions. “I can remember getting the call, ‘Bruce,’ she’d say, ‘everybody else has their column ...

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ATLANTAKaren Beasley, 51, died Aug. 11. Private service will be held. West Georgia Crematory, Austell.Nancy R. Lloyd, 89, died Tuesday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Monday, Randolph Memorial Park, Asheboro, N.C. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.Eileen Dixon Smith, 62, died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Monday, Jackson Memorial Baptist Church. Hanley-Shelton Funeral ...

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, right, escorts his wife Evelyn to a waiting limousine as marchers on the way to Washington, D.C., complete a short walk at the start of their journey on April 20, 1982, in Tuskegee, Ala.

Evelyn Lowery remembered as a “peaceful warrior”

Over the last 67 years, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery rarely did anything alone. But there he was Wednesday morning — a solitary figure amidst a sea of mourners – seated alone at the casket of his wife, Evelyn Gibson Lowery. An usher had wheeled him – at 91, he ...

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ATLANTACeleste Whitehead, 57, died Monday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Friday, New Bethel AME Zion Church, Fayetteville, N.C. Georgia Funeral Care, Acworth.CARROLL COUNTYElijah Hunter “Eli” Patterson, infant son of Marissa Yarbrough and Lee Patterson of Carrollton, died Monday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Martin & Hightower ...

Brew O. Graham was an airplane mechanic in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 99th fighter squadron, and later with the 332nd fighter group, also known as the Red Tails.

Brew O. Graham, 98: WWII mechanic counted among Tuskegee Airmen

In the Riverdale neighborhood where Brew Graham lived, he was like E. F. Hutton: When he talked, people listened. “He was almost 100 years old,” said George Willis, a long-time family friend. “He had some stories to tell. And a whole bunch of them, a bunch of us never heard ...

Bill E. Collins retired from the CDC July 1. Hired in 1973, he worked primarily on malaria research.

William E. “Bill” Collins, 84: Studied, worked on vaccines for malaria

Bill Collins did not consider mosquitoes the nuisance that most people would. The flying insects were central to his work at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he studied the disease malaria for more than two-thirds of his life. Collins retired in ...

Nell Atkins Yaksh, 90: ‘She believed happiness was where you found it’

For Nell Yaksh, the phrase “home is where the heart is” was not a cliche. It was reality. While her husband’s career in the construction industry moved the family across Georgia, Florida and Texas more than a dozen times, and once across the Atlantic Ocean, she always found a way ...

Norman R. Harbaugh loved to teach. As a teen, a teacher helped change his life, and he spent his career trying to do the same for others.

Norman R. Harbaugh Sr., 89: Led GSU MBA program; taught 19 years

It was the thoughtfulness of a teacher that changed the life of Norman Harbaugh Sr. He grew up in the coal mining town of Windber, Penn., 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and the prospect of college wasn’t on his radar, said his son and namesake, Dr. Norman “Chip” Ross Harbaugh ...

Ron Storer, 63: Music minister “was a jack-of-all-trades”

Ron Storer was a dedicated and devout minister of music beloved by the church choristers he led. He was a mentor who touched young people’s lives. He was a craftsman who built sets for his church music productions and remodeled metro area homes in partnership with his designer wife. He ...

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BARTOW COUNTYSheila Ann Adams, 64, of Cartersville died Friday. Memorial service, 6 p.m. Monday, Pine Grove Baptist Church. Parnick Jenning Funeral Home.Janet Atwood Bishop, 53, of Acworth died Tuesday. Memorial service was held Saturday. West Georgia Crematory, Austell.Sarah Catherine Burton, 77, of Acworth died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Oak ...

Former Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Dr. Joseph Lowery and his wife Evelyn attend a memorial service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. The church held a ceremony honoring the memory of the four young girls who were killed by a bomb placed outside the church 50 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Evelyn Gibson Lowery: 1925-2013

It was a very rare occasion that Evelyn Lowery wasn’t at the side of her husband, the Rev. Joseph Lowery.As he rose to prominence as one of the country’s leading figures in the civil rights movement, she was a constant companion, whether it was at a rally, march, news conference ...

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ATLANTALucy Merrell, 91, died Thursday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. today, Carrollton City Cemetery. Almon Funeral Home, Carrollton.Allen Monroe Nail, 82, died Thursday. Private service to be held. SouthCare Cremation and Funeral Society, Marietta.CARROLL COUNTYRobert E. Bryant Sr., 78, of Villa Rica died Friday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, J. Hoyt Thomas ...

Ted Cash, 71: Funeral director comforted all

Since his first job as an apprentice in his uncle’s funeral home, Ted Cash knew he wanted to spend his career helping families through difficult times. For the next 54 years, he worked as an embalmer and funeral director at the Horis A. Ward Funeral Home and Fairview Memorial Gardens. ...

Herb Bridges, in 2001, holds a first edition book autographed by the author as he stands in front of his bookshelf, which holds many, many more.

Herb Bridges, 83: ‘GWTW’ collector enjoyed the chase

Before Herb Bridges became known for having the largest “Gone With the Wind” memorabilia collection, he purchased a 69 cent paperback copy of the screenplay in the early ’60s to prove a point. “It started with a friendly disagreement on what actress played the role of Belle Watling,” said his ...

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