Deaths & Funerals

Vivian Hall Merkerson, 73, died Sunday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Hanley-Shelton, Marietta.

Willie Brown Moss, 66, died Monday. The body was cremated. Private memorial service will be held. West Georgia Crematory, Austell.

Hin Ting Mui, 85, died Monday. Funeral, 9 a.m. Saturday, Lee's Funeral Home, Decatur.

Sturm Carson Pearce, 86, died Saturday. The body will be cremated. Private service will be held. Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.

Anthony Richard Pelosi, 42, died Wednesday. The body will be cremated. Private service will be held. Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.

Franklin Pierce, 21, died June 2. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Chapel of Christian Love Baptist Church; Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, West End Chapel.Bartow County

Carol Mae DeBecker, 82, of Cartersville died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 10 a.m. today, Savior of All Lutheran Church; Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.

Tinnie Mae Tidwell Patterson, 87, of Adairsville died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Barton Funeral Home.Carroll County

Horace Carden, 88, of Carrollton died Wednesday. Funeral, 4 p.m. today, Carrollton First United Methodist Church; Almon Funeral Home.

Alton J. "Al" Collins, 78, of Carrollton died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel.

Yvonne D. Miller Merrell, 52, of Villa Rica died Wednesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa Rica.Cherokee County

Robert L. Cochran, 76, of Canton died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hopewell Baptist Church; South Canton Funeral Home.Clayton County

Melissa Dawn Broce, 41, of Rex died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. Private service is planned. Cremation Society of the South at Eagle's Landing.

Thomas Carroll McBrayer, 82, of Jonesboro died June 3. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Jonesboro First United Methodist Church; Cremation Society of the South at Eagle's Landing.Cobb County

Paula Ann Borglum, 66, of Kennesaw died Wednesday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Chapel of Prayer at Lake Acworth; Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.

Samuel "Curtis" Cantrell, 46, of Acworth died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Collins Funeral Home.

Charles Elsberry, 86, of Marietta died Wednesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Carmichael Funeral Home, Marietta.

James W. "Buddy" Findley, 74, of Smyrna died Saturday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 2 p.m. today, Almon Funeral Home.

Thomas Carlton Law, 47, of Marietta died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, Holy Family Catholic Church; H.M. Patterson & Son, Canton Hill.

Darwin Lee Martinez, 43, of Powder Springs died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, West Cobb Funeral Home.

Robert Reumann, 90, of Marietta died Tuesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 7 p.m. June 16, East Cobb Presbyterian Church; Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.

Henrietta Roush, 91, of Marietta died June 4. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 1 p.m. today, St. Joseph Catholic Church; Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.Coweta County

Edwin Reifschneider, 66, of Newnan died May 17. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 10 a.m. June 20, Abundant Life Church, Newnan; Cremation Society of the South at Eagle's Landing.DeKalb County

Jessie Dean, 74, of Stone Mountain died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Fairfield Baptist Church; Divine Mortuary.

William Dillman, 93, of Lithonia died Wednesday. Funeral, 10 a.m. Monday, Salem Congregational Church, Scottsbluff, Neb.; Henry Funeral Home.

Ronald Sylvan Sanborn, 76, of Stone Mountain died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel. Douglas County

Taelor Hunt, 37, of Douglasville died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Victory Baptist Church; Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Douglas Chapel.Forsyth County

Kimberly Noel Laughinghouse Carter, 42, of Cumming died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

Ruth Bell Orr Stowe, 87, of Cumming died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Ingram Funeral Home.Fulton County

Richard Dean, 92, of Roswell died Thursday. The body was cremated. No services planned. Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

John Fredrick Kestner, 85, of Alpharetta died Monday. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. today, St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Allan George Sherry, 89, of Roswell died Tuesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. today, Roswell Funeral Home.

Charles Jay Spell III, 59, of College Park died Wednesday. Memorial service, 7 p.m. today, Carmichael-Hemperley, East Point.Gwinnett County

Roy C. Hendrix, 80, of Dacula died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Saturday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Snellville.

Jewell W. Jones, 83, of Suwanee died Wednesday. Funeral 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

Sabrina Samara-Lynn Stanek, 25, of Lawrenceville died Sunday. Funeral, 9 a.m. Saturday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

Robert Arnold Tucker, 68, of Buford died Saturday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville.Hall County

Eula Davis Adamson, 90, of Lula died Sunday. Memorial service, 2:30 p.m. today, Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Cornelia.

Kevin Michael Jenrette, 37, of Lula died June 4. Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday, Timber Ridge Baptist Church; Memorial Park Funeral Home.Henry County

Andy Gibbs, 50, of McDonough died Wednesday. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Monday, Stockbridge First United Methodist Church; Cannon-Cleveland Funeral Directors.

Helen Morris, 59, of Stockbridge died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Faith Baptist Church; Ford-Stewart Funeral Home.

Ival S. Taylor, 82, of Hampton died Wednesday. Memorial service, 3 p.m. today, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville.Newton County

Gussie Mae Beam Knight, 83, of Oxford died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Caldwell & Cowan.

James Paige, 78, of Covington died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Caldwell & Cowan.Paulding County

Ashton Evans Bass, 6, grandson of Phillip and Denise Bass of Dallas, died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday, Clark Funeral Home.Rockdale County

Ernest Dean "Tilley" Wilson, 82, of Conyers died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Horis A. Ward, Rockdale Chapel.Walton County

Lynn Armistead, 47, of Monroe died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Meadows Funeral Home.

Sylvester "C.R." Thomas, 71, of Social Circle died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Knox Chapel Missionary Baptist Church; Phillips Mortuary.

Mary E. Baldwin Whitlock, 81, of Monroe died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Good Hope Baptist Church; Young Funeral Home, Covington.Georgia

Bobby George Brooks, 49, of Buchanan died Tuesday. The body was cremated. Private service will be held. Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel.

Cathy Hulsey Powell Brown, 51, of Rockmart died Wednesday. Funeral, 4 p.m. Saturday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home.

Ernest Lionel "Butch" Bryant, 76, of Calhoun died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Max Brannon & Sons Funeral Home.

John Melvin Burnett, 86, of Bremen died Monday. Graveside service was Wednesday; Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel.

Mark Donald Daniels, 33, of Windsor, S.C., formerly of Cornelia, died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home.

Willie Mae Fulcher, 82, of Madison died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Lighthouse World Outreach Center; Meadows Funeral Home.

Juria Lee Giles, 77, of Sparta died Sunday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Union Baptist Church, Mayfield; Warren Brothers Mortuary.

Phoebia W. Hunt, 70, of Sparta died June 6. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Mount Zion Baptist Church; Ingram Brothers Funeral Home.

Dorothy Howell Jones, 80, of Griffin died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Horis A. Ward, Tara Chapel.

Hoyt L. Kay, 96, of Toccoa died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Strickland Funeral Home, Lavonia.

Richard Bryan "Rick" Littlejohn, 29, of Ringgold, formerly of Demorest, died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia.

Henry Bruce McAllister, 53, of Turnerville died Tuesday. No services planned. Whitfield Funeral Home, Baldwin.

Tommye Sue Murphy, 66, of Lavonia died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Lavonia First Baptist Church; Strickland Funeral Home.

Ronald Alexander Napty Jr., 53, of Jackson died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 10 a.m. Saturday, Haisten Funeral Home, McDonough.

Ify V. Onyekwere, 49, of Bremen died June 1. Funeral, noon Saturday, First Baptist Church of Bremen; Hightower Funeral Home.

James Ransom Jr., 70, of Sparta died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Brown's Chapel AME Church; Ingram Brothers Funeral Home.

Elizabeth "Betty Jo" Bing Roberts, 80, of Williamson died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home, Thomaston.

William Z. Rudeseal Jr., 66, of Cedartown died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday, Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home.

Eddie Stanford, 54, of Bremen died Wednesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church of Bremen; Hightower Funeral Home.

Waymon Monroe Walton, 80, of Bremen died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Private service will be held; Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel, Buchanan.

Matthew Warren Ward, 23, of Fort Stewart died June 6. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Gainesville; Memorial Park Funeral Home.

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