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Rufus Prayor

1945 - 2023

BORN

1945

DIED

2023

FUNERAL HOME

Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home, Inc.

1315 Gus Thornhill Jr. Drive

East Point, Georgia

Rufus Prayor Obituary

PRAYOR, Rufus

Mr. Rufus Clinton Prayor, age 78, Fayetteville, Georgia. Funeral Services and Interment on December 16, 2023, Noon, at New Hope UMC (Inman, GA). Services Entrusted to Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home, INC.

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Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Dec. 15, 2023.

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JIM BURCHELL

February 13, 2026

WORKED WITH RUFUS AT DELTA AIR LINES ! A GREAT GUY AND HARD WORKER ! HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND ! HE IS MISSED VERY MUCH!

JAMES BURCHELL

December 19, 2025

RUFUS WAS A GOOD FRIEND ! AN EXCELLENT WORKER AT DELTA ! MANY MEMORIES AT WORK WITH HIM! A VERY SOFT SPEAKING BUDDY ! EVERYONE LIKED HIM AND HE WAS JUST A GREAT GUY TO WORK WITH , HE WILL BE MISSED ! GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY ! MAY HE REAST IN PEACE !

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Dec

16

Funeral service

12:00 p.m.

New Hope UMC

Inman, GA

Funeral services provided by:

Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home, Inc.

1315 Gus Thornhill Jr. Drive P.O. Box 91384, East Point, GA 30344

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