Obituaries

The Rev. Malone Dodson headed Roswell United Methodist Church for decades, growing the church as the community grew into a burgeoning Atlanta surburb. Dodson died this month from COVID-19. (ALICIA HANSEN/STAFF)

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Rev. Malone Dodson, key figure for Georgia Methodists, dies at 85

Chester Bailey helped retrieve bodies of dead sailors from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the Japanese attacked it in 1941.

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Chester Bailey, decorated Georgia sailor, dies at 101

R. Charles Loudermilk, founded Aaron Rents which he grew into a juggernaut business in Atlanta. He was a also a key philanthropist in Georgia. Loudermilk died this week. Photo by Rich Mahan.

Charles Loudermilk, Atlanta businessman and philanthropist, dies at 95

Former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter and editor Chet Fuller on assignment in the mid-1970s. Throughout the 1970s, he was a general assignment, then investigative reporter, becoming assistant city editor in 1978. In 1979 Fuller won a Green Eyeshade Award for “A Black Man’s Diary,” a 10-part series based on three months of traveling the South as an unemployed Black man looking for work.

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Chet Fuller, pioneering Black journalist in Atlanta, dies at 72

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The Rev. Charles A. Sineath, former pastor of Marietta First United Methodist Church and, later, founder of the nondenominational Wesleyan Fellowship (which later became RiverStone Church). He was a longtime preacher at the Marietta Campmeetings. Sineath died at 83.

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Metro Atlanta pastor Charles Sineath dies at 83: Preaching was his passion

Taurean Blacque, well-known for his roles in TV, film and on stage, lived in Atlanta. He died last week. AJC Photo/Eric Williams).

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Taurean Blacque, Atlanta actor, dies at 82

Michael D. Harris was a scholar of art and African American studies, a curator, a studio artist, and an influential writer. Photo: courtesy Michael D. Harris

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Michael Harris, scholar, creator, inspired with his research, artwork

Republican state Sen. Mike Crotts in 2004. His death at age 75 was publicly announced by Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AJC file photo / Ben Gray)

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Former state Sen. Mike Crotts dies at 75

Braves public address announcer Casey Motter looks over his notes before the Braves' home opener in April 2007. Motter, whose first season was 2007, died Wednesday, the team announced Thursday. (Johnny Crawford / AJC file)

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Braves public address announcer Casey Motter dies

Clay White encouraged and taught his Atlanta students with conditions such as dyslexia and ADHD to take responsiblities for improving their lives. Parents have written that he helped save their childrens' lives.

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Clay White, helped a generation of Atlanta children, dies at 68

In 2010, developer Hal Barry stood over a mockup of the Allen Plaza project which he was developing downtown. Barry helped shape metro Atlanta development and mentored a number of developers who continue shaping the region. Barry died May 31.
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Hal Barry, developer who shaped Atlanta skyline and other developers, dies at 82

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Jeremy Williams, Greenville football coach with ALS, dies at age 50

Sam Massell sits in his office at Tower Place 100 in Atlanta on February 13, 2020. After 30 years leading the Buckhead Coalition, the former Atlanta mayor was off to other adventures. (Photo: Rebecca Wright for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sam Massell, former Atlanta mayor, dies at 94

Emilio Delgado, a familiar presence on 'Sesame Street' for 45 years, dead at 81

Emilio Delgado, a familiar presence on 'Sesame Street' for 45 years, dead at 81

Sister Marie Sullivan was a key driver in providing services to the homeless people in Atlanta.
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Sister Marie Sullivan, a noted worker for Atlanta’s homeless, dies at 90

Booker Izell championed diversity in Atlanta business and shaped a generation of Black journalists. (JOEY IVANSCO/AJC staff)

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Booker Izell dies at 82: championed diversity, shaped Black Atlanta journalists

Boyd, a writer and professor of writing, was a native of Atlanta who studied as an undergraduate at Northwestern University and received a master's degree in creative nonfiction writing from Goucher College.

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Valerie Boyd, acclaimed Zora Neale Hurston biographer, dies at 58

Valerie Boyd, who wrote a highly regarded biography of Zora Neale Hurston and editor of an upcoming collection of author Alice Walker's journals, has died at age 58.

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Photos: Remembering Valerie Boyd, author and former AJC arts editor

Palmer Singleton, shown here in 2008 with his ever present pipe, was a lawyer with the Southern Center for Human Rights and a man who rescued so many Alaskan malamutes he had to get a kennel license for his Atlanta home. (Photo courtesy of Lauren Sudeall.)

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Dent 'Wildman' Myers at 70 years old. The owner of a Civil War relic shop was a flamboyant and controversial fixture in downtown Kennesaw. (KATIE KING/Staff)

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Dent Myers, purveyor of Old South, dies at 90

Dick Williams in 2004 in London with a newspaper, a medium he always loved. Williams was a fixture in Atlanta journalism for decades. CONTRIBUTED

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Atlanta journalist Dick Williams dies at 77

Cal Merrell, otherwise known as "The Happy Preacher" and whose last name was sometimes spelled Murrell by others, shouts out during during the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church where King preached, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Tributes pour in for Atlanta’s ‘The Happy Preacher’

Jon Kincaid, in WREK T-shirt, with friends in downtown Atlanta. Kincaid befriended Georgia bands and promoted their music on his weekly show.

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Jon Kincaid, deejay who rocked Atlanta, dies at 57

Bradley Currey Jr., as Chair of the Board at Emory University in 1997. Currey was successful in business and helped make institutions in the city successful through his donations and guidance. (AJC Staff Photo/Renee Hannans)

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Brad Currey, guided Atlanta business and arts institutions, dies at 91

Coach Dan Reeves calls plays for the Atlanta Falcons in a return to face his old team, the New York Giants, in East Rutherford, N.J., Nov. 9, 2003. Reeves, a former Dallas Cowboys halfback who coached teams to four Super Bowls — losing all four — died on at home in Atlanta on Jan. 1, 2022. He was 77. (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times)

Memorial service for Dan Reeves to be held Friday

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Clarence Morgan leaves a legacy of compassion in Effingham County

Musicians Banks and Shane perform “God Bless America” beside a portrait of U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson during his funeral Thursday at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Georgia’s Johnny Isakson remembered as voice of civility in politics

Dan Reeves speaks to reporters during a news conference in Atlanta Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997, after being named the new head coach and vice-president of football operations for the Atlanta Falcons.

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Former Falcons coach Dan Reeves dies at 77

Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, 76, died Sunday morning, Dec. 19, 2021, according to his family. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Funeral plans set for former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson

Robbie Roper, a star quarterback who led Roswell to a top-10 state ranking this past season, has died, his family announced Dec. 22. Roswell coach Chris Prewett told the AJC that Roper, 18, was hospitalized Sunday in Gainesville, Fla., for complications following routine surgery. -- Text by Todd Holcomb, for the AJC

Robbie Roper’s impact shown in an outpouring of social media tributes

Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson acknowledges applause as he is honored during a joint session of the Georgia Legislature on Jan. 16, 2020. Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com

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Johnny Isakson, 76, Georgia politician respected by both sides, dies

Former Hawks executive and part-owner Michael Gearon Sr. (Family photo)

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Remembering the life of former Hawks GM, part-owner Michael Gearon Sr.

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