Obituaries
Vernon Elmer Arneson
Jul 11, 2013
Vernon E. Arneson, 83, of Atlanta died July 11, 2013, at the Atlanta V. A. Hospital Nursing Home. He served his county in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Arneson was a proud and faithful member to The American Legion for over 55 years. His outstanding leadership qualities were noteworthy to The American Legion while serving in...
Janet Olivia Guined
Jul 10, 2013
Janet O. GuinedMay 10th, 1943 - July 10th 2013 Mrs. Janet Guined of Lilburn, Georgia passed away on Wednesday the 10th of July, 2013. Born May 10th, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia to Elmore and Dorothy Hulse, Janet attended Druid Hills High School in Northeast Atlanta and graduated with the class of 1961. On April 14th, 1962 she married Earnest Daniel...
Edward Martin Newcott
Jul 9, 2013
Newcott, Edward M.Edward M. Newcott, 95, died peacefully at his home in Sunrise of Decatur, GA July 9, 2013. Born in Peckville, PA in 1918, he was one of nine children of a Lithuanian immigrant coal miner. Moving to New York shortly before World War II, he enlisted in the Coast Guard and served in the Lower Manhattan Barge Office...
Marvin Henry Smith
Jul 9, 2013
Mr. Marvin Henry Smith, Jr., 88, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Mr. Smith was born in Culverton, Georgia, attended Emory at Oxford, and then served in the US Army in Europe during World War II. He received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in combat. Following the war, he graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a...
Devin James Singh
Jul 7, 2013
Devin James Singh was born at Piedmont Hospital on July 3, 2013 and died July 7, 2013. He is survived by his parents, Jas Pal and Heather Mosley Singh; brother, Dillan Singh; and grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. S. P. Singh and Mr. and Mrs. James Mosley. The family will receive friends and there will be a memorial service at 4:00...
Virginia Carrico Smith
Jul 5, 2013
Virginia Carrico Smith, age 92, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, July 5, 2013. Known to family and friends as "Jinny", she was born July 15, 1920 in Wise, Virginia. Her husband, Charles John Smith, and her parents, Everett Cleveland Carrico and Myrtle Evans Carrico, preceded Jinny in death. A loving wife and mother, Jinny was a...
Catherine Belle Cooper
Jul 1, 2013
Ms. Catherine Belle Cooper, 80, of Atlanta (Decatur) passed away on Monday July 1, 2013. The daughter of Charlie F. and Minnie Belle Cooper, Catherine was born in Atlanta on April 27, 1933. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1952. She worked for the Atlanta Clearing House until 1961; from there she worked for the C and S National...
Michael Lewis Garbutt
Jun 28, 2013
Michael Lewis Garbutt often told his friends and family, Every day is a blessing. For those who knew Michael, the times they spent with him were especially blessed.Michael loved people and welcomed them into his many circles of friends. He loved his family. He loved his partner, the late Eugene Abshier. And he loved the city of Atlanta, where he...
Thomas Jefferson Fountain
Jun 28, 2013
Thomas J. Fountain, Jr. 88, of Decatur, passed away on June 27, 2013 at his home. Born, September 8, 1925, Mr. Fountain was a life long resident and respected businessman in the city of Decatur that he so dearly loved. Mr. Fountain was a WWII veteran. Preceded in death by his wife, Annalois Raley Fountain, he is survived by his...
Connie Ruth Durden
Jun 26, 2013
Mrs. Connie Ruth Durden, age 85, of Decatur, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2013. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Roy Durden and her first husband Grover Shore. Mrs. Durden is survived by her children, Darrell Shore and his wife Judy of Douglasville, Donna Gibbs and her husband Ricky of Lilburn, Cindy Shore of Woodstock and Anthony...
Wilma Orphelia Yarbrough
Jun 25, 2013
Wilma "Brownie" Orphelia Yarbrough, 89, of Goshen, IN, formerly of Atlanta, GA died at 6:46 PM Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at her residence. She was born November 28, 1923 in Lexington, NC to Claude and Madge Dunning Brown. She married Robert Heath Yarbrough on February 7, 1946 and he died November 10, 1969. She was preceded in death by her...
Betty Jean Skinkle
Jun 24, 2013
Mrs. Betty Jean Skinkle of Atlanta died Monday, June 24, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Louis Skinkle. She is survived by her son, David Skinkle; her daughters, Darlene Pace and Dale Hicks; grandchildren, Melissa Clements, Carly May, Jay Clements and Kevin Hicks. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, June 28, 2013...
Patricia E. Gillentine
Jun 23, 2013
Patricia "Tish" Gillentine, age 80, of Decatur, Ga passed away peacefully on June 23, 2013 after a long illness. She was born on September 4, 1932 in Port Arthur, TX to William Corbin Palmer and Margaret (O'Neal) Evans. Tish married Patrick Gillentine on June 20, 1953 in Port Arthur, TX and he survives. She was a homemaker. Also surviving are...
Henry Andrew Leeuwenburg
Jun 22, 2013
Hal was born in 1937 in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Henry Andrew Leeuwenburg and Emma Grey Rivenbark Leeuwenburg, also known as "Greggie". Henry worked for Coca Cola, and Greggie was a nurse, but chose to be at home raising her family. In Hal's adult years, whenever he prayed, he thanked God for his good parents. Hal and his brother Wilton,...
George Washington Hart
Jun 21, 2013
George W. Hart of Atlanta and Habersham County died Thursday, June 20, 2013. George was born in 1938 to the late Lucretia and Harold Clinton Hart of Charlotte, NC. He graduated from Harding High School and Davidson College. He served as a Lieutenant in the 101st Airborne, Ft. Campbell, KY. George attended Emory University School of Law where he was...
Verona Lorette Cannon
Jun 20, 2013
Verona Lorette Cannon, 73, of Atlanta, passed away June 20, 2013. A native Atlantan, Miss Cannon was retired from the Atlanta School System, where she taught and influenced thousands of students over her long career as a teacher. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Edwina Cannon of Lilburn; sisters, Betty Costner of Atlanta and Deborah White...
Doris Joan Holloway
Jun 18, 2013
Violist and church organist Doris Alderman Holloway, 79, died June 18, 2013 following a year-long battle with cancer. Born in Kansas, Doris moved to Georgia from California when she accepted a position with the Atlanta Symphony following her freshman year at San Diego State. After completing her graduate work at the University of Illinois, she taught at Georgia State and...
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