Mrs. Verna Morris Wright, age 96 of Alpharetta, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009.  Funeral services were held Saturday, May 2nd at 11:00 am at Hopewell Baptist Church. Interment  followed at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.  Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA was in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Larry Dwight Callahan, age 50 of Cumming, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009.  
Funeral services were held Friday, May 1st in the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Interment  followed at Long Street Baptist Church Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA was charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Mary Samples, age 90, of Dawsonville, formerly of Forsyth County passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 28,  at Bethel Baptist Church. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA was in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Mernagh, age 94, of Cumming, formerly of Miami, Florida and New York, passed away April 28, 2009. Funeral services were held Thursday, April 30th at Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow at Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Miami in Miami, FL. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA was in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Christine Dunlap Veteto, age 83, passed away in Hartwell, Georgia on Tuesday, April 28, 2009.  A celebration of Mrs. Chris life was held Friday, May 1, 2009 at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at Sawnee View Memorial Gardens.
 Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, Georgia was in charge of the arrangements.

Joseph P. Dowling, 81, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009.  A memorial service was held Friday at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, Sandy Springs.  Interment  Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery.  Alpharetta-SouthCare Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Robert E. McAfee, Jr, 86 of Suwanee, died Thursday, April 23, 2009. Memorial service 11:00 AM, Monday, May 5, 2009 at Christ Church Episcopal, Norcross. Alpharetta-SouthCare Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Bernard Alfred Freitag, 48, of Suwanee, GA died on April 29, 2009.  Funeral mass will be held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Duluth, GA.. 
Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA.  

Ms. Cynthia Ann Tucker, age 37 of Dacula, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009.  
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 2nd in the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Interment  followed at Sawnee View Gardens. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA was in charge of the arrangements.

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