Archive for the ‘Georgia’ Category

Beverly T. Williams (’60)

Mrs. Beverly Toney Williams, age 84, of Carrollton, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020. She was born November 11, 1935 in Groesbeck, Texas. She spent most of her life in Houston and always considered herself a “Houston girl” and was a lifelong fan of the Astros and Rockets. Beverly met her husband, Fred, her freshman year in college at the University of Houston. Fred says that he knew she was “the one” from one of their very first dates on April 25, 1962. They married less than a year later, and enjoyed a close and loving relationship for 56 years. Beverly worked briefly as a flight attendant, and later as a business administrator while Fred began working as an architect. His career took them to Chattanooga, where they lived for 20 years. It was there that Fred and Beverly adopted their two children, Drew and T. Leigh. As a homemaker, Beverly loved beautiful design and had impeccable taste. Their guests would often be “wowed” by her interior designs and love of beautiful things. In addition, Beverly loved gardening, and cultivated heirloom plants that were handed down from generation to generation. Fred’s career took them back to Texas after their children graduated from college. About two years ago, Fred and Beverly moved to Carrollton to be closer to Drew and his family. A disciplined and determined person, Beverly successfully battled cancer, and gratefully “rang the bell” at the hospital that signified the completion of her final treatment in 2019. For the past few months, she resided at the Brookhaven assisted living facility in Carrollton, with her dog Izzy, while awaiting Fred’s return from a rehab facility where he was recuperating from spine surgery. Preceding Mrs. Williams in death were her parents, Herbert and Ann (Hardy) Toney; a son, Lewis Williams; and a brother-in-law, Ronnie Patrick. She is survived by her beloved husband, Fred James Williams; son, Drew (Monique) Williams; daughter, T. Leigh (Rod) Starns; grandchildren, Lindsay Williams, Colin Williams and Chloe Starns; sister, Janet Toney Patrick; niece, Debbie (Steven) Patrick-Schroeder; and nephew, Bart Patrick. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, September 12, 2020 from 12:00 Noon until 1:00 PM. A Celebration of Life Service will follow at 1:00 in the Rosehaven Chapel, and will be livestreamed from the FaceBook Page for Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams will be laid to rest at Forest Park East, 21620 Gulf Freeway, Webster, Texas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in memory of Mrs. Williams to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or online at www.cancer.org Please take time Williams by visiting www.whitleygarner.com Services have been entrusted to the care of Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home, 8640 Rose Avenue, Douglasville, Georgia 30134

Shaquita Jones (’17)

Shaquita has completed her second year of law school at Thurgood Marshall School of Law and has began working as a Summer Legal Intern at Atlanta Legal Aid Society.

Jacques Ibee Massa (’19)

Jacques began working as a Software Engineer for BlackRock

Denise C. Berger (M.B.A. ’89)

Denise Elana Childers Berger, 62, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at her home in Atlanta. She was born in Laurel on Sept. 8, 1957. Denise was a graduate of R.H. Watkins High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. She continued her education by attaining her master’s in Business Administration from the University of Houston. After teaching high school English in Hattiesburg in the 1980s, she moved to Houston, working in marketing for Daniel Radiator Company. There, she met her husband Dan. From Houston, they moved to Atlanta, where Denise went to work for AT&T. After 27 years with AT&T, she retired in 2014 as district manager. Denise loved all things theater and encouraged that love with those around her by including her family and friends in theater outings whenever possible. She had a deep love for her family and cherished her nephew and nieces as if they were her own. There will be a family-only memorial in Laurel with her ashes, and those of her late husband, scattered on the family plot. In lieu of flowers, Denise requested donations be made to the Atlanta Food Bank or your local food pantry. She was preceded in death by her husband of 22 years R. Daniel Berger and father Edsel Quentin Childers. Survivors include her mother Eleanor Fletcher Childers Silver of Atlanta; her brother Mark A. (Jeanne) Childers of Laurel; her sister Donna Lynn Childers (David) Eleazer of Atlanta; her nephew and niece Fletcher and Caroline Childers of Kansas City; and niece Jessica Eleazer of Atlanta.

Diane Elise Burkett (’11)

Private graveside service for Diane Burkett, 37, of Marietta, GA, will be held at a later date at Sunset Memorial Park. Ms. Burkett died Friday, April 10, 2020, in Marietta GA. She was born November 8, 1983, in Houston, TX. Diane grew up in Texas city and Nacogdoches. She attended Nacogdoches High School and University of Houston. Growing up, she was active in soccer and participated in Nacogdoches High School Band. She is survived by her parents, Homer Burkett and wife Betty of Nacogdoches, and Judith Schkade-Burkett of Marietta, GA; and a brother, Brian Burkett and wife Alyson of Nacogdoches.

Lance Kevin Locher (’87)

Lance Kevin Locher was born on Thursday, October 31, 1963 and passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Lance Kevin Locher was a resident of Stone Mountain, Georgia at the time of passing.

Farid Khosravi (’01)

The UH alum has joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Atlanta office as a senior associate in the firm’s Tax Controversy and Litigation Section.