Beverly Rae Cascio

Atlanta lost Beverly Rae Cascio on September 12, 2026. She was 81. Born in Atlanta on April 16, 1945; Italian-American cooking and payday thrift set the tone of the house. Early on, she decided that a paycheck and a handshake should weigh the same. She issued paint that kept hulls from inventing rust. A paint locker inventory card ended arguments more gently than bosses. Colleagues still mention a paint locker inventory card. In 1971 she married Gary. The marriage was not a speech; it was groceries, repairs, and two sons walked to school in weather that did not care. When Gary died in 2019, she kept what still worked: the early walk, the small garden, the call on Sundays. Neighbors remember a jumper cable offered before the tow truck was dialed. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Atlanta, among streets she never needed to explain. The tools are still hung where a hand can find them in the dark.