Richard Bryan
Jul 3, 2022
Richard Lamar (Ricky) Bryan, age 63, of Covington passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022. He was born in Conyers and raised in Lithonia to Denton and Clara Bryan and graduated from Lithonia High School, class of '77. Ricky worked as an aircraft mechanic for several years with Epps Air Service and in recent years worked in the construction and home...
Edwin Dailey
Jun 24, 2022
Edwin Hugh Dailey, age 98 of Stockbridge, formerly of Lithonia, died Friday, June 24, 2022. Born in Fairburn, Georgia, to Hugh and Annie Dailey, he was a graduate of Campbell High School class of '41. Ed served his country honorably in the United States Navy during WWII. He retired from Rutherford Equipment Company as a buyer when he was 78...
Eric Mitchell
Jun 22, 2022
Eric John Mitchell, age 32 of Covington, died June 22, 2022. Born in Atlanta to Mike and Lisa Mitchell, he grew up in Covington and attended Alcovy High School. Eric was a true outdoorsman. Fishing (especially trout fishing) and hunting were his favorite past times. He also enjoyed camping, riding dirt bikes and four wheelers. Eric was preceded in death...
Linda Dunning
Jun 18, 2022
Linda Hicks Dunning age 73, of Social Circle, died June 18, 2022. She was born in Lithonia, Georgia, to Ruby and Willliam Henry Hicks and was a graduate of Lithonia High School, class of '67. Linda was a bus driver for the DeKalb School System for 29 years. She loved driving for many field trips and for the Stone Mountain...
Joel Abbott
Jun 18, 2022
Joel Lee Abbott, age 64 of Conyers, died June 18, 2022. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Joseph Arthur and Ollie Jean Abbott, he was a graduate of Rockdale High School, class of '77. Joey was a warehouse foreman for Lehigh Technologies. He loved music and was in a band in his younger days; enjoyed cars; camping; wood working; and fishing....
Charles Taylor
Jun 17, 2022
Charles Edward "Eddie" Taylor, age 76, of Covington died June 17, 2022. Born in Atlanta to Edward and Frances Taylor, he grew up in Lithonia and was a graduate of Lithonia High School, class of '64. Eddie worked for AT&T in the quality control department for forty years before retirement. He enjoyed camping; going to GA Bulldogs football games; his...
Mary Watson
Jun 17, 2022
Mary Watson, age 101 of Charleston, South Carolina, formerly of Conyers, died June 17, 2022. Surviving are her grandchildren, Vickie Glenn, Samuel Heath and Judy Eakin. A graveside service will be held 12 o'clock, noon, Wednesday, June 22nd, at Way of the Cross Baptist Church Cemetery, 646 Sigman Road NW, Conyers, GA 30012, with Rev. Billy Coleman officiating.
Tommy Forrester
Jun 12, 2022
Burlleen "Tommy" Payne Forrester, age 83, of Lithonia died Sunday, June 12, 2022. Born in Murrayville, Georgia, to Burl and Idell Payne, she was a graduate of Lithonia High School class of '56. Tommy worked as a receptionist for Dr. David Phelps for 30 years. She enjoyed cooking, shopping, spending time with her family, and playing the piano when she...
Darin Carter
Jun 11, 2022
Darin Carter, age 48, of Monroe, died June 11, 2022. He was a student of Lithonia High School but graduated from Faith Academy in 1992. After graduation, he attended trade school and became a HVAC mechanic and was a member of Local #72 for 30 years. Darin loved fishing, hunting, watching the Georgia Bulldogs play, but most of all he...
Annette Chupp
May 29, 2022
Lillie Annette Fields Chupp, age 87, of Conyers, died May 29, 2022. Born in Decatur to Waymon and Ethel Fields, she was the youngest child of eight children. Annette was a graduate of Avondale High School, class of '53. A loving mother of five children, Greg, Gina, Linda, Brenda, and Jerry, she was a great cook (known for her fried...
Ellen Kelley
May 25, 2022
Frances Ellen Wesley Kelley, age 95, died May 25, 2022. A true Southern Belle, she was born and raised in Lithonia to Mary Ethel Coppedge Wesley and Henry David Wesley. She was a graduate of Lithonia High School class of 1944. Ellen married Larry Kelley and together they raised two children, Nancey and David. She was a secretary and receptionist...
Vera Corbett
May 23, 2022
Vera Ellen Farr Corbett, age 87, of Lithonia, died May 23, 2022. Sis, as she was known to her family, was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, worked with her father on their dairy farm, and attended Peabody Elementary & High School. She learned to drive their truck at age 12, accepted the Lord as a 16 year old young lady in...
David Clay
May 21, 2022
David Jefferson Clay, 74, longtime resident of Snellville, GA, died peacefully in Athens, GA on May 21, 2022, surrounded by his family. David was born in Atlanta on January 17, 1948 to Otis Jefferson and Elizabeth (Cooper) Clay. He grew up in Atlanta and attended Gordon High School. At Gordon, he played football, was active in the Key Club, and...
Donald Adams
May 18, 2022
Donald (Donny) Eugene Adams, age 74, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2022 after battling a long-term illness. Donny was a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army's elite 82nd Airborne Artillery Division who served in the Vietnam War and earned the Vietnam Service medal, the National Defense medal, the Army Commendation medal, and was presented with the Bronze Star medal...
Claude Fisher
May 16, 2022
Claude Barry Fisher, age 78, of Good Hope, died May 16, 2022. He was born in Waynesville, NC, to William and Annie Fisher. After graduating from high school, he served his country honorably in the United States Navy. Claude worked as a police officer in Anderson, SC before moving to Georgia where he met and married Barbara Blackwell. They attended...
Lane Prince
May 15, 2022
Lane Garner Prince, of Conyers, died May 15, 2022. She was a graduate of Lithonia High School, class of 1973. Lane was a long time member of Redan First Baptist Church and a current member of The Church at Stanton Springs, a sister church of Rockdale Baptist. Her church was important to her and even after she was unable to...
Jacqueline Colquitt
May 11, 2022
Jacqueline W. Colquitt, age 99, of Lithonia, died May 11, 2022. She retired as secretary at Murphy Chandler Elementary School and was a member of Lithonia First United Methodist Church. Jacqueline was preceded in death by her husband of over 40 years, Julian Colquitt; and parents, Edmond and Flossie Whitehead. Surviving are her son Jute Colquitt and his wife, Dee,...
Allene Burdette
May 8, 2022
Allene Pless Burdette, age 97, of Lawrenceville, formerly of Conyers, died May 8, 2022. She was born in Cornelia, Georgia, to Emory and LaVelza Pless. Allene and her family moved to Atlanta when she was three years old where she grew up, graduated from Commercial High School, and married the love of her life, Joe Burdette. Allene played an active...
Jesse White
May 7, 2022
Jesse David White, age 68, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Covington, Georgia, died May 7, 2022, at his residence. Born in Atlanta, GA to Kathleen and Carl White, he grew up in DeKalb County and was a graduate of Walker High School. Jesse met his future wife, Libby, at Cherokee Baptist Church, where they were toddlers in the nursery. He...
Pauline Anderson
Apr 30, 2022
Pauline Chapman Anderson, age 103, of Conyers, died April 30, 2022. Born in Dahlonega, Georgia, on April 13, 1919, to Floyd and Harriet Chapman. She retired from Dart Container Corporation and attended Bethel Christian Church, Conyers. Preceded in death by her parents; husband of 48 years, Paul Anderson; son, Jack Anderson; and grandsons, Terry Gray and Kenneth Bowen. She is...
