Obituaries

Jan 15, 2023

Mr. Patrick Jerome Hawthorne passed on January 15, 2023.  Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 11:00AM at the Friendship Baptist Church, 80 Walnut Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314 with the The Reverend Dr. Joseph N. Evans, Interim Pastor, Officiating.

Jan 13, 2023

Jean LaRue Foster Scott

Jean LaRue Foster Scott passed on January 13, 2023.  Memorial Service will be held on Friday, January 27, 2023, at 11:00 at the Friendship Baptist Church, 80 Walnut Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314 with The Reverend Dr. Joseph N. Evans, Interim Pastor, Officiating. This service will be live-streamed on the Friendship Baptist Church...

Jan 13, 2023

Isaiah Sanders of Atlanta, Georgia passed on January 13, 2023. The memorial service will be announced at a later time.

Jan 7, 2023

Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Barbara Statham will be held at 12 Noon on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church 2170 MLK Jr. Dr. Atlanta 30310; Interment Mosley Memorial Gardens 3180 South Sweetwater Rd Lithia Springs 30122. Viewing will be held on Monday, January 16, 2023 in our chapel from 12 Noon to 5 PM.

Dec 30, 2022

Annie Lois Jordan

Miss Annie Lois Jordan of Atlanta, passed December 25, 2022.  Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 11 a.m. at Higher Ground Empowerment Center, 561 Spencer St., NW, Bishop Dexter Johnson, pastor, officiating.  Interment, Riverview Memorial Park, 5411 S. Cobb Dr., SE, Smyrna, GA.  The remains will be placed in...

Dec 28, 2022

Mary Leaphart passed December 28, 2022. Services will be held Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11 AM at New Hope Church of God 1738 Fairview Road Stockbridge; Interment Fairview Memorial Gardens. Viewing will be held in our chapel Thursday, January 5, 2023 from 1 PM - 6 PM.

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Dec 25, 2022

William Lester McKoy

William Lester "Mac" McKoy of Douglasville, GA, passed on December 25,2022. As per Mac"s wishes, there will not be a service.  Please celebrate his life by thinking of his happiest memories.  Interment will be private.  In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the NAACP in his honor and memory.

Dec 23, 2022

Georgia M. Roberts

Georgia M. Roberts of Atlanta, Georgia passed on December 23, 2022.

Dec 21, 2022

Dr. Vincent D'Arcy Murray

Dr. Vincent D'Arcy Murray of Atlanta, passed December 21, 2022.   A Requiem Mass for Dr. Vincent D'Arcy Murray will be held January 7, 2023 at 11am at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, 294 Peyton Rd., S.W, The Reverend Pauline Samuel, Rector, officiating.  Interment, Westview Cemetery. The remains will be placed in state at the...

Dec 21, 2022

Deaconess Idella Byrd Beasley

Deaconess Idella Byrd Beasley of Atlanta, Georgia, wife of Deacon Thomas Beasley, mother of Mr. Clifford Beasley, passed on December 21, 2022.  Funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:00 noon at the Friendship Baptist Church, 80 Walnut Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Visitation will take place at the...

Dec 19, 2022

Hamilton Smith, Jr.

Mr. Hamilton Smith, Jr., of Stone Mountain, GA, passed December 19, 2022.  A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 6, 2023 at  10 a.m. in our chapel.

Dec 19, 2022

Funeral Services will be held at 12 Noon on Friday, December 23, 2022 at the Mt. Welcome Missionary Baptist Church 581 Parker Avenue Decatur; Interment Southview Cemetery in Atlanta. Viewing will be held in our chapel on Thursday, December 22, 2022 from 1 PM - 6 PM.

Dec 17, 2022

Breineidra Lofton

Breineidra Lofton of Atlanta, GA passed on December 17, 2022.  Chapel Service will take place on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 11:00 am in the Carl M. Williams Chapel located at 492 Larkin Street, Atlanta, GA. 30313.

Dec 14, 2022

Dana DeVay Farmer

Mr. Dana Devay Farmer of Riverdale, GA, passed on December 14, 2022.  Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 11 a.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church, 3725 Flat Shoals Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30349.

Viewing will take place on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM...

Dec 6, 2022

Bernice Turnbull

Bernice Turnbull of St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands passed on December 6, 2022. The  public viewing will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at our chapel from 1 to 4  p.m.

Dec 5, 2022

Michael Del Rosser

Mr. Michael Del Rosser of Hampton, GA, passed December 5, 2022.  His funeral will be announced later.

Dec 5, 2022

Eunice Camille Oliver

Miss Eunice Camille Oliver, passed December 2, 2022.  Funeral service will be held Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 12 noon at Flipper Temple AME Church, 580 Atlanta Student Movement Blvd., SW, Reverend Dr. Gregory V. Eason, Sr., Senior Pastor, officiating, with Reverend Dr. Monica L. Spencer, Eulogist.  Interment will be on Monday, December 12,...

Dec 5, 2022

Mrs. Annie Carrie Pittman passed December 5, 2022. Services will be held at 1 PM Tuesday, December 13, 2022  at Believers Bible Christian Church 3689 Campbellton Road SW Atlanta; Interment Southview Cemetery. Viewing for Mrs. Pittman will be held in our chapel on Monday, December 12, 2022 from 12 Noon until 6 PM.

Nov 25, 2022

Graveside Services will be held Friday, December 30, 2022 at 1 PM at the Monte Vista Biblical Gardens 1361 Hollywood Road Atlanta.

Nov 23, 2022

Charles Humphries

Mr. Charles Humphries of Atlanta, Georgia passed on November 23, 2022.  Funeral Service will take place on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 11:00 am in the Carl M. Williams Funeral Directors Chapel, 492 Larkin Street, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30313. Public viewing will take place on Sunday, December 4, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM....