Obituaries
Julian Moffatt Hemphill
Jul 20, 2014
Funeral Notice for Julian M. Hemphill Julian Moffatt Hemphill, 97, of Decatur went home to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of July 20, 2014. He was born on November 23, 1916, in Moreland, GA, and graduated from Erskine College in Erskine, SC. He had retired from The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta after more than 40 years...
Brenda Irby Cobb
Jul 18, 2014
Brenda Cobb, age 73, died peacefully at Hospice Atlanta after a ten year battle with breast cancer. She was born in Meridian, MS in 1941. She attended Meridian High School and graduated from "The W", Mississippi State College for Women in 1959. On July 29, 1960 she married James E. Cobb began a marriage of 53 years. Later she began...
Donald Byron Roberts
Jul 16, 2014
Donald Byron Roberts, age 66, of Atlanta, GA passed away peacefully on July 16, 2014. He was born on February 26, 1948 in Atlanta, GA to Byron A. and Eva (Miles) Roberts and they preceded him in death. He was a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. Surviving are his cousins; Carole F. Bland (Diane), Basil (Butch) V....
Laverne Brewer
Jul 15, 2014
LaVerne Johnson Brewer, a resident of Fayetteville since 1988, died Tuesday, July 15 at Fairburn Health Care Center. Born September 6, 1923 in Marbury, AL, LaVerne was the 7th of 8 children born to Robert and Alma Johnson and was the last remaining family member. In 1940, at the age of 17, she relocated to Macon, where her first job...
Tamara Makdad Albrecht
Jul 15, 2014
Tamara Makdad Albrecht, age 59, passed away on Tuesday July 15, 2014 in Decatur, Georgia. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 28, 1955, to the late Ameene and Louise Makdad, she quickly demonstrated huge musical talent, already playing for church at age 13 in her hometown of Greensburg, PA. Tamara earned undergraduate music degrees at Wittenberg University, a master's in...
Heather Susanne Rombalski
Jul 13, 2014
Heather Susanne Rombalski, 43, of Leesburg, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. A "Celebration of Life" will be held at 5:00 pm on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at The Fish Camp on Gillionville Road.She was born in New Brunswick, NJ on April 15, 1971 and was a long time resident of Albany,GA. Survivors...
Mark Lee Carver
Jul 12, 2014
Mark Lee Carver of Decatur, GA passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014. Mark was a beloved father, friend, graduate of Druid Hills High School ('79), popular DHHS soccer coach, captain of his ALTA tennis team, and a loyal citizen of the Bulldog Nation. Mark loved nature and often went camping in North Georgia. Mark was a people-person, always in high...
Howard Grady Jacobs
Jul 12, 2014
Howard Grady Jacobs, formally of Tucker, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 pm on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1:00 until 3:00 at A.S. Turner and Sons in Decatur. Mr. Jacobs was an Army veteran and fought in the Korean...
Robert William Patterson
Jul 12, 2014
Robert William Patterson, 52, of Stone Mountain Georgia died unexpectedly July 12, 2014 from a heart condition. He is survived by his two children Bridget 14 and Sean 12 and his wife of 20 years, Katie Fulford Patterson. He was born Robert William Patterson on September 27, 1961 in Savannah, Georgia to Edward Matthew Patterson and Eloise Capps Patterson. He...
Roy Clifton Brewer
Jul 12, 2014
Roy Clifton Brewer died peacefully on Saturday July 12, 2014, at the age of 86. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Susan; daughters, Elaine Benson and her husband, Brian Benson and Martha Wright and her husband, David Wright: grandchildren, Katie, Christopher and his wife, Alexandra, Leah, Allison...
Curtis Russell Lynn
Jul 11, 2014
Lynn, CurtisCurtis R. Lynn, 92, of Atlanta Ga, passed away on 07/11/14. He was born to Lonnie and Fannie Lynn on 03/08/22 in Collins Ga. He later served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the 456th Anti-aircraft Artillary from 1942-45 where he met Marie Therese Barthe in occupied France. They were married in 1948 and then moved to Atlanta...
Hilton Monroe Fuller
Jul 10, 2014
Hilton Monroe Fuller, III, (Monty) passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 10, at his home in Decatur, Georgia. An Atlanta native, Monty was the son of Judge Hilton Fuller and Peggy Hearn Fuller, also Atlanta natives. He was predeceased by his grandparents Dr. Hilton Monroe Fuller and Viola Singleton Fuller, and Freeman McGarity Hearn and Janie Callahan Hearn. Mr. Fuller...
Martha Anne Richards
Jul 8, 2014
Martha Marty Jenner Richards of Decatur, GA, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the age of 102. Marty grew up in Indianola, Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa where she received her B.A. Degree. Marty moved to the Atlanta area with her husband, Guy H. Richards, in 1945. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years,...
Carolyn English Wammock
Jul 6, 2014
CAROLYN ENGLISH WAMMOCK passed away on July 7th 2014 at after a long battle with Alzheimers at the age of 78. She was a lifetime resident of Decatur and Atlanta. She graduated from Decatur High School in 1953 and later graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism and Georgia State University with a Masters in Education....
Mary Virginia Tucker
Jul 5, 2014
Virginia Jones Tucker went to be with her Jesus on July 5, 2014.Virginia was born August 27, 1926 in Molena Georgia to Robert Cecil Jones and Jewel Pilkenton Jones. She graduated from Molena High School and attended Georgia State University. She accepted Christ as a young woman, and was baptized in the Flint River in Molena, GA. She moved to...
Charles Lawson Ward
Jul 4, 2014
Charles Peck Lawson Ward, 85, of Buford passed away Friday, July 4, 2014 of heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Clara Mae Ward. They had 4 married children, 2 daughters, Patricia Scott and husband Jeffry, Irene Waddell and husband Randall; 2 sons. Charlie L Ward, Jr. and wife Sandra and James Jimmy Ward and wife...
Charles "Peck" Lawson Ward
Jul 4, 2014
Charles "Peck" Lawson Ward, 85, of Buford passed away Friday, July 4, 2014 of heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Clara Mae Ward. They had 4 married children, 2 daughters, Patricia Scott and husband Jeffry, Irene Waddell and husband Randall; 2 sons. Charlie L Ward, Jr. and wife Sandra and James "Jimmy" Ward and wife...
John Patrick Gaines
Jul 3, 2014
John Patrick Gaines,64, of Stone Mountain, GA passed away on Thursday July 3, 2014. He was born on December 21, 1949 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Woodrow P. Gaines and Hazel N. Gaines. He retired from Bell South as a Computer Analyst. A Nova High School and DeKalb College graduate, he loved fishing, old car shows, racing, Georgia Tech, Roy...
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