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...
Stephen Ferguson
Apr 24, 2022
Stephen Marshall Ferguson, age 66, of Conyers, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 24, 2022. He was born May 5, 1955, in Columbus, Mississippi to James Lloyd Ferguson and Annie Vaughn Ferguson. Stephen was an accomplished keyboard musician as a young man and a master electrician. He was preceded in death by both parents. Stephen is survived by his wife,...
Russell Paschal
Apr 10, 2022
Russell Franklin Paschal, age 89, of Conyers died April 10, 2022. Born in Atlanta to William and Mary Paschal, he was a graduate of Brown High School class of 1950. Russell served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War. He retired from Southern Bell after 38 1/2 years where he served as a safety manager....
David Conner
Apr 8, 2022
David Bruce Conner, age 42, of Conyers, died April 8, 2022. Preceded in death by his mother, Cynthia; he is survived by his father and step-mother, Charles and Tammie Conner, of Conyers; brothers, Brian and Bennie Conner, both of Conyers, and Jonthan Conner of Maysville; sister, Brittany Mahaffey of Conyers; several nieces and nephews. A service will be held 11...
Edwin Barkley
Apr 7, 2022
Edwin Arther Barkley, age 89, of Conyers, died April 7, 2022. He was born in Collinsville, Alabama to William and Nellie Barkley. After serving his country honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War, he returned and finished high school. He was a good husband, father, and grandfather, who loved the Lord, reading his Bible and was a...
Mercer Cleland
Apr 1, 2022
Mercer Thomas Cleland, Jr., age 75, of Lithonia, died April 1, 2022. Born in Atlanta to Lillian and Rev. Mercer Cleland, Sr., he was a graduate of Lithonia High School class of '64 and received his Associates Degree from DeKalb College. Mercer served his country honorably in the United States Navy from 1968-1972. He worked for AT&T for 27 years...
Geraldine Fisher
Mar 30, 2022
Geraldine 'Jerry' Addell Fisher, age 91, of Conyers, died March 30, 2022. She was employed by Georgia Pacific as a bookkeeper for many years. Jerry was a member of the Presbyterian Church of the Resurrection in Conyers for almost 50 years. She was greatly involved in its many ministries, serving as an elder, Circle 3 member, choir member, and headed...
Timothy Stephens
Mar 23, 2022
Timothy D. Stephens, age 60, of Albany, Georgia, formerly of Conyers, died March 23, 2022 after an extened illness. Tim was preceded in death by his father and mother, John "Sonny" Stephens and Marie Moon Stephens; maternal grandparents, Charlie Moon and Noni Henry Moon. Surviving are his son, Travis Stephens of Erwin, NC; brothers, Mark Stephens of Conyers and Mike...
Jane Johnson
Mar 17, 2022
Martha Jane Johnson, age 73, of Athens, died March 17, 2022. Born in Atlanta to Conley William and Lillian Pounds Johnson, she grew up in Redan, where she attended Redan United Methodist Church. Jane was a graduate of Lithonia High School, class of 1966, and then received her associate degree from Georgia Southwestern. She worked for many years as a...
Samuel Mccook
Mar 10, 2022
Samuel Dixon McCook, Jr., age 90, of Milledgeville, formerly of Lithonia, died March 10, 2022. Born in Lithonia, Georgia, to Cora Belle Reagin McCook and Samuel Dixon McCook, Sr., he was raised in Lithonia and was a graduate of Lithonia High School, class of 1950. Sam served his country honorably in the United States Marine Corps, took pride in being...
