Obituaries

Charles Frederick Dewald

Charles Frederick Dewald

Mar 14, 2017

Charles F. Dewald was born 2/23/1929, died 3/14/2017 at DeKalb Medical North Decatur. He graduated from Boys High in 1947; Georgia Tech in 1952 as an Industrial Engineer and married Gretta Moll on 12/20/1951. Gretta passed on 10/30/2006. He married Martha Hinely on July 16, 2011. He had five children, Mike who passed in 2014, Jon of Wilson, NC, Hank...

Dan Westbrook Whitmire

Dan Westbrook Whitmire

Mar 13, 2017

Dan Westbrook Whitmire died peacefully in the arms of his wife on Monday March 13, 2017. He was born on May 15, 1927 in Carnesville, Georgia to William Morris and Dorothy Westbrook Whitmire. His early years were spent on a farm with his family, including two brothers, Morris and Steve, who predeceased him. They learned to farm, hunt and fish...

Gregory Carlton Jackson

Gregory Carlton Jackson

Mar 10, 2017

Gregory Jackson, a loving brother, son, and uncle from Villa Rica Georgia, but originally from Cabagetown entered into rest on March 10, 2017. His service will be on Tuesday March 14, 2017 at 2 pm at Friendship Baptist church in Atlanta Georgia and will be layed to rest at Almon Baptist church cemetery in Covington Georgia. He is survived by...

Melinda Suzanne Davis

Melinda Suzanne Davis

Mar 9, 2017

Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033 Visitation: Dunwoody United Methodist Church 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd. Dunwoody, GA US 30338 Date and time TBA. Service: Dunwoody United Methodist Church 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd. Dunwoody, GA US 30338 Service date & time TBA.

Kathryn Mozley

Kathryn Mozley

Mar 9, 2017

Kathryn "Kitty" MozleyKathryn "Kitty" Riley Mozley passed away peacefully on March 9, 2017, with her beloved husband of 66 years, Bob, at her side and in the Decatur home that she loved and that they had built together in 1960. Kitty was born on December 28, 1927, the answer to her sister Mary Lois' prayer for a little sister. They...

Denise Guerin Rice

Denise Guerin Rice

Mar 9, 2017

Denise Guerin Rice, of Decatur, Georgia, died March 9, 2017 with her family at her side. She was the daughter of Henry Haworth and Josephine D. Guerin, born during the August hurricane of 1928 in Melbourne, Florida and raised in the beachtown of Indiatlantic, enjoying a childhood rich in the outdoor activities of swimming, bicycling and sailing. After receiving an...

Melinda Suzanne Davis

Melinda Suzanne Davis

Mar 9, 2017

Melinda Suzanne Davis, "Mindy", passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, March 9th, 2017. She was born May 30th, 1962, in Jacksonville, FL, to the late Charles Carlton Davis and Julia Ann Eason Davis. She is survived by her brother, Charles "Chuck" Carlton Davis, Jr.; sister-in-law, Suzanne Mathews Davis; nephew, Charles Carlton Davis, III; nieces, Clare Marie Davis, Bridget...

Patty Elaine Daniel

Patty Elaine Daniel

Mar 8, 2017

Patty was born February 26, 1966, in Dunn, North Carolina and died March 8 in a car accident. She was 51. She loved people and animals, cooking for a gathering, gardening, and motorcycles. Mostly she loved her partner of 17 years, Alecia Grisaffe, their dogs Emmylou and Bitsy, her loving parents, and riding her Harley with her dear friends and...

Jack H. Bates

Jack H. Bates

Mar 8, 2017

Jack H. Bates, 92, of Decatur, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, teacher, and friend, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Born April 15, 1924, in Searsport, Maine, he was raised by his mother, Hilda Bates Cook, and his grandparents, Sadie and Frank Clark, in Presque Isle, Maine. Jack was drafted at the age of 17 and a half to the...

Catherine "Katie" Mcnally

Catherine "Katie" Mcnally

Mar 8, 2017

Catherine Bernadette ("Katie", "Kitty") McNally of Decatur, GA, passed away peacefully the day after her 87th birthday on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Born and raised in Parkstown, Glenmore, Ireland. She became a nurse and cared for patients in Waterford, Ireland and London, England. She immigrated to the United States arriving in New York via passenger ship on Columbus Day, 1952....

Sallie Warren Cook

Sallie Warren Cook

Mar 6, 2017

Sallie Warren Cook, age 87, of Decatur, passed away Monday, March 6, 2017. Ms. Cook was born in Statesboro, GA and was raised in Blackshear, GA. During her high school years, she played on the basketball team. She attended Southern College of Pharmacy , a part of Mercer University, graduating with a B.S. degree in 1953. After graduation, she along...

Mary Lois Hastings

Mary Lois Hastings

Mar 6, 2017

Mary Lois Hastings passed away peacefully on March 6th, 2017 under the loving care of hospice. She was born July 5th, 1920 in Decatur, GA. She was educated in Decatur schools, graduating from Decatur Girls High. She continued her education at Georgia State University and Draughan's Business College in Atlanta, GA. Mary Lois Riley was married to Stanley Mitchell Hastings...

Vivian Ruth Payne

Vivian Ruth Payne

Mar 6, 2017

Vivian Ruth (Head) Payne, 89, of Brookhaven, passed away Monday, March 6, 2017. Born in Atlanta, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Hazzie Monroe and Ida Smallwood Head. Her son, Donald Payne survives her. She was cremated per her request.

Roy Eugene Dyer

Roy Eugene Dyer

Mar 5, 2017

Roy Dyer was born on November 8, 1931, the son of Marie Porter Lackland and Roy E. Dyer, Sr. He grew up in the southwest area of Atlanta. He graduated from Russell High School in 1948, Darlington School in 1950 and Jacksonville State College in 1954. He met Helen Dean Young in college. They married in August of 1954 after...

Geneva Jones

Geneva Jones

Mar 5, 2017

Alton Jones passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017. Born September 23, 1921, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late John Clarence and Ruth Morris Jones. His wife of 76 years, Geneva, born February 20, 1922, in Levonia, to the late Robert Verner and Lula Smith Fulghum, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017. It was love at first...

Emily Stanley Glasser

Emily Stanley Glasser

Mar 4, 2017

Emily Stanley Glasser, 78 years old, died on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the Hospice Atlanta Center in The Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. After her valiant fight with Breast Cancer in 1988, Emily's battle resumed in May 2010 with Colon Cancer. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith in God, and the love and prayers of family, friends,...

James A. Jones

James A. Jones

Mar 4, 2017

James (Jim) A. "Buddy" Jones, Jr. of Tucker, GA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 4, 2017. He was 84 years old. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Embry Hills United Methodist Church in Chamblee, Ga. from 11 am to noon, followed by a light reception from noon to 1pm at the church. In...

Luann Blasingame

Luann Blasingame

Mar 4, 2017

Luann Blasingame passed away March 4, 2017. She was born August 24, 1959 in Atlanta, GA. Luann graduated from Henderson High School, and later attended technical school to be trained as a welder. She acquired many skills during her life: gardener, restaurant cook, life guard, and home inspector. Luann had a passion for animals and always owned dogs and cats....