Obituaries
Helen Elizabeth Bruce
Apr 29, 2016
Helen S. Bruce, age 90, died April 29, 2016, from complications of Alzheimers Disease at Cobblestone at Park Springs Nursing Home in Stone Mountain, GA. For 57 years, she was the loving wife of Thomas L. Bruce, who preceded her in death, and the devoted mother of two daughters. Born in Bunkie, LA, she graduated from Bunkie High School and...
Anibal Adan
Apr 27, 2016
Anibal Adan, MD, 91, passed away on April 26, 2016. Anibal, also known as Andy to his friends,was born October 2, 1924 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, the son of Ignacio Adan Sueiras and AngelaMarquez Paez. After graduating from Escuela Normal de Pinar del Rio (Normal School ForTeachers) in June 1943, Anibal taught school for one year in Cuba. He...
Geraldine Dobbins Freeman
Apr 27, 2016
Geraldine Dobbins Freeman, 86, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. She was born February 19, 1930 in Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Porter F., Sr. and Osa Minney Dobbins. Also preceding her in death was her husband of nearly 62 years, Kenneth Marshall Freeman, Sr., he...
James Earl Dollins
Apr 26, 2016
James Earl Dollins, 90, of Atlanta died Tuesday, April 26th. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mildred and son Mike. He is survived by his daughter Gayle, 2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren as well as special friends and care-givers, Victor and Ione Rowland. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 am Friday May 6th in the chapel...
Labibie Azar
Apr 24, 2016
On April 24, 2016, one day after her 102 birthday, Labibie Domain Azar passed on to the next life. There she is now with the Lord and those loved ones who passed before her: her father and mother, Michael and Martha Domain; her husband Sam; her sisters Maggie Fakouri, Sarah Domain, Frances Najour; her brothers Abraham Domain, Nicholas Domain and...
Robert "Elliott" Hilley, Jr.
Apr 23, 2016
Robert "Elliott" Hilley, Jr., 69, of Tucker, GA, went to be with his Lord on April 23, 2016. He was born to the late Robert Elliott Hilley, Sr. and Catherine Hand Hilley on April 25, 1946, in Atlanta, GA, at Crawford Long Hospital. In his early years, Elliott attended Fernbank Elementary and Gordon Military School. He graduated from Druid Hills...
Dr. Betty Ann Brooks
Apr 23, 2016
Betty Ann Brooks M.D., 94, died peacefully on April 24 at The Oaks in Athens, GA. Dr. Brooks was born May 22, 1921 in Charlotte, N.C. to Lucile and Fred Brooks. Betty Ann grew up in Decatur, GA graduating from Decatur Girls High, Agnes Scott College (1942), and was one of only three women to earn her Medical Degree in...
Charles William Walden, M.D.
Apr 22, 2016
On Friday, April 22nd, Charles William Walden, M.D., of Dawsonville, GA passed away at age 77. The son of W.E. Walden and Elsie Ragland Walden, Dr. Walden grew up in Newnan, GA and graduated from Newnan High School, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine.Dr. Walden served 2 years with the U.S. Public Health Service (Navy) in...
Barbara Wurthmann Mcelrath
Apr 21, 2016
Barbara Wurthmann McElrath, 82, of Decatur, passed away at her home on Thursday, April 21, 2016. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina on February 2, 1934. She graduated from Bishop England High School and received an Associate of Arts degree from Saint Bernard College in Cullman, Alabama. She met Frank Roe McElrath while both of them worked for the...
Nancy Jane Meeks
Apr 21, 2016
Nancy Jane Meeks, 60, of Decatur, passed away April 21, 2016. Born June 10, 1955, in Oklahoma City, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Tracy, Sr. and Nancy Carol Cleo Stump Meeks. Nancy graduated from Roswell High School as Valedictorian and then from Georgia State with a Master's and continued with a career in advertising. Nancy is survived...
Lewis Calvin Lindsey, Jr.
Apr 20, 2016
Lewis Calvin Lindsey, Jr., 78, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Born July 3, 1937, in Coral Gables, Florida, he was the son of the late Lewis and Margaret Reese Lindsey.Mr. Lindsey is survived by his wife, Kay Pickett, and many more loving family and friends.Services will be held at a date to be announced in Maryland.Feel free to leave...
Martha Ellen Webb
Apr 18, 2016
Martha "ELLEN" Webb beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and cousin. Ellen was a faithful and tireless worker for her Savior and church. She graduated from Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, TN with a degree in teaching and taught in the Nashville area before coming back to Georgia. She then started working for the city of Atlanta schools earning her Master's degree...
Ann C. Fossett
Apr 18, 2016
Ann Clement Fossett of Decatur, Georgia passed away on April 18th after a long, hard battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on July 3, 1947 in Danville, Virginia and spent her childhood years in Rome, Georgia.During her teen years, she moved with her family around the Southeast as her father, an executive with Sears, opened new stores during that...
Linda Jean Marlor Pickens
Apr 18, 2016
PICKENS, LINDA JEANLinda Jean Pickens, 94, died peacefully on April 18, 2015, in her apartment at Kings Bridge, Atlanta. She was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on January 28, 1922, to Mildred Sutton Marlor and Henry Smith Marlor. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Cecil, after 71 years of marriage. She was also predeceased by her parents and three...
Ruth S. Harbour
Apr 15, 2016
Ruth Stafford Harbour, 103, of Decatur, passed away on April 15, 2016. Born March 1, 1913, in Macon, she was the daughter of the late Wylie B. and Mamie Lizzie Mathews Stafford. Ruth is survived by her son, George A Harbour, III; two daughters in law, Carol C. Harbour and Carol B. Harbour ;two grandsons, Kenneth and Andrew Harbour; granddaughter,...
Marvin Dennis Bright
Apr 14, 2016
Marvin Dennis Bright, 56, of Carrollton, died April 14, 2016. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Bright was the son of James Andrew and Frances Marlene Hogan Bright. He was painter and contractor. Survivors, other than his father, include a daughter, Rena Denise Bright. Funeral arrangements are pending. A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home, Decatur. Funeral Home: A. S. Turner...
Patricia Lee Shelton
Apr 14, 2016
Patricia Lee Shelton, 73, of Decatur, Georgia, beloved mother, sister and friend, returned to her heavenly home on April 14, 2016. She was wholly devoted to her family. Pat's firm belief in God supported her through her life on Earth. She was an inspiration to all who knew her and will be missed more than words can describe.Pat was born...
Elias John Livaditis
Apr 14, 2016
Elias John "Lee" Livaditis departed this life on April 14, 2016, after a brief but valiant battle with aggressive lung cancer. Born October 4, 1949, in Columbia, SC, Lee grew up in Atlanta where his father, John Elias "Big John" Livaditis established Zesto Drive-Ins and Big John's Christmas Trees, notably in the year Lee was born. Lee graduated from Dykes...
Barbra Forrest Overton
Apr 14, 2016
Barbra Overton created a home of love and acceptance. Throughout her children's lives, they witnessed friends and family come to her when they could not speak to anyone else. The daughter of Paul and Grace Forrest, Barbra Jo was born on September 8th, 1937 in Cumming, Georgia. She was exuberant and always had a joie de vivre for life. After...
M. Roscoe Lowery
Apr 13, 2016
Marion Roscoe Lowery, 93, of Avondale Estates, beloved father and grandfather, died on April 13. He grew up in the fondly-remembered neighborhood of Frog Hollow in Augusta, GA. He attended the Academy of Richmond County, the oldest public high school in the United States, where the military became part of his life and he served as Cadet Colonel.Roscoe served in...
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