A 99-year-old woman killed in a devastating house fire in northwest Atlanta Tuesday morning is being remembered as a pioneering educator, author and community leader who spent decades shaping lives and preserving the history of her neighborhood.
Family members identified the victim as Phyllis Lawhorn, a longtime resident of historic Collier Heights and former professor at Clark Atlanta University.
Atlanta firefighters responded to the home in the Larchmont Court area around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Crews arrived to find heavy flames coming from the sides of the two-story split-level house…