Obituaries
Alice Marie Hall
Jun 21, 2015
Alice Coberly Hall died on June 21, 2015 at the age of 93, surrounded by all of her children who loved her dearly. She was born on August 21, 1921, the middle child of Vergil J. Coberly and Alice Dolan Coberly in Petersburg, Virginia, where she grew up with her sister Rosalie (Roe) and brother VJ. Alice followed her sister...
Joseph Aloysius Mitchell
Jun 20, 2015
Joseph A. Mitchell (Joe) joined his wife Cathy and son Allan in Paradise in the evening of June 20, 2015, at the age of 93, in Avondale Estates. Joe was, in his own words, a son of a buck and lived his life until the end on his own terms. Joe was born and raised in Springfield, MA, the son...
Marley Natasha Duncan
Jun 18, 2015
Marley Natasha Duncan, devoted mother, beloved daughter and sister, sassy yet endlessly devoted friend, passed away on June 18, 2015 in Snellville, GA at the age of 21. Marley was born on June 15, 1994 in Decatur, GA to Nicole Roberts and Gregory Duncan. She spent equal parts of her childhood fighting with and perpetually bonded together with her adoring...
Betty Millard Gates
Jun 17, 2015
Betty Millard Gates, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia since 1960, died on June 17, 2015. She was born in Lufton, Arkansas on July 6, 1930. She grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee. Betty was valedictorian of the Class of 1948 at Marion County High School in Jasper, TN. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, where she met her future...
Isaiah Jermaine Smith
Jun 17, 2015
Isaiah Jermaine Smith passed away June 17, 2015. He was born May 28, 2015.Services are pending at this time.Feel free to leave the family your condolences via the guestbook provided. Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Ruby Lee Mclane
Jun 17, 2015
Ruby Lee McLane, 81, of Lilburn, Georgia passed away peacefully at DeKalb Medical Center on Wednesday June 17, 2015 surrounded by her family and dear friend of over 40 years, Lavinia Griffin. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Arthur L. Cowan, of Clemson, South Carolina and her husband John Edward McLane, M.D. She is survived...
Wynelle Ricks Thomas
Jun 15, 2015
Wynelle Ricks Thomas, 93, passed away Monday morning, June 15, 2015. A longtime resident of Atlanta, Wynelle was a loving wife, mother, and sister. She enjoyed spending time with her family, watching baseball, and singing hymns ... Mercy there was great, and grace was free; Pardon there was multiplied to me; There my burdened soul found liberty, At Calvary. Wynelle...
Virginia Beatrice Irvin
Jun 14, 2015
Virginia Scott Irvin (Ginny), 82, of Tucker, GA passed away on June 14, 2015. Ginny was born in Norcross, GA on May 23, 1933. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Robert Harold Irvin. She is survived by her son Robert (Robbie) Irvin and wife Stephanie, daughter Gina Irvin, her loyal pup Scout and several relatives...
Audrey Mae Dempsey
Jun 13, 2015
Audrey Mae Dempsey (81) died on June 13, 2015 at 10am . The funeral will be at A. S. Turner funeral home in Decatur, Georgia on Wednesday, June 17 at 11 am . The visitation will be Tuesday, June 16 from 5 to 7pm. She is survived by a daughter, Hazel Morris and a son, Richard S. Dempsey. She also...
John Roy Smith
Jun 13, 2015
J.R. Smith of Avondale Estates, age 76, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carolyn Fowler Smith, and he was preceded in death by their two sons, Johnny and Jimmy. J.R. is survived by his sister, Jane Peavy (Ron Carter), his brother-in-law, Don Keller, nieces, nephews, and many friends. J.R. had...
Joanne Marion Shealy
Jun 12, 2015
Joanne Johnson Shealy, 83, of Atlanta, died Friday, June 12, 2015. An Atlanta native, Mrs. Shealy was born August 18, 1931 to the late Harry and Marion Johnson. Mrs. Shealy is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Al Shealy, daughter Barbara Kalina and son-in-law John, son John Shealy and daughter-in-law Deb, Grandchildren, Aaron, Matt, and Christina Shealy, and...
William Stephen Carper
Jun 10, 2015
Mr. Stephen Carper, age 54 of Decatur, passed away on Wednesday June 10, 2015. Mr. Carper was a lifelong resident of Decatur and a member of Peace Lutheran Church.An avid Ham radio operator since the early 1970's (call letters W4OIZ), Steve actively communicated with other radio operators worldwide. From an early age he was known for his ability and speed...
Fleming Hammond Boyd
Jun 9, 2015
Fleming Hammond Boyd, 90, Atlanta, died Tuesday June 9th, 2015. He was born in Greenville, SC, June 30, 1924, the son of William Baron and Mabel Hammond and graduated from Greenville HS and Clemson University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in the US Army Air Corps 1940- 1944 as a B-17 co-pilot with active duty in England...
Newton Jarrell Hogg
Jun 7, 2015
Newton Jarrell Hogg, son of Henry Jackson Hogg, Sr. and Ruby Hamer Hogg, was born on July 22, 1923. He was raised in the Pleasant Grove Community near LaGrange, GA, where he attended Rosemont High School. He entered the University of Georgia in September 1940. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard a landing craft in...
Carl Thomas Kiplinger
Jun 7, 2015
Carl Thomas Kiplinger passed away on Sunday June 7, 2015. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, the son of D. C. "Kip" Kiplinger ( a well-known professor of floriculture at the Ohio State University) and Thelma Davis Kiplinger, who gave him his dad's middle name, Carl.Carl graduated from Upper Arlington High School, where he was active in the music program....
Sally Mcwhorter Knott
Jun 7, 2015
Sally McWorter Knott, of Decatur, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 7. Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, she came to Atlanta at a young age. An avid and accomplished Bridge player, an active member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church; a gardener; a traveler; a devoted friend. She will be missed by many.Family will receive visitors at 12:00 p.m. on...
Dorothy Ford
Jun 5, 2015
Mrs. Dorothy Lillian Hendricks Ford, 2233 McCurdy Road, of Stone Mountain, GA passed away June 5, 2015, after an extended illness. Mrs. Ford was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Julian Baxter Ford, Jr., her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Frank and Glenna Mayhew Hendricks, of New Smyrna Beach, FL and seven siblings, Frank, Richard, Donald, John, Louise,...
Patricia Ingram
Jun 5, 2015
PATRICIA STANFIELD INGRAMPatricia Stanfield Ingram of Lilburn, GA passed away on Friday June 5, 2015 at the home of her closest friend, Dianne Schread in Stone Mountain, GA after a two-and-a-half year battle with cancer. Mrs. Ingram was born on November 23, 1934 in LaGrange, GA. She was a 1953 graduate of LaGrange High School in LaGrange, GA; a 1957...
Robert Willis Waters
Jun 4, 2015
Robert "Bob" Willis Waters, 75, of Atlanta, GA, went home to his Lord on June 4, 2015 after a noble and courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born on July 2, 1939, in Daisy, GA, to his late parents Robert "Buddy" Willis Waters and Frances Durrence Waters. Bob graduated from Ludowici High School in 1957 and from Valdosta State...
Martin Alexander Mckinnon
Jun 3, 2015
Martin Alexander McKinnon, 64, of Decatur, passed away June 3, 2015. Born March 11, 1951, in Fulton County, he was the son of the late Thomas Johnson, Jr. and Edna Jeanette Green McKinnon. A strong, nurturing, family man, Martin devoted his life to his wife and children. He enjoyed instilling knowledge, inspiring children, and working for 16 years with the...
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