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Michelle E. Shaw

Michelle E. Shaw writes news and feature obituaries for the AJC. She's been with the paper since 2007 and has covered, cities, counties, education and business.

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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 ...

  • 4:10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
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Mary Angela Whyte

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 ...

  • 4:40 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013
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 ...

  • 3:54 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
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 ...

  • 1:29 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013
Nell Atkins Yaksh

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 ...

  • 4:08 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, 2013
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 ...

  • 3:18 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013
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 ...

  • Updated: 5:35 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2013
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 ...

  • Updated: 4:29 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013
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Paul Oliver played three seasons at defensive back at Georgia.

Ex-UGA football player Paul Oliver, 29, dies of apparent suicide

Paul Oliver, a football stand-out at Harrison High School and the University of Georgia who later played in the NFL, died Tuesday evening at a Marietta residence of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police officials said. He was 29.Cobb County police spokesman Mike Bowman confirmed the weapon was a handgun, but ...

  • Updated: 7:39 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2013
030411 - ATLANTA, GA — Don Hastings use to watch games at the old Atlanta Crackers Field on Ponce. (WILLIAM BERRY/AJC staff)

Donald M. Hastings Jr., 84:

It is nearing the end of September and the amateur green thumb is at a crossroad. What should I plant in the garden? Can I plant anything this late in the year? Is it time to seed the lawn? What about my shrubs? These are the kinds of questions Don ...

  • 5:11 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013
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