Obituaries
Thomas Edward Jones
Jan 8, 2024
Lt. Colonel Thomas E. Jones was born on October 15, 1938, in Savannah, Georgia; the first of three sons, to Elsie and Tom Jones. He grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and attended the Jacksonville Citadel Corps of The Salvation Army with his family. During this time, he developed his love of sports, music, history, poetry and The Salvation Army, all...
Jon Jay Ritt
Jan 8, 2024
Jon Ritt passed away January 8 of heart failure during diagnostic treatment at Emory Midtown Hospital. He lived independently at his historic College Park home until just weeks before his passing. He is survived by his brother Dayton W. Ritt and nephew Adam W. Ritt of Virginia Beach, Va.
Born to Wells and Pauline Ritt, Jon grew up in Crystal Lake,...
Joyce Ann Guthas
Jan 8, 2024
Joyce Adams Guthas, age 90, DOB 1/24/33, died peacefully in her sleep January 8, 2024. She was married to Ellis Guthas for 50 years. A. S. Turner, Decatur, GA is handling her arrangements. The family will receive visitors on Friday, January 12, 2024 from 6-8 pm, at St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church. 2045 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, GA. The...
Phyllis Earlene Spratling
Jan 7, 2024
Phyllis Earlene Spratling passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 7, 2024, at the age of 90. A remembrance of Phyllis will be held January 18, 2024, from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home in Decatur, followed by a graveside service at Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
Phyllis leaves behind her sons, Philip Spratling and...
Phillip Wayne Mitchell
Jan 7, 2024
Phillip Wayne Mitchell, age 75 of Decatur, GA passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2024.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Clifford Mitchell and Gertrude Cash Mitchell; brothers David Mitchell, Randall Mitchell and his wife Vickie Mitchell; and sister-in-law Patsy Jean Mitchell.
He is survived by his brothers Jerry Mitchell and Larry Mitchell; niece Alisha Mitchell; and nephews...
Michael Paul Mixon Sr.
Jan 7, 2024
Michael "Mike" Paul Mixon, Sr., of Tucker, passed away peacefully Sunday, January 7th, 2024, at the age of 79, surrounded by his immediate family.
Mike was a star high school football player for the Mitchell County High School Panthers (Camilla, GA) gaining many accolades and local recognition. He graduated from Georgia State University in 1968 with a degree in Business Administration,...
Benjamin Thomas Wardlow
Jan 7, 2024
Benjamin (Ben) Thomas Wardlow passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at the age of 60 at Emory Decatur Hospital after a brief illness.
Born on April 17, 1963, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ben was the eldest child of Tom and Mary Wardlow. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and later attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained a...
Dr. Patricia Ann Turner
Jan 6, 2024
Dr. Patricia (Pat) Ann Turner, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA, after a brief battle with cancer.
Born on April 21, 1946, at Emory University Hospital, Pat was the eldest child of Ralph and Evelyn Turner. She attended Ponce de Leon Elementary School and Decatur High School.
She completed her undergraduate degree at...
Shirley Davis Litwhiler
Jan 4, 2024
Dr. Shirley J. Litwhiler gave her adieu, passing away peacefully in Atlanta, Georgia on January 4, 2024 while holding hands with her son, David, and daughter, Missy. Shirley was born in 1937 in Poplarville, Mississippi to Virgil "Pinky" Davis and Hazel Massey Davis. The oldest of four children, Shirley grew up on the family farm near Lumberton, Mississippi. Her father...
David Prior Minnix
Jan 4, 2024
David Prior Minnix lived from September 22, 1982, until January 4, 2024- a full life, too short. He died from complications brought on by pneumonia and subsequent heart failure. David is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Hagan of Atlanta and three little girls who were the delight of his life: Lucinda age 7, Isadora age 5 and Lillith 18 months....
Anne Mathews Speer
Jan 4, 2024
Mrs. Anne Mathews Speer of Atlanta passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024. Anne was a devoted Georgia Tech fan, a member of Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, a homemaker and later in life became a devoted preschool teacher. Known as "Ms. Anne", she taught preschool until she was 89 years old. She was well-known in her community for...
Charlotte Murphy
Jan 2, 2024
Murphy, Beryl Charlotte (Thompson)
Beryl Charlotte Thompson Murphy, better known as Charlotte, Chic, or simply "Mom" and "Nana," died peacefully in Dekalb County Jan. 2, in the home she built, surrounded by all six of the children she loved. She was 99.
Born Aug. 4, 1924 in Springfield, Ill., she lived a life devoted to the service of others. Charlotte was an...
Joan Marie Margaret Battaglin
Jan 2, 2024
Joan Battaglin passed away peacefully at home with her family on Jan 2 2024. She was born to Marie and Roy Harmer in Chicago IL on Nov 9, 1938. Her life was one of learning, mentoring, teaching, family and music.
She graduated from Fenger High School in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago at age 16 and University of Illinois Normal (Teachers...
Marc Lee Anderson
Jan 1, 2024
Marc Lee Anderson, 46, of Dunwoody, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024.
Marc graduated from Lake Havasu High '95, undergraduate degree in '00 from Northern Arizona University and received his MBA from Central Michigan University in 2009. Marc was employed as a software developer at IST Management for the past seven years.
His passion in life was for gaming...
Bruce Raymond Adams
Dec 30, 2023
Bruce Raymond Adams - January 16, 1934 - December 30, 2023.
Bruce Raymond Adams passed away peacefully on December 30, 2023.
He was born in Jefferson, Georgia on January 16, 1934, to Lillian and Gilbert Adams. Raymond, as he was known in his younger years, was a graduate of Jefferson High School and an accomplished 3 sport athlete. He starred in both...
John Perry Bellville
Dec 30, 2023
John Perry Bellville, of Bethlehem, GA passed away on December 30, 2023 at 2:09 pm. He was born to Florence Elizabeth Rowe & Lawrence Bellville on March 21, 1935 at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Fulton County, GA. He attended Avondale High School where he met his, "Betty Lou", whom he married August 20, 1956. Family members joke that they can...
Mary Jane King
Dec 29, 2023
Mary Jane King of Atlanta, age 73, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2023. She was born to John Argyle King and Jane Whitten King in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Mary Jane spent her early childhood in Gadsden, Alabama, which was her father's hometown. Her family moved to Atlanta when Mary Jane was eleven years old. She attended Druid Hills High School,...
Harley Goode
Dec 28, 2023
Harley Goode passed away peacefully on December 28,
2023 at the age of 63.
He was born in Anchorage, Alaska on April 12, 1960. He
spent his childhood in Pine Log, Georgia working on the
family farm growing tomatoes with his siblings. As an
adult he worked for Tuner Broadcasting as a broadcast
engineer until his retirement in September. He was
married to the love...
Lou L. Craig
Dec 28, 2023
Lou L. Craig died December 28, 2023. Born Eva Lou Lester on Feb. 26, 1932, in Rome, GA., to parents Hazen and Gladys Lester, she was the younger sister of Russell, who predeceased her in 2020.
Known as Lulu, she attended Shorter College, first studying music, then changing to visual arts. At age 19, she married Robert "Van" Murray, from...
Michael John Campbell
Dec 28, 2023
Michael John Campbell
Born: October 24, 2008 To Infinity and Beyond: December 28, 2023
It is impossible to capture a person like Michael in a few paragraphs. Michael had a personality that could capture any and every heart and lived a life that was bigger than the sky. He was the most beautiful of souls, enduring so much, so innocently.
Michael was born...
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