Obituaries
Kenneth Dale Caudill
Jan 23, 2016
Kenneth Dale Caudill, 64, of Sandy Springs, GA, died in his home on January 23, 2016. Ken was the beloved husband of Christine Findlan Caudill. He was the son of Eulas and Mabel Caudill of Richmond, KY. Born in Cincinnati, OH, he graduated from Morehead State University and held a masters degree from Eastern Kentucky University. He was a successful...
Alice M. Kobayashi
Jan 22, 2016
Alice Marill Kobayashi, 93, died January 22 in Atlanta, GA. She was born in 1922 in Vienna, Austria to Dr. Alfred Marill and his wife Klara (Rubin) Marill and immigrated as a refugee to the US in 1938 after Hitler's Nazi regime annexed Austria. She was a life-long advocate for refugees, grateful for her own good fortune and for that...
William Talmage Studstill
Jan 21, 2016
William Talmage Studstill, Sr. (Billy) passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016. Born on April 7, 1937 in Americus, Georgia to J.T. and Essie Studstill, Billy, (known as Hoss by Coach Jim Luck) excelled on the athletic fields in Americus, where he was the quarterback for the Americus High Panthers, catcher for the baseball team (State Champs '53,'54), and a...
Betty Laughlin
Jan 20, 2016
Betty Irick Laughlin, age 88, passed away on January 20, 2016. She was born in Warsaw, Indiana, and also lived in Crawfordsville and Bedford, Indiana. Growing up she loved camping, Girl Scouting, and sports – Hail Purdue! Betty attended Furman University and graduated with a degree in Political Science. She was involved with the Theatre Guild, Alpha Psi Omega, and...
Bernice Ellenburg
Jan 19, 2016
Bernice Moore Ellenburg, born December 28, 1936 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, GA, went to be with the Lord on January 19, 2016. She graduated from Druid Hills High School in 1954 and attended the University of Georgia from 1954-1956, where she met John F. Ellenburg, the Love of Her Life. They married in 1956 and celebrated 59 years together...
Keith Michael Prall
Jan 19, 2016
Keith Michael Prall, 68, of Tucker, beloved husband and father, passed away on January 19, 2016. Born in Atlanta, February 17, 1947, he was the son of the late Robert and Kathleen Prall. Keith enjoyed spending time outdoors, hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, and everything else nature had to offer. Keith is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Beverly...
Evelyne Perdue
Jan 17, 2016
Evelyne Murff Perdue, 58, of Acworth, beloved wife and mother, passed away on January 17, 2016. Evelyne . She was married for years to Thomas Keith Perdue. three sons, Benjamin Clark, Nathaniel Clark, Nicholas Clark; sister, Jan Murff Melton; brother, Robert W. McQuarrie; two granddaughters, Seneca Clark, Kylie Clark; . Services will be held Saturday January 23, 2016 at 12:30...
Barbara Ann Burdette
Jan 16, 2016
Barbara Ann Burdette, 78, of Snellville, passed away on January 16, 2016. Barbara is survived by; sons, Mike and Frances Burdette, Scott Burdette; daughter, Christy and Craig Serra four grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday January 19, 2016 at 1 pm at the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons with Rev. Russ Butcher officiating. The...
Helen Barbara Maggio
Jan 16, 2016
Barbara Helen J. Maggio, 95, passed away January 16, 2016. She was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1914 and moved to Atlanta in 1948 where she worked for 40 plus years with WAGA-TV. She was predeceased by her father, mother and four sisters. She is survived by her sister, Jeannette Sokal; brother, Frank Maggio, 11 nieces and nephews; 16 great-nieces...
Helen Barbara Maggio
Jan 16, 2016
Barbara Helen J. Maggio, 95, passed away January 16, 2016. She was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1920 and moved to Atlanta in 1948 where she worked for 40 plus years with WAGA-TV. She was predeceased by her father, mother and four sisters. She is survived by her sister, Jeannette Sokal; brother, Frank Maggio, 11 nieces and nephews; 16 great-nieces...
Marion Fern
Jan 15, 2016
Mrs. Marion Davis Fern, age 96 of Atlanta, passed away January 15, 2016. She was a long term program director and psychiatric nurse for the Atlanta Community Friendship Center. Marion was preceded in death by her loving husband of 72 years, Lewis Pettinger Fern and is survived by sons and daughters-in law, Dwight and Gloria Fern and David and Becky...
Betty Whitten Hieber
Jan 13, 2016
Mrs. Betty Whitten Hieber, age 95, a native of Atlanta, passed away on January 13, 2016. She was affectionately called "Butchie" by her husband, a family nickname that quite possibly came from her days with the Atlanta Roller Derby as a young woman. Betty was a devoted mother and wife who was self-employed as a very skilled reweave before retirement....
Julia Oliver
Jan 12, 2016
Julia Durham Oliver, 97, died on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. She was born on Sept. 30, 1918, in Atlanta. The daughter of Alexander Franklin Durham and Helen McWhorter Durham, she grew up in Woodville, Ga. A former public school teacher in Clayton County, she taught Sunday School for more than 40 years. Mrs. Oliver graduated from South Georgia College in...
Leroy Olan Laney
Jan 11, 2016
Leroy Laney, prominent Honolulu economist, died peacefully January 11 at Straub Hospital, from complications of liver disease. Dr. Laney came to Hawaii in 1990 as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for First Hawiian Bank, and was Professor of Economics and Finance at Hawaii Pacific University from 1998 until his retirement June, 2015. He served as a consultant for FHB...
Emory Marion Brooks
Jan 11, 2016
Emory Marion Brooks, 94, of Stone Mountain, passed away peacefully on Monday January 11, 2016. A wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he was born on August 3, 1921 in McDuffie County, GA to Allie Cason and Jesse Reese Brooks, and was raised on a farm with his four brothers while also playing varsity football for Warrenton High School. After...
James Thomas Smith
Jan 11, 2016
James Thomas Smith, affectionately called "Tommy", died Monday January 11, 2016 at age 91, at the Embracing Hospice in Snellville following a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 67 years, Gloria Bennett Smith; his sons, Stephen Smith and Gary Smith and their wives; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and many close friends. Born in Flippen, GA, the son of...
Louis Witte Benton
Jan 11, 2016
Louis Witte Benton, Jr., 78, died peacefully in his sleep at home Monday, January 11, 2016. He was born October 19, 1937 in Monticello, GA, the only child of Kathryn Blackwell Benton and Louis Witte Benton, who both preceded him in death. He has been a Director of the Bank of Monticello for many years and maintained an interest in...
Nell Rholetter Castles
Jan 10, 2016
Nell Rholetter Castles, 84, of Atlanta, died peacefully at home on Sun. Jan. 10, 2016. She is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, David Castles, and their 5 children: Nancy (Ed) Bertram, Anne (Kevin) Shea, David (Karyn) Castles, Jane (Clell) Deaver and Jennifer Castles, as well as her sister Clara Carter. She was blessed with 14 grandchildren &...
Nitzia Emilia Cividanes
Jan 10, 2016
Nitzia Emilia Cividanes, 57, of Norcross, died January 10, 2016. A native of Venezuela, Mrs. Cividanes was the daughter of the late Otto Cividanes and Miriam Fergusson Cividanes. She was a childcare provider. Survivors, other than her mother, include her husband, Hernan Torrealba; four brothers, Amabilis Cividanes, Miguel Cividanes, Ana Cividanes, and Otto Cividanes and a niece, Dayan Jacobs. Services...
Charlie White
Jan 10, 2016
Charlie White, 88, died peacefully Sunday, January 10, 2015, at Ivy Springs Senior Living in Buford, GA. He was born September 24, 1927, in Rupert (Butler) GA, to Charles Oscar and Ida Mott White. After a brief term in the Army, he married, Dolores Stanton, and started a family in Macon, GA. In 1969, they moved to Carriage Hills Subdivision...
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