Obituaries
Alva Osborne Bentley
Feb 19, 2016
Alva Osborne Bentley, age 88 of Decatur, GA passed away February 19, 2016. Mrs. Bentley was preceded in death by her husband, James Hiram Bentley. She is survived by her daughters; Ann & Wayne Bell and Lynn Wallis, sons; David & Patricia Bentley, John & Sybil Bentley and Robert & Chyrle Bentley and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral Service will...
Capt. Richard Irvin Hunter
Feb 19, 2016
Richard Irvin Hunter earned his final and most magnificent set of wings on Friday, February 19, 2016. Richard reached his final destination to his heavenly home with his family by his side. Richard was born in Miami to Robert and Mildred Hunter on November 20, 1939. Upon graduation from Miami Senior High School, Richard attended the University of Miami before...
Joan Loomis Holub
Feb 16, 2016
Joan Holub passed away on Tuesday February 16, 2016 at the age of 84. This announcement is bittersweet. Joan's children, Karen, Cynthia, Douglas, son-in-law, Jerry, and granddaughter, Kecia miss her very much. But we take solace in knowing that she is in heaven and resting in peace. Joan was a child of the Great Depression, and a teenager during World...
Mary Ann Seavey
Feb 16, 2016
Mary Ann Melzer Seavey died February 16, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born March 29, 1929, in Methuen, Massachusetts, Mary Ann was the only child of the late Henry and Mildred Melzer of Belmont, MA. A 1946 graduate of Belmont High School, Mary Ann attended the Mary Burnham preparatory school and then embarked on...
Dorothy Fox Mazzolini
Feb 16, 2016
Dorothy Fox Mazzolini, age 91, loving wife, mother, grandmother and a member of the Greatest Generation went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. She will join her husband Patrick J. Mazzolini who was deceased in 1996. Dorothy's feisty spirit, sharp wit, big heart, and gregarious personality touched all those who knew her.Dorothy was born on September...
W. Kevin Kincheloe
Feb 15, 2016
William Kevin Kincheloe, 54, of Atlanta died unexpectedly on Monday, Feb 15. He was born June 1, 1961 in Maryville, TN, and lived in Atlanta most of his life. He was preceded in death by his mother LaVerne Vogt Kincheloe and is survived by his father William Edward Kincheloe of Jonesboro, GA, several aunts, uncles and cousins, and many friends....
Avenelle O. Carroll
Feb 15, 2016
Avenelle "Nell" Osborne Carroll, 90, of Decatur, beloved wife and mother, passed away on February 15, 2016. Born December 7, 1925, in Atlanta, she was the daughter of the late William and Vietta Osborne. Avenelle was a long member of Avondale First Baptist Church and enjoyed shopping, cooking, and spending time with her family. She is survived by her loving...
Bettie Miller Purdom
Feb 15, 2016
Bettie Miller Purdom of Decatur, Georgia, died February 15, 2016 at the age of 97. She was born Sarah Mahala Miller on December 6, 1918 in Laurel Springs NC, the daughter of the late Dr. Wayne Joseph Miller and Jennie Jones Miller, of Lenoir, NC, but changed her name, herself, to "Bettie" at the age of two. Bettie started painting...
Walter Matthew Mcdonald
Feb 15, 2016
Walter Matthew (Mickey) McDonald, 87, passed away at home with family after a brief illness on Monday Feb. 15, 2016. Mickey was an outgoing person who enjoyed a good laugh. Mickey led a full life and served in the US Air Force, taught Sunday School, coached baseball and was a passionate advocate and volunteer for the Woman's Day Shelter now...
Patricia Elaine Farr
Feb 14, 2016
Patricia Elaine Farr passed away Sunday February 14, 2016. She is survived by her two daughters, Tracy Kyle and Natalie Croy. She was a loving grandmother to three grandchildren. Elaine was a Georgia native residing in Decatur. She was a former DeKalb County Deputy and was also a sales person in the tobacco industry. Elaine lived her life to the...
Aldine Louise Russ
Feb 14, 2016
Jesus came to take Aldine Louise Russ 93 of Decatur, GA home to be with him in Glory, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2016. She fell asleep peacefully in Jesus's arms at Hospice Atlanta from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Aldine Louise Boesinger was born on April 12, 1922 in Manhatten, NY, to Gustave and Emily (Hagar) Boesinger. She had an...
Sheila Mcnamara Collins
Feb 13, 2016
Sheila McNamara Collins, 71, of Atlanta, Georgia died on Saturday, February 13, 2016. She grew up in Memphis, TN where she met the love of her life, Ed Collins and married him on February 13, 1965 in Atlanta at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. After living in several southern states, Ed and Sheila settled in Atlanta in 1974 where they...
Frederick Leverne Walker, Jr.
Feb 12, 2016
Frederick LeVerne Walker Jr, 94, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016. He was born May 16, 1921, in Lynchburg, Va, and graduated from Decatur High School and Georgia Tech where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Upon graduation from Georgia Tech in 1942, he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army and entered WWII. He...
Susan Moore Howard
Feb 11, 2016
Susan Howard, 35, of Atlanta, GA passed away February 11, 2016 as a result of breast cancer. Her closest family held her hands as she was called home to Heaven. Susan was born in Mobile, AL on March 23, 1980. She attended elementary school in Key West, FL and graduated high school in Greenville, SC.In Greenville, Susan met and married...
Artie Lucinda Mcdonald Anderson
Feb 10, 2016
Artie Lucinda McDonald Anderson, age 85, passed away on Wednesday February 10, 2016 in Decatur Georgia.Artie was born on April 18, 1930 in Miller County, Arkansas to parents Herbert A. McDonald and Cassie Lewis McDonald.She is survived by her four children, Dianne Johns (Paul), Elizabeth Fuller, John O. Anderson III, and Kathy Reece (Ed). She is also survived by eleven...
Bob G. Grizzle
Feb 9, 2016
Bob G. Grizzle, 82, of Decatur, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away February 9, 2016. Born October 17, 1933, in Statham, GA, he was the son of the late James and DruWillie Cosby Grizzle. Bob served his country for 4 years in the United States Navy. Once he was out of the Navy, he pursued a career in medicine...
Charles Lawwill Felner
Feb 8, 2016
Charles Lawwill Felner, a decorated World War II veteran, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2016, at his residence in Stone Mountain, Georgia, surrounded by his family and his caregivers. Mr. Felner was 90 years old.A Memorial Service celebrating Mr. Felner's life will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 4:00 pm at his church, The Church of the...
Henrietta Josephine Naberhuis
Feb 8, 2016
Jo Naberhuis joined her Heavenly Father on February 8, 2016. She was born July, 1922, to Alice and Alfred Oppeneer. She grew up in Annville, Kentucky, where her parents were missionaries in the Appalachia region. Jo attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she met Herman Naberhuis to who she was married for 56 years. She was a kindergarten teacher,...
Christine Wright Kennedy
Feb 8, 2016
Christine Wright Kennedy, age 67 of Decatur, passed away on February 8, 2016. A native of New Jersey she also called Jupiter, FL home. Chris graduated from Jupiter High School before attending Green Mountain College and receiving her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing at Emory University. Chris retired at the end of 2015 as a pediatric nurse practioner...
Connie Smith Bruce
Feb 8, 2016
Mrs. Connie S. Bruce, age 84 passed away peacefully on Monday, February 8, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Born January 18, 1932 in Porterdale, GA, Connie met Georgia Tech graduate Arthar Bruce in Atlanta. They married in 1955 and resided with their family in Decatur, GA. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 36 years. Connie...
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