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Deaths and funerals

By From metro funeral homes
Oct 18, 2013

ATLANTA

Sylvia Sneed Norris, 65, died Tuesday. Funeral, 10 a.m. today, Watts Funeral Home, Union Point.

Josephine D. Turner, 79, died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, First Gethsemane Baptist Church, Decatur. Wise Funeral Home.

CARROLL COUNTY

Donald Edward "Pop" Gibson, 80, of Whitesburg died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel, Carrollton.

CHEROKEE COUNTY

Phillip Martin, 43, of Canton died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Old Damascus Baptist Church, Ball Ground. Sosebee Funeral Home, Canton.

CLAYTON COUNTY

Randy C. Dewberry, 66, of Riverdale died Thursday. No service is planned. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home, Jonesboro.

Collette Rigo, 83, of Jonesboro died Wednesday. No service is planned. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home.

COBB COUNTY

Earl William Autry Sr., 88, of Kennesaw died Thursday. Funeral service, 10 a.m. today, Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home, Woodstock.

Jessie Lee "Tight Eye" Odum, 73, of Marietta died Oct. 7. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Wright St. Baptist Church. Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors.

Flora Nell Williams, 93, of Marietta died Wednesday. Graveside service, 10 a.m. today, Georgia Memorial Park, Marietta. Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home, Powder Springs.

COWETA COUNTY

Rosemary McGlenn, 84, of Newnan died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Abundant Life Faith Center. McKoon Funeral Home.

Eunice Wingate Seay, 92, of Newnan died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, McKoon Funeral Home.

Frances Katherine Thompson, 76, of Newnan died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, McKoon Funeral Home.

DeKALB COUNTY

Sharon L. Burke, 65, of Lithonia died Oct. 12. Funeral, noon Sunday, Divine Mortuary.

Larkland Lawrence, 65, of Lithonia died Oct. 6. Memorial service, 2 p.m. today, Divine Mortuary.

FORSYTH COUNTY

Mildred Bailey, 79, of Cumming died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oak Grove Baptist Church. Ingram Funeral Home.

Beverly Green Kates, 68, of Cumming died Wednesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.

James Joel Poss, 82, of Cumming died Thursday. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Cumming Baptist Church. McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

FULTON COUNTY

Charles L. Carnes, 86, of Sandy Springs died Oct. 14. Funeral, 1 p.m. Monday, H.M. Patterson and Son Spring Hill, Atlanta.

GWINNETT COUNTY

Phillip "Phil" Bursi, 59, of Buford died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, East Lanier Community Church. Flanigan Funeral Home.

Robert Edward Flowers, 77, of Lilburn died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Bill Head Funeral Home, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel.

Denise Johnson Gwin, 55, of Nesbit, Miss. and formerly of Lawrenceville died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Lebanon Baptist Church, Lawrenceville. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service.

Ohnew Lee, 3, daughter of Jae Wee Lee and Hyunmi Lim of Suwanee died Oct. 14. Funeral, 7 p.m. Monday, Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors, Marietta.

Frances Rich Maddox, 81, of Loganville died Thursday. Private service to be held. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Snellville.

Ricky E. McDaniel, 52, of Buford died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Old Suwanee Baptist Church. Flanigan Funeral Home.

HALL COUNTY

Cathy Ann "Cat" Carnes Vick, 54, of Clermont died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Park Funeral Home, Gainesville.

HENRY COUNTY

Ronald D. McCormick, 70, of Stockbridge died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Guiding Light Baptist Church, Jonesboro. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home, Jonesboro.

Laurenze Pittman, 83, of Locust Grove died Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, Haisten Funeral Home, McDonough.

NEWTON COUNTY

James Curtis "Jim" Reynolds, 64, of Covington died Oct. 15. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Monday, Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church, Conyers. Wheeler Funeral Home, Covington.

PAULDING COUNTY

Mark David Vest, 51, of Dallas died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Sam Clark Funeral Home, Hiram.

ROCKDALE COUNTY

Henry Lawrence Rooks, 81, of Conyers died Friday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Monday, Scot Ward Funeral Services at Green Meadow Memorial Gardens.

WALTON COUNTY

Ruth Baker Berrong, 93, of Monroe died Thursday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, McCommons Funeral Home, Greensboro.

Joseph C. Long, 65, of Monroe died Wednesday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. today, Meadows Funeral Home.

GEORGIA

Edward "Tony" Bonds, 53, of Commerce died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Ivie Funeral Home.

Horace Lee Eavenson, 83, of Elberton died Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, Berry Funeral Home.

Helen Madrine Foster, 76, of Dawsonville died Tuesday. Private service to be held. SouthCare Cremation and Funeral Society, Marietta.

Penny Sue Stinson Jones, 60, of Resaca died Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, Ponders Funeral Home, Dalton.

Fred A. Lankford, 52, of Bowman died Wednesday. Memorial service, 3 p.m. today, Canon Church of God. Hicks Funeral Home, Elberton.

John Crawford McGee, 74, of Bowman died Friday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. Sunday, Franklin Memorial Gardens South, Royston. Pruitt Funeral Home, Royston.

Carolyn S. McWhorter, 77, of Elberton died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Hicks Funeral Home.

Larry A. Pennamon, 56, of Tuscon, Ariz., and formerly of Monticello, died Oct. 11. Funeral, 1 p.m. Nov. 19, St. James AME Church, Monticello. Smith and Sons Funeral Home, Monticello.

Mary Alice Walraven, 89, of Bishop died Friday. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church of Social Circle. Henry Funeral Home, Social Circle.

Terrell Megginson "Terry" Walton, 51, of Cornelia died Thursday. Funeral, 4 p.m. today, First Baptist Church, Cornelia. Whitfield Funeral Home North Chapel, Demorest.

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