OBITUARIES: DEATHS / FUNERALS

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/12/08

ATLANTA

HERSCHEL BOYD, 59, of Atlanta died June 2. Services will be announced; Murray Brothers Funeral Home.

FREDERICK CALHOUN, 87, of Atlanta died Monday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service will be announced; Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home.

GYONGYI ''GINGER" GOLDHAMMER, 101, of Atlanta died Monday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. Friday, Cedar Park Cemetery, Emerson, N.J.; Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care.

ADRIENNE McDADE, 88, of Atlanta died June 7. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Saint Paul of the Cross Church; Murray Brothers Funeral Home.

RICHARD McDEVITT, 81, of Louisville, formerly of Atlanta, died May 9. Memorial service to be announced; Highlands Funeral Home.

WILLIAM G. RICHARDS, 84, of Atlanta died Wednesday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Friday, Ellaville Cemetery; Watson-Giddens Funeral Home, Montezuma.

ANTHONY YOUNG, 49, of Atlanta died June 6. Services to be announced; Community Funeral Home.

BARTOW COUNTY

MILDRED REAGAN SIMONEAU, 90, of Cartersville died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Owen Funeral Home.

CARROLL COUNTY

RICHARD MALCOLM CROOM, 75, of Villa Rica died Tuesday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Friday, Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel.

MARTHA OLENA McCULLERS, 82, of Carrollton died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, Almon Funeral Home.

COBB COUNTY

ANN HUDDLESTON COOK, 67, of Marietta died Sunday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 6 p.m. today, Floyd Road Baptist Church; Roy Davis Funeral Home.

JOHN "J.L." CUTHBERT, 75, of Marietta died June 7. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Friday, Zion Baptist Church; Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors.

JOEL B. HAMILTON, 90, of Marietta died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Mount Zion United Methodist Church; H.M. Patterson & Son, Canton Hill Chapel.

DEBRA JOAN PAYNE KIRBY, 52, of Kennesaw died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Greers Chapel Baptist Church; Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home.

GREG PARKER, 60, of Marietta died Monday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Eastside Baptist Church; H.M. Patterson & Son, Canton Hill Chapel.

OLIVER THOMPSON RHODES, 80, of Marietta died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service will be announced; Cremation Society of the South.

MICHAEL E. WATKINS, 57, of Kennesaw died June 6. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Friday, Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home & Crematory.

DeKALB COUNTY

BRENDA LEE HAMILTON, 51, of Decatur died June 2. Memorial service will be announced; Premier Crematory LLC.

ERIC JOHNSON, 44, of Fredericktown, Mo., formerly of Doraville died Sunday. Services to be announced; Flanigan Funeral Home.

MIREILLE PAUL, 62, of Lithonia died Sunday. Funeral to be announced; Brown and Young Home of Funerals.

DOUGLAS COUNTY

MELVIN HOWARD BRAGG, 59, of Douglasville died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Couch-Garner & Cole Funeral Home.

JODIE HAYNES, 78, of Douglasville died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Douglas Chapel.

BETTY ANNE SMITH McBURNETT, 71, of Douglasville died Wednesday. Services to be announced; Hightower's Memorial Chapel.

JAMES OWEN MOORE, 87, of Douglasville died Monday. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Friday, Almon Funeral Home.

DAVID OMER SPENCE SR., 57, of Douglasville died Monday. Memorial service, 4 p.m. today, Couch-Garner & Cole Funeral Home.

MALLISSIE STEPHENS, 79, of Douglasville died Wednesday. Graveside service, 11:30 a.m. Friday, Flippen United Methodist Church Cemetery; Rosehaven Funeral Home.

FULTON COUNTY

MARY JOSEPHINE BANIGAN, 84, of Alpharetta died Tuesday. Services will be announced; Roswell Funeral Home.

GWINNETT COUNTY

JOYCE R. CODY, 67, of Snellville died June 7. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Friday, Eternal Hills Memory Gardens; R.T. Patterson Funeral Home.

HALL COUNTY

BILLY RAY KEMS, 59, of Gainesville died Tuesday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery; Memorial Park Funeral Home.

HENRY COUNTY

ROGER BRUCE KELLEY, 61, of McDonough died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, McKoon Funeral Home.

DORA SANDLIN LANEY, 86, of Hampton died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Haisten Funeral Home.

TOMMY MADDOX, 55, of Stockbridge died June 6. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Friday, W.D. Lemon & Sons Funeral Home.

NEWTON COUNTY

GEORGE C. BUSBEE, 81, of Covington died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home.

PAULDING COUNTY

LISA ANN WHITE, 37, of Piedmont, Ala., formerly of Dallas died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home.

ROCKDALE COUNTY

AVIS R. DIMOCK, 86, of Conyers died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Henry Funeral Home.

CHARLES "CHUCK" SMITH, 72, of Conyers died Tuesday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Friday, Wheeler Funeral Home.

RONALD A. WHITMAN JR., 32, of Conyers died May 22. Memorial service, 11 a.m. today, Collins Funeral Home.

GEORGIA

BLANCHE A. ANDERS, 96, of Rome died Wednesday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Swain Memorial Park Cemetery, Bryson City, N.C.; Owen Funeral Home; Crisp Funeral Home, Bryson City.

MICHAEL LEE BULLINGTON, 50, of Jacksonville, Ala., formerly of Cedartown died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home.

VIRGINIA B. EVANS, 81, of Waco died Tuesday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Hightower Funeral Home.

MELISSA RUTH LEPKOWSKI, 29, of Winder died Wednesday. Memorial service will be announced; Premier Crematory LLC.

GWEN PIKE, 65, of Hogansville died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home.

JOHNNIE H. SHANNON, 89, of Flovilla died Wednesday. Funeral to be announced; Lewis Sims & Son Funeral Home.

BILLY RAY "BILLY THE BARBER" SHAW, 72, of LaGrange died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, New Community Church; Striffler-Hamby Mortuary.

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