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Lawrenceville Obituaries: August 3

A listing of recent Lawrenceville area death notices.

  • Betty Corbin - July 22nd, 1928 - July 30th, 2011

Betty S. Corbin, age 83 of Lawrenceville passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, July 30, 2011. Mrs. Corbin was a member of Lawrenceville First Baptist Church. In the early 1970's, Mrs. Corbin was the Hostess of First Baptist Church of Decatur and the Pioneer of the Meals on Wheels for DeKalb County. Betty & her husband, Woody Corbin owned & operated the Lawrenceville Dairy Queen for many years. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 61 years, Woody Corbin and son-in-law, Colonel Art Hoffson. Mimi is survived by her four children, Susan Hoffson, John Corbin, David Corbin and Cindy & Harvey Leake. Her loving grandchildren are Brian and Jessica Hoffson, Wellington, Florida; Laura and Casey Laws, Harvey Leake, Jr., and Daniel Woodrow Leake. Mimi adored her precious great-grandchildren, James Edmund Laws, Caroline Grace Laws and Olivia Grace Hoffson. Special nieces and nephews include Rosemary Harrison, Tracy Gonzalez, Shelby Branch, and Gracie Gonzalez, Alex Harrison, Brevin Branch, Bentley Branch, Bowen Branch and Mason Cowart. Memorials gifts may be made to Lawrenceville First Baptist Church Building Fund, 165 Clayton Street, SE, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046 or First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville, Grace Arbor Congregational Respite Ministry, P. O. Box 2127 Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. Dr. Lamar Holley will officiate. Entombment will follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park in Lawrenceville. Family will receive friends from 5-8 PM, Monday, August 1, 2011 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home.

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Obituary reprinted with the permission of Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road SW, Lawrenceville GA 30046. 770-962-3100.

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  • Starkesha Raquel Magee

Starkesha Raquel Magee, age 24 of Lawrenceville, GA died Thursday, July 21, 2011. Arrangements by Wimberly & Jackson Funeral Home, Gainesville, Ga 770-536-3251.

  • Ray C. Palmer

Mr. Ray C. Palmer, age 78 of Lawrenceville, Ga. died Friday, July 29, 2011. Arrangements by Memorial Park South Funeral Home and Cemetery, 770-967-5555.

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  • Regina Marie Sams

Regina Marie Sams, age 86 of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on July 23, 2011. She is survived by her children, Sandy Marks and John Sams; ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 1:00pm at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel with Deacon A. B. King officiating. Interment will be at Gwinnett Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Regina O. Sams memory to the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.wagesandsons.com.

Obituary reprinted with the permission of Wages & Sons Funeral Home, 1031 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-277-4550.

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