Mathew Lester
Jun 3, 2020
Mathew Shane Lester, age 37 of Covington, died June 3, 2020. He was born in Covington to Mike and Vicky Lester, and attended Newton County High School. Mathew enjoyed 'tinkering' with objects (taking things apart and reconstructing them), clowning around and making others laugh, and spending time with his family. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Mercer...
Clara Moore
May 28, 2020
Clara Mae Moore, 91, of Lithonia, died May 28, 2020. Born and raised in the town she loved, Clara Mae was a 1948 graduate of Lithonia High School. A homemaker, she made many garments for family and friends along with a quilt for each of her grandchildren. She was a life-long member of Union Grove Baptist Church and took great...
James Austin
May 28, 2020
James R. "Russ" Austin of Loganville, Georgia passed away on May 27, 2020. He is survived by his wife, of 28 1/2 yrs., Joi Austin; three children, James R. Austin, Jr., Jonathan R. Austin and Jenna L. Austin; father, James M. Austin, Jr.; brother, Randy M. Austin; niece, Nicole Lassitter; great niece, Karah Lassitter; and two great nephews, Logan Lassitter...
Howard Hallford
May 24, 2020
Howard Mitchell "Mitch" Hallford passed away May 24, 2020. He was born April 21, 1959 in Seneca, South Carolina. Mitch was the son of Tom and Wynette Hallford. Also surviving are his brother and sister-in-law, Jeff and Sandra Hallford. Mitch grew up in Toccoa, Georgia, but spent most of his adult life in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and later in Atlanta....
James Lee
May 18, 2020
James Daniel (Dan) Lee, age 80, of Hampton, died May 18, 2020. He was a member of Berachah Bible Church; served his country honorably in the United States Army; and received a Master's Degree in Education from Pensacola Christian College. He taught school for many years at Colonial Hills and Clayton Christian Schools, teaching Bible and History and coaching basketball,...
Hazel Collins
May 16, 2020
Hazel W. Collins, age 96, of Monroe, died May 16, 2020. She was born October 21, 1923 to Thomas Olin Collins and Jessie Mae Beall Collins. Hazel was a professional office worker with Sinclair and enjoyed her service in the banking industry during her lifetime. But her most important job was that of caring for her family whom she loved...
Ellen Ray
May 10, 2020
Ellen Dolories Ellis Ray, age 91, of Atlanta, Georgia died peacefully in her sleep on May 10, 2020, at Delmar Gardens in Smyrna, Georgia. Ms. Ray was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 29, 1928. She was preceded in death by her sons, Wayne Ray and Wendell Ray and grandson, Christopher Blackmon. Surviving are her daughters, Donna Ray, of Smyrna,...
Sarah Urquhart
May 5, 2020
Sarah Nell Urquhart, age 88, of Lithonia, died May 5, 2020. She was born in Clio, Alabama to Tullis and Bertha Hagler Cox. Sarah was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and enjoyed gardening, listening to country music and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Bill Jones
May 4, 2020
William Addison (Bill) Jones, age 89, of Lithonia, died May 5, 2020. Born in Lithonia, to Wallace Mercer and Martha Veal Jones, he was a graduate of Lithonia High School, class of 1948. Bill served his country honorably in the United States Navy and retired from Lockheed after 42 years of service. He enjoyed music, playing the guitar with various...
Marye Lankford
Apr 27, 2020
Michele Epps Lankford, age 56, of Stone Mountain, died April 27, 2020. Surviving are her husband, Rob; daughters, Marye Abdulla of Memphis,TN, Amanda Lindsey of Clarkston, Chassy Beebe of Mt Vernon, IN; sisters, Monique Brooks of Tower Hill, KY, Melissa Cox of Owensboro, KY; brother, Andy Marable of Bishop, GA; 10 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Services will...
Henry Fargason
Apr 15, 2020
Henry C. (Hank) Fargason, of Lithonia, was born September 8, 1926 and passed away April 15, 2020. He served his country honorably in the United States Army, was a Charter Member and Deacon of Bouldercrest Baptist Church, and a retiree of Gulf Oil Corporation after 35 1/2 years of dedicated service. Hank was preceded in death by wives, Virginia Brown...
Mary Henderson
Apr 3, 2020
Celebration of Life Funeral services for Mary Ella Henderson, 88, will be held Friday, April 10, 2020 at the Morrison Funeral Home in Butler, New Jersey. The burial will follow the funeral services at Mount Holiness Memorial Park; also located in Butler, New Jersey. Mary entered eternal rest on Friday, April 3, 2020 in Lithonia, Georgia. She was born July...
Christopher Croley
Apr 1, 2020
Christopher James Croley, age 67, of Monroe, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Born in Atlanta to Ester and Kitty Croley, Chris grew up in Lithonia, where he was the valedictorian for the 1971 graduating class of Lithonia High School and attended DeKalb College and the University of Georgia. Chris taught math at Atlanta Tech for 2 years, worked for many...
Donald Farmer
Mar 28, 2020
Donald Lee Farmer, age 62, of Covington, died March 28, 2020. He was born in Conyers, to Herbert Guy and Vivian Jenean Farmer, and was a graduate of Rockdale County High School and a member of Philadelphia United Methodist Church of Conyers. Don was a painter for all of his working years. He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing and watching football...
David Bhasker
Mar 25, 2020
David Selwin Bhasker, age 63, died Wednesday, March 25, 2020. He received a BA degree in Journalism and was a systems manager at the Deccan Herald Newspaper in Bangalore, Karnataka, for 29 years. Selwin was a hard worker; kind hearted; always helpful to others; sacrificial in his love for his daughters and wife; supported his wife in all of her...
Willie Howell
Mar 24, 2020
Willie C. Howell, Jr., age 84, of Lithonia, died at his home on March 24, 2020. A graduate of Lithonia High School, he proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He was a self-employed painter for over 40 years. Willie had a great sense of humor and enjoyed hunting, fishing, spending time in the mountains, listening to blue...
Brenda Hall
Mar 23, 2020
Brenda Jean Leftwich Hall, age 77, died March 23, 2020, at her home in Conyers. Born November 19, 1942, in Lithonia, Georgia to Raymond Lamar (RL) and Ollie Mae Leftwich, and attended Lithonia High School. She then married John Wesley Hall, Sr. on June 14, 1958, and as housewife and mother, traveled the world with the love of her life...
Ricky Staples
Mar 21, 2020
Ricky Jack Staples was born on April 3, 1954, in Stockbridge, Georgia, and died March 21, 2020, at his home in Lithonia, Georgia. He enjoyed watching old westerns, camping, gardening, fishing, cutting wood, working in his yard (which was beautiful and bountiful) and just being outdoors. Ricky loved spending time with his wife, kids and grandkids. He was an auto...
Bobby Ragsdale
Mar 16, 2020
Bobby A. Ragsdale, age 86, of Conyers, died Monday, March 16, 2020. Born in Lithonia to Ora Mel and Ernest Ragsdale, he was a graduate of Lithonia High School, Class of 1952 and worked for Atlanta Gas Light Company for many years. Bobby loved the outdoors (fishing and hunting) and always had a good garden. He enjoyed spending time with...
Ben Sparks
Mar 5, 2020
Ben Ike Sparks, Sr., age 56, of Lithonia, died March 5, 2020. Born in Elberton, Georgia, to Sara and A. L. Sparks, Sr., the family later moved to Lithonia, where he attended Lithonia High School. Ben loved baseball and played for many years at Rock Chapel Park where he made the all-star team. He also loved music; playing his guitar;...
