Mary Kay Humphress, 88, English teacher at Tucker High School

Mary Kay Humphress, 88, a retired teacher at Tucker High School in DeKalb County, died Saturday, June 11.

Born in the coal mine camp of Fork Ridge, Tenn. and raised in Middlesboro, Ky., Mary Catherine Campbell Humphress and her now late husband settled in Atlanta, where she remained until moving to Greenville., S.C., in 2010.

She taught English at Tucker High School, where she developed the Gifted and Talented program that was eventally adopted by DeKalb County Schools for all its high schools.

Read her full obituary | Read and sign the online guestbook for Mary Kay Humphress

Larry Tamblyn, 1960s rock ‘n’ roller and garage rock icon, dies in Newnan

Sylvia Kelley was an early advocate for women’s rights

D.A. King, outspoken Georgia immigration activist, dies

Featured

Credit: Jenni Girtman

Mass layoffs underway at Atlanta-based CDC

Public health experts say the CDC cuts could represent generational damage to health research and the elimination of infectious diseases.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank discusses his hourlong phone call with Kirk Cousins

“I had a long and impactful conversation with him,” the Atlanta Falcons owner said at the NFL annual meeting on Tuesday.

Atlanta rapper Young Scooter died after cutting leg on wood fence, medical examiner says

New details still have investigators asking questions about the death of the rapper, who police say died after falling while running from officers responding to a 911 call.