Obituaries
George Roderick Flowers
May 8, 2015
Flowers, George RoderickMr. Rod Flowers, 92, of Decatur died Friday, May 8, 2015. Mr. Flowers grew up inDecatur, graduated from the University of Georgia and Emory University, studyingchemistry, mathematics and medicine. He retained a lifelong interest in science. Heserved in the Navy during WWII as a communications officer on a tank landing ship inthe Pacific arena. After graduate studies, he...
Charles Hudson Stribling
May 8, 2015
Charles Hudson Stribling was born on December 13, 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia to Lucy Elizabeth Hudson and Warren Dickey Stribling Jr. A master storyteller, Good-Time Charlie loved to laugh and entertain friends and family with tall tales and a good joke. One of his proudest accomplishments was having won the Ludlow Porch Liar's Club competition - TWICE! Charlie spent his...
Charles Hudson Stribling
May 8, 2015
Charles Hudson Stribling was born on December 13, 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia to Lucy Elizabeth Hudson and Warren Dickey Stribling Jr. A master storyteller, "Good-Time Charlie" loved to laugh and entertain friends and family with tall tales and a good joke. One of his proudest accomplishments was having won the Ludlow Porch Liar's Club competition – TWICE! Charlie spent his...
Ellen Elton Raines
May 6, 2015
Ellen Elton Raines, 95, passed away Wednesday May 6, 2015. She was born March 18, 1920 in Wrightsville, Georgia to the late Thomas Franklin Elton and Ruby Williams Elton. She was a homemaker and the loving wife to the late George Phoelix Raines, who was president at Atlantic Sheet Metal and a member of the Yaarab Shrine Temple before passing...
Ellen Elton Raines
May 6, 2015
Ellen Elton Raines, 95, passed away Wednesday May 6, 2015. She was born March 18, 1920 in Wrightsville, Georgia to the late Thomas Franklin Elton and Ruby Williams Elton. She was a homemaker and the loving wife to the late George Phoelix Raines, who was president at Atlantic Sheet Metal and a member of the Yaarab Shrine Temple before passing...
Celeste Mary Townsend
May 6, 2015
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers
May 6, 2015
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers, 82, of Kearneysville, WV, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility, Kearneysville, WV. She was born November 21, 1932 in Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of the late Clarence W. Hamilton and Leone Bowers Hamilton. She leaves behind her devoted...
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers
May 6, 2015
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers, 82, of Kearneysville, WV, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility, Kearneysville, WV. She was born November 21, 1932 in Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of the late Clarence W. Hamilton and Leone Bowers Hamilton. She leaves behind her devoted...
Ltc John H. Dieterle
May 5, 2015
Lt. Col. John H. Dieterle1929 ~ 2015Retired Lt. Col John H. Dieterle, age 85, died on May 5, 2015 in West Jordan, UT .He was born August 6, 1929 in Rexburg, Idaho, to Joseph Hyrum Dieterle and Nora Lavern Rudd. He grew up on a farm in the foothills of the Sawtooth Mountains about nine miles northeast of Carey, Idaho,...
Robert Fulton Bland, Iii
May 3, 2015
Robert Bland, age 77, of Duluth, Georgia passed away on May 3, 2015. He was born on February 13, 1938 to Robert F. and Carolyn Bland. He graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology. He proudly served his country for 28 years as a Commander in the US Navy. He married Carole F. Skinner on September 7, 1997 and she survives....
Cornelia Jane Patrick
Apr 30, 2015
Cornelia Jane Patrick, 72, of Atlanta passed away Thursday April 30, 2015. She is survived by her mother, Betty Bosely Hurst, her son, Chris Patrick and her grandchildren, Sean, Shannon, and Jennifer Patrick. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday May 9 at The Church of Our Savior with the Reverend Zachary R. Thompson officiating. Burial will be...
Mary Anne Pickens
Apr 29, 2015
PICKENS, Mary CookMary Anne Cook Pickens of Atlanta died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at the age of 87. The youngest of five children, she was born in Atlanta on October 24, 1927, to Charles Warren Cook and Esther Jane Hunter Cook. She graduated from Girls High in 1944 at age 16 and went to work at C&S Bank. In 1947,...
Rosann Rivellese
Apr 29, 2015
Rosann Rivellese of Canton Georgia, formerly of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Robert Rivellese, her daughter, Diane Witkowski, her sons, Robert and Mark Rivellese and her grandchildren, Amanda, Jack, Isabella and Aidan. A memorial service will be held in the chapel at A.S Turner and...
Alice Constant Mills
Apr 28, 2015
Alice Constant Mills, 96, of Athens, formerly of Avondale Estates, Georgia, died Tuesday, April 28, in Athens. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, on Nov. 7, 1918 to George and Irene Wicks Constant on Nov. 7, 1918. She was the widow of Donald B. Mills, her husband of 45 years who died in 1985. She and her husband moved to...
Margaret Inez Moseley
Apr 28, 2015
Well-known gardener Margaret Moseley, 98One of gardening's most colorful characters, Margaret Rainwater Moseley, 98, died April 28, 2015, at her home in Decatur. Born May 28, 1916, in Greene County, Georgia, Margaret grew up in DeKalb County and graduated from Commercial High School in downtown Atlanta. She was preceded in death in 2004 by her husband Lamar Moseley. In 1965,...
Glenda Jo Futral Hester
Apr 26, 2015
Glenda Jo Futral Hester, 74, of Decatur, passed away on April 26, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Wayne Hester. She is survived by her daughters, Julia A. Ward, Laura and Todd Goss; son, Bryan and Frankie Goodson Ward; granddaughter, Melissa Ward and Dustin Roberts; grandson, Mason Ward; . Funeral Services will be held Wednesday April...
Lucille Reel Harris
Apr 26, 2015
Mrs. Lucille Reel Harris of Decatur, GA, died peacefully at home on Sunday, April 26, 2015, at the age of 86. Born in Union Mills, NC, on March 17, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Addie Lee and Elizabeth Morris Reel.Mrs. Harris was a homemaker and dedicated member of Clairmont Hills Baptist Church where she worshipped for 54...
Joseph Frambes Dicks
Apr 24, 2015
Joseph Frambes Dicks, 65, of Decatur died peacefully in his home on Friday, April 24, 2015 after a five-year struggle with multiple myeloma. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Joe was the son of Sarah Elizabeth Hurd and Harold Frambes Dicks. He graduated from Butler High School in Huntsville, Alabama, earned a Bachelor's degree in architecture from Auburn University, and practiced architecture...
Jean G. Witcher
Apr 22, 2015
Jean Gilbert Witcher passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Mildred and William ("Bud") Gilbert. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Bill Witcher, her sons, Bradley and Chris Witcher, grandchildren, Jade, Kayla, Abigail, Lilli and Dennis, her brother, Bill Gilbert (Lucia) of Whitefish, MT, nephews Drew and Ben, and niece Haley...
Mary Anne Summers
Apr 21, 2015
Mary Anne Summers, age 82, of Atlanta, Georgia, joined her savior, Jesus Christ, on April 21, 2015. Mary Anne was a devoted follower of Jesus Christ, a loving and faithful daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She graduated from Brown High School in Atlanta in 1950. Planning the 50th high school reunion was one of her countless treasured...
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