Obituaries
Obituaries

Sheats, Tommy

July 26, 2024

SHEATS, Tommy

Age 84, of Fairburn, GA, passed July 11, 2024. Funeral Service Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 3 PM in our chapel. Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel.

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Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home - West End Chapel

1003 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd

Atlanta, GA

30310

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