Obituaries
William Andrew Canterbury
Aug 25, 2013
William (Bill) Canterbury March 26, 1922 - August 25, 2013Always the Southern Gentleman, William Andrew Canterbury was known as Bill to the many friends he made wherever he went. He was a generous, loving and kind man who always had time to lend a helping hand or share a story. He was champion for the underdog; always ready to stand...
Mabel Josephine Marcinek
Aug 25, 2013
Josephine was the essence of poise and grace. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on February 11,1924 to Irwin Robert Campbell and Violet Pauline McConkey, she grew up knowing the hardship of World War II. In Brisbane she met a young U.S. Army Lieutenant, William Bradley Seale whom she married. Unfortunately, Bill Seale passed at the very young age of 46...
Mary Virgina Tunison
Aug 24, 2013
Mrs. Virginia W. Tunison, 98, of Stone Mountain passed away on Saturday August 24, 2013. A native of Charleston, SC she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Conner Tunison, Jr. and her daughter, Virginia Jones. She is survived by her daughter, Charlene and Charles Rape; son, Brent Tunison; grandchildren, Amy Morris, Michael Parker, David Morris; great-grandchildren, Christina Osborn,...
R. Lamar Brannon
Aug 23, 2013
Richard Lamar Brannon, 76, died on August 23, 2013 in Dunwoody, Ga. He was born on June 10, 1937 in Atlanta, Ga. to Buell W. and Ollie Pirkle Brannon.A native Atlantan, Lamar was graduated from Bass High School in Atlanta in 1955. After high school he attended college at the Georgia Institute of Technology for a year before transferring to...
Thomas Broadfield Ray
Aug 22, 2013
Thomas B. Ray (1925-2013)Thomas Broadfield Ray peacefully joined the love of his life, his wife Jean Bodin, in Heaven on August 22, 2013, after a brief illness. The oldest of three children of Katherine B. and Oliver Ray, young Thomas developed a keen interest in airplanes after seeing Charles Lindbergh's first solo flight in his birth town of Americus, Georgia....
Hester Berrien Crawley
Aug 21, 2013
Born in Dalton, Georgia, on April 3, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Bernice McCamy. The 101-year-old matriarch was a graduate of Georgia State College for Women and once taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Dalton, Georgia. She married the Reverend R. Frank Crawley and they ministered to congregations throughout Georgia, such as Decatur First United...
Brian Arnold Lucas
Aug 20, 2013
Brian Arnold Lucas, 45, of Decatur, died August 20, 2013. He was a graduate of Briarcliff High School and Georgia State University. Brian served his country in the U. S. Navy with the Blue Angels. Recently he followed his passion to help at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, where, on April 20, 2013, Brian received WXIA Channel 11's prestigious Community...
Dorothy Sutherland King
Aug 18, 2013
Mrs. Dorothy Sutherland King, 95, formerly of Blue Ridge, GA where she was a member of Blue Ridge First Baptist Church for over 30 years, passed away on Sunday August 18, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Woodis King. She is survived by her daughter, Anne Crum; grandson, Glyn Crum, and his wife, Kelley Crum and...
Ralph Emory Wilson, Sr.
Aug 15, 2013
Ralph Emory Wilson, Sr; 92, of Decatur, Rehoboth area, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday August 15, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. He lived his entire life in the Rehoboth community. A longtime homebuilder in DeKalb County, he was an active member of Rehoboth Baptist Church for over sixty years. He enjoyed listening to southern gospel music,...
Sara Eugenia Demore
Aug 15, 2013
Eugenia DeMore, 83, beloved sister and aunt, and a cherished friend and neighbor of many, died on Thursday, August 15, 2013 after a short yet very courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by husband Donald DeMore and two siblings, Naomi Combs and Joel Combs. She is survived by a brother, William Combs and his wife Doris Combs....
John Mark Hodgson
Aug 14, 2013
John Mark Hodgson was an artist, a historian, a chef, and especially a comedian. He loved his children and grandchild, doted on his wife Becky, adored his sister Ellen Oakes, and enjoyed his nieces and nephews. He passed away on August 14th, 2013 after a happy life of which he could not have been more proud. Mark would refer to...
Charles Stuart Bell
Aug 13, 2013
Charles Stuart "Chuck" Bell, Sr., 80, of Tucker, passed away Tuesday August 13, 2013 after a 6-year battle with cancer. Born in Huntington, WV, in 1933, he graduated from Huntington High School, attended Greenbrier Military Academy prep school in Lewisburg, WV, then Ohio University in Athens, OH, on football and swimming scholarships. He was an outstanding member of the OU...
Charles Luther Harkleroad
Aug 12, 2013
Charles L. Harkleroad, 73, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away Monday August 12, 2013 after battling kidney cancer for over a decade. Charlie was born in Asheville, NC on August 9, 1940 to Charles William Harkleroad of Bristol, TN and Christine Kidwell Harkleroad of Crossville, TN. The family moved to Atlanta where Charlie attended Brown High School and then graduated...
Annie Estelle Larmore
Aug 10, 2013
Annie Mays Larmore passed away on August 2013 at the rich age of 106. With all of her many accomplishments, nothing became her so well as the grace and love with which she embraced her years as a centenarian. She taught lessons to all who met her in these six and one half years. If the good Lord decided to...
Arthur Willis Sutton
Aug 9, 2013
Lt. Col. Arthur W. Sutton Jr, USAF Ret., passed away on Friday August 9th. Colonel Sutton was a WWII veteran, serving in the China-Burma-India Theater where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, and the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster. At the end of the war, he remained in the Air Force Reserve until retiring...
Eugene Adolph Medori
Aug 8, 2013
Eugene A. Medori, Jr., 70, of StoneMountain, GA, passed away Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, surrounded by family. Gene was born in Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 7, 1942, to Eugene A. Medori, Sr., and Mary Macario Medori. He attended Hackensack High School in NJ, and graduated from Emory University with both his undergraduate and Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees. He was a special...
Patricia Rapp Yeager
Aug 8, 2013
Patricia Ann Rapp Yeager was born April 5, 1934 and died August 8, 2013. Patricia was born in Foley, Alabama, to Rudolph Rapp and Mildred Smith Rapp, and spent her youth in South Alabama. She graduated from Lanier High School in Montgomery and later from the University of Alabama. While at the university, she received a B.S. in Medical Technology...
Peter Joseph Bryg
Aug 7, 2013
Peter Joseph Bryg of Atlanta, GA passed away on Wednesday August 7, 2013. Peter was born on July 28, 1941 to the late Lucy and Peter Bryg of Derby, Connecticut, where he was raised. He attended Princeton University and earned a Bachelor's Degree from Fairfield University and his Master's from Duke University. He moved to Georgia in the 1960's. His...
Elizabeth Eleanor Smith
Aug 7, 2013
Elizabeth Pritchett Smith, a native of Atlanta, having grown up in Inman Park went to be with her Lord on August 7, 2013 at the age of 92. She graduated from Girls High School and Draughan Business College. She was employed at Davison's Department Store and later worked for the McCann Erickson Advertising Agency as accounting supervisor. She and her...
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