Dr. Juana Dolores Munoz

Juana Dolores Munoz, M.D. passed away at the age of 91 on Sunday. Originally from Cuba, Doctor Munoz served as a pediatrician in the South Fulton Medical complex for over forty years. She never forgot her native Cuba and helped to take care of many Cuban children whose parents had decided to immigrate to the US. She was graduated from the University Of Havana School Of Medicine in 1953. She did her residencies at St Joseph Hospital and the state Hospital in Milledgeville, GA She worked for several years with Dr. Benson, MD of East Point, GA and then started his own pediatrician practice in the South Fulton area. She retired in 1997 and stayed home for four years caring for two sisters that had been struck with debilitating illness; she had earlier done the same for her mother. She was well known in the community for her readiness to help and heal the sick, regardless of payment, and her generosity. Doctor Munoz also enjoyed traveling, reading and caring for her plants.
She will be greatly missed by her surviving family, Brother Maximo Munoz and sister-in-law, Livia. Both of Atlanta, sister Ina Sok's of Warner Robins, God Children Fernando R. Munoz, Isabell Soles, and Ramon Blanco, all of Atlanta, nieces Livia Munoz (Atlanta) Patricia Soles ( Washington DC), Lourdes Soles (Warner Robins), Nephews Alejandro Munoz ( Atlanta) Alberto Soles (Baton Rouge) and many grand nephews and nieces.
A Funeral Mass Services will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with Father Juan Anzora Celebrating. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm on Wednesday with a Rosary Service at 7:00pm at A.S. Turner & Sons. The family requests that in lieu of flowers those friends wishing to commemorate her life make a contribution to The Missionaries of Charity, 955 St. Charles Ave, Atlanta, GA 30306. A.S. Turner & Sons, Decatur


Funeral Home:
A. S. Turner & Sons
2773 North Decatur Road
Decatur, GA
30033