Funeral Monday for Lillian Lewis, Congressman's Wife

The funeral for Lillian Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Funeral For Congressman John Lewis' Wife Monday

The funeral for Lillian Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

The funeral for Lillian Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Ebenezer Baptist Church at 407 Auburn Ave., Atlanta. Mrs. Lewis, 73, died Monday at Emory University Hospital. She and Rep. Lewis, whose 5th District includes Decatur and most of the city of Atlanta, had been married 44 years. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said, Flowers may be sent to Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, 1003 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. SW, Atlanta, until Sunday. After that day, flowers should be sent to Ebenezer Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations in Lillian Lewis’ name can be sent to the American Kidney Fund Headquarters, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20852. Please note in your …

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Saturday Memorial Set for Local Shooting Victim

Lee Lowery grew up in the Morningside neighborhood and his killing this week ended a life that left a "trail marked by loyalty and kindness."

There will be a visitation period Saturday afternoon in Midtown in memory of Lee Lowery III. Lowery, 20, was shot and killed Monday afternoon in the breezeway outside a Ponce de Leon Avenue apartment loft complex. The visitation will be on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 3 – 5 p.m. at H.M. Patterson & Son-Spring Hill Chapel, located at 1020 Spring Street NW, The well-liked Lowery was a lifelong local resident who grew up in the Morningside neighborhood. He was baptized at Morningside Presbyterian Church and attended school at Morningside Elementary, Inman Middle and was a 2010 graduate of Grady High School, where he played on the soccer team. He entered Georgia State University in September 2010 as a Hope Scholar and had completed his sophomore …

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Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Director Dies at 63

A memorial service for Sam Goldman is set for Thursday, Sept. 13

Sam Goldman, executive director of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, died suddenly Monday morning at his Decatur home. Goldman, 63, had worked at Callanwolde for more than 30 years and served as the executive director since 1988. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Sept. 13 at Callanwolde, 980 Briarcliff Road. The service is open to the public. "Sam will be greatly missed," Callanwolde spokesperson Susan Summers said in a statement. "For these 33 years he has shown the utmost dedication to providing arts to the community and to the mission of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. The arts center will continue to move forward with the values and commitment to the arts that Sam inspired in us." Read more about Goldman's commitment to the arts …

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A Neighbor Like Warren Bruno

A tribute to Atkins Park owner and beloved community man Warren Bruno

By Lola Carlisle With support from Karri Hobson-Pape, Jack White and Judy Potter When I first met Warren Bruno in 2001, I was young (sort of) and full of myself. I think Warren recognized a potential future neighborhood advocate and wanted to bring me into the fold. We worked on a project together for a Morningside Elementary School Auction that did not go the way I wanted, and I was a bit annoyed… at Warren. What did Warren do? Took me out to lunch at Atkins Park Restaurant, never told me I was full of myself, and showed me what real patience and leadership look like. A decade later I appreciate even more what a person like Warren Bruno offers a community. He loved life — and he made sure that those around him had the opportunity to do …

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Warren Bruno of Atkins Park Dies After Battle With Cancer

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Atlanta lost a beloved community man Wednesday morning. Atkins Park owner Warren Bruno, 64, died after an eight-year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife and four children. Bruno founded what is now known as Virginia-Highland Summerfest in 1983, the same year he purchased Atkins Park Tavern on N. Highland Avenue. He later helped opened Orsmby’s on Howell Mill Road. Overall, Bruno was involved in more than a dozen eating and drinking establishments in Atlanta, but his commitment to people and neighborhoods is what people will long remember him for. “He will be missed, he will be loved and he fought the good fight,” said David Laws, who first began working for Bruno some thirty years ago at the former Buckhead estblishment, Aunt …

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Friends, Family Remember Emory Student

Amegie Andor Undie, 22, died last week of complications associated with autoimmune hepatitis

Longtime Emory Employee Dies at 93

Remembering Margaret Helen George of Decatur

Emory Community Mourns Loss of Law Prof

Dr. David J. Bederman, 50, died last Sunday from complications of appendiceal cancer.

Emory Doc Inspired Students, Colleagues

Dr. Fray Marshall passed away on Dec. 2 after a battle with cancer