Saturday, April 30, 2016

Mr. Leslie Boyd Reynolds, Jr

Passed away on April 27, 2016








Funeral Service:






Monday, May 2, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW,
Atlanta, GA 30311




No Interment:



Mrs. Eleanor Samantha Calhoun

Passed away on April 26, 2016







Funeral Service:






Tuesday, May 3, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW,
Atlanta, GA  30311




Interment:

Monday, April 25, 2016

Federal Judge Horace T. Ward

 

Honorable Horace Taliaferro Ward

 

      
 Federal Judge Horace Taliaferro Ward died Saturday, April 23, 2016.  He was the first Black to serve on the federal bench in Georgia in 1979 and was appointed by President Jimmy CarterIn the early 1950's he became the first Black to challenge the racially discriminatory practices at the University of Georgia (UGA).  He filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia over legal school segregation, after UGA officials denied him admission because of his race.

Horace Ward practiced law in Atlanta from 1960 to 1974. He was a deputy city attorney of Atlanta from 1969 to 1970.  He was an assistant county attorney for Fulton County, from 1970 to 1974.  He was a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1965 to 1974. He was a Fulton County Civil Court Judge from 1974 to 1977.  He was a judge to the Superior Court of Georgia from 1977 to 1979.   

 

Funeral Service and Visitations

 

VIEWING: Monday, May 2, 2016, - 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – At the chapel of Alfonso Dawson Mortuary, Inc.

3000 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30311

 

WAKE: Monday, May 2, 2016 – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. –Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel on Morehouse Campus which will include Omega service by Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and service by Kappa Boule Rites (both services are open). Visitation will follow.

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FUNERAL: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 – 11:00 a.m. – Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel on Morehouse Campus, 825 Westview Dr., S. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30310. 

 

The family will meet at The Landmark Condominium, 215 Piedmont Avenue, N. E. Atlanta, GA   30308 on the day of the service at 9: 30 a.m.  

 

JUDGE WARD LEAVES TO CELEBRATE HIS LEGACY grandchildren: Theodore J. Ward Saxton, Horace N. Ward Saxton, Cybil Jones Ward, Ruth K. Ward and Theodore LeFlore Ward; cousins: Annie Pauline Ward Williams (Richard), Isiah Paul Ward, J.D. (Gwendolyn), Martha Ward Plowden, Ph.D. (Nathaniel), Mary Ward, Michael H. Cook (Renee), Jeffrey Ferrell, J. Ferrell, Alfred Howard, Cedric Mario Ward (Alicia), Regina Ward Porter, Ph.D. (Terry), Natalie Ward Plowden Martin (Clinton), Kimberly Delpino, Tina Delpino and Peggy Cooper; sister in law: Eleanor Townsend; nephews: John LeFlore, William (Billy) LeFlore and Burton LeFlore; niece: Melanie Townsend and a host of other family and friends.

 

Alfonso Dawson Mortuary, Inc.

3000 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., SW, Atlanta, GA 30311

(404) 691-3810

 

 















Mrs. Janice H. Young

Passed away on April 23, 2016








Funeral service will be announced
at a later date.

Mr. Alphonso Wyatt

Passed away on April 22, 2016









Funeral service will be announced
at a later date.

Mr. Jack Holt

Passed away on April 21, 2016









Memorial Service:




Saturday, May 14, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King,
Jr, Drive. SW
Atlanta, GA 30311



No Interment:

Mr. Kenneth Clark

Passed away on April 18, 2016








Funeral Service:






Thursday, April 28, 2016
1:00 p.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW,
Atlanta, GA 30311



Interment:



Lincoln Cemetery

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Mrs. Rachel Y. Grier

Passed away on April 20, 2016







Funeral service will be announced
at  a later date.

Mr. Charles Edward Cook, Sr

Passed away on April 16, 2016








Funeral Service:






Saturday, April 23, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW
Atlanta, GA  30311





Interment:


Westview Cemetery

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Mr. Reginald L. Magby

Passed away on April 14, 2016









Memorial service:






Friday, April 22, 2016
1:00 p.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW
Atlanta, GA 30311

Mrs. Ruby Scott

Passed away on April 5, 2016









Funeral Service:






Saturday, April 16, 2016
2:00 p.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW,
Atlanta, GA 30311



No Interment:

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Mrs. Thelma Barnett

Passed away on April 14, 2016









Funeral Service:





Saturday, April 16, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King,
Jr, Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30311



Interment:


Lincoln Cemetery

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Mrs. Madge Ola Bonds

Passed away on April 4, 2016








Saturday, April 9, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Lindsay Street Baptist Church 

Mr. Stephen Douglas Hill

Passed away on April 3, 2016








Funeral Service:





Saturday, April 9, 2016
1:00 p.m. EST
3000 Martin Luther King
Jr, Drive. SW
Atlanta, GA 30311



No Interment

Monday, April 4, 2016

Mr. Willie J. Hugley

Passed away on March 30, 2016








Funeral service will be announced
at a later date

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Deacon. Lonnie Carter

Passed away on April 1, 2016









Funeral Service:





Friday, April 8, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
Jackson Memorial
Baptist Church
534 Fairburn Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30331


Deacon Carter wake will be held
on Thursday, April 7, 2016
from 6 to 7 pm
Elizabeth's Chapel
3000 Martin Luther King,
Jr, Drive. SW
Atlanta, GA 30311


Interment:

Westview Cemetery
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