Obituaries

Bob Roarty died Sept. 30 at his Atlanta home from a rare neurodegenerative disease. He is remembered for his kindness and making his rare book store a haven for booklovers.

Judge Ronald Ramsey, who helped create the city of Stonecrest and mentored many in Georgia law and politics, died Sept. 25 at 66 after a long cancer battle.

Warren Buffett, Sam Nunn and other major figures shared remembrances of Tom Cousins.

Tom Cousins, who reshaped Atlanta's skyline and brought pro basketball and hockey to the city, dies at 93. He was also a legendary philanthropist and political influencer.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, in a statement on the death of Thomas G. Sampson Sr., praised Sampson as "a legal giant" and "civic trailblazer."

Entrepreneur John Lie-Nielsen, who died at age 90, founded Atlanta's Johnstown Properties, one of the country’s largest apartment management companies in the 1980s.

Worth Long was a prize-winning documentarian and musicologist and worked in the Civil Rights Movement.

Jack Wilkinson, celebrated chronicler of Georgia sports and longtime Atlanta Journal-Constitution storyteller, dies at 74.

Duane Jackson's love of insects made him an expert in his field.

Former state Rep. Susan Holmes, died on April 30. She was also Monticello's first woman mayor and a six-term member of the Georgia House.