Obituaries
Hiran Vila
Mar 3, 2013
Rev. Hiran Papi Vila, 82 of St. Petersburg, FL passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. He was born in Habana, Cuba and moved to St. Petersburg in 2009 from Doraville, GA. He is survived by his wife, Gudelia Gudy Vila; 2 sons, Hiran Vila, Jr. of Rego Park, NY and Rev. Miguel A. (Janice) Vila of Jonesboro, GA; 2 daughters,...
Dorothy Eunice Anderson
Mar 2, 2013
Dorothy Dot Eunice Johnson Anderson passed away March 2, 2013, after an acute stroke. She passed peacefully and comfortably under Hospice care. Dot was born on May 24, 1927 in Atlanta to the late Clint Thomas Johnson and Ida Aileen Jordan Johnson. She was the oldest of three children. Dot was predeceased by her brother, Tommy Johnson. She was a...
Curtis Gene Baker
Mar 2, 2013
Curtis Gene Baker passed away on March 2, 2013 at age 85 after a long battle with colon cancer. A native of Ft. Smith Arkansas, he was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and spent 22 years as a copy editor with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Curtis was an active volunteer with St. Vincent DePaul Society at IHM. He...
George Victor Pryles
Mar 2, 2013
Dr. George Victor Pryles was hard-pressed to say which of his careers he enjoyed the most: serving as a U.S. Navy Captain or teaching dental school at Emory University. His hard-charging personality and disarming sense of humor served him well in both. Dr. Pryles, 90, a native Atlantan, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his wife and children....
Gordon Eliot Robbins
Mar 1, 2013
Gordon E. Robbins, 81 of Atlanta passed away March 1, 2013. He was born in Oakland, California in 1931 and was raised in Berkeley, California. He received a B.S. degree from the School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley in 1953. After being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, through the ROTC at the University,...
Cyrene Corley
Mar 1, 2013
Cyrene Corley, 90, of Lithonia passed away on Friday March 1, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday March 3rd at Union United Methodist Church, Stockbridge, GA. She was a former secretary with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Waymon Corley. She is survived by several nieces and...
Charles Lamar Parrish
Feb 27, 2013
Charles Lamar Parrish, 68, of Clarkston, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013. He is survived by a daughter, Rebecca Parrish; brothers, Frankie and Billy Parrish; sister, Jackie Bennett; granddaughter, Angela Terry; sister-in-laws, Annette Self, Shirley Parrish, and Violet Gunter and brother-in-law Clyde Garrison. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm March 3, 2013, from the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons...
Judith Elaine Burel
Feb 27, 2013
Judy Burel, 63, of Atlanta, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. An Atlanta native, Mrs. Burel was the daughter of William James and Mary Elaine Sims. She was a retired teacher from the DeKalb County School System. Preceded in death by her father, she is survived by her husband, Kent Burel; mother, Elaine Howard Sims; sons, Kevin James Burel...
Virginia Elizabeth Tuggle
Feb 27, 2013
Virginia Elizabeth Tuggle, of DeKalb County, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2013, following a short illness. She was born July 24, 1915, the daughter of Roy Slaton Tuggle, Sr. and Lessie Evaline Jones Tuggle. Child of a dairy farmer, Virginia graduated from Druid Hills High School and also studied piano at the conservatory level. She was preceded in death...
Ann Edith Vella
Feb 26, 2013
Ann Bove Vella, 84, of Decatur, died February 26, 2013. Bon February 1, 1929, in Newark, New Jersey, to Carmine and Nicolina DeCaprio Vella, Mrs. Vella was the youngest of five children. She devoted her entire adult life to her family, church, work and community, while residing in Newark NJ, Union NJ, Sunrise FL, The Villages of Lady Lake FL,...
William Sparks Mcginnis
Feb 24, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Xavier Charles Harris
Feb 23, 2013
Xavier Zay Charles Harris of Stone Mountain, GA, was born January 20, 1987 and died Saturday, February 23, 2013. In addition to attending Coralwood School and Heritage, Zavier graduated from Margaret Harris High School with honors. Xavier was baptized at 7 years old at the Union Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia and was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Mary Ellen Lawson Graham
Feb 22, 2013
Mary Ellen (Lawson) Graham, age 89, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2013 in Decatur, Georgia. Ms. Graham was adopted by the late Edward and Hazel Lawson of Ladoga, IN. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Graham, and her youngest son Keith T. Graham. Surviving is her older son, Ed Graham, of Tallahassee, FL and many nieces...
Virginia Lillian Faust
Feb 20, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
James Reed Bocock
Feb 19, 2013
Mr. James Reed Bocock, 77, of Murrayville, GA passed away on Tuesday February 19, 2013. He is survived by his son, Jay Bocock; daughters, Susan Dollar, Peggy Mauldin and Mary Stone; former spouse, Joan Bocock. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 pm Sunday February 24th at Decatur Cemetery with Dr....
Sarai Frances Cunningham
Feb 19, 2013
Following a progressive and lengthy illness, Sarai Frances Cunningham, 66, of Decatur, Georgia, formerly of Summerville SC, died peacefully in her sleep at home on February 19, 2013. Born August 15, 1946, in Queens, New York, she was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac Shelton of Hampton VA and Helen Shelton of Elizabeth City NC, as well as daughter,...
George Young Mehaffey
Feb 19, 2013
George Young Mehaffey, age 81, of Snellville passed away on February 19, 2013. He was born on July 31, 1931 in Atlanta, GA to Isaac Homer and Beulah Martha (Carr) Mehaffey. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Pat Mehaffey. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War.He married Barbara Allred on June...
John Anderson Rutledge
Feb 18, 2013
John Anderson Rutledge, Jr. passed away on February 18, 2013. John served his country during WWII as a Staff Sergeant with the 110th General Hospital in England. He was a Baptist Deacon for over 60 years, serving in several churches on many committees and as a Sunday School teacher to Junior Boys. John graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH...
Andrew Wade Brown
Feb 17, 2013
PFC Andrew Wade Brown, born in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 16, 1984, died February 17, 2013. Proud soldier and medic with the 82nd Airborne of the United States Army. Beloved and terribly missed by his mother, Virginia Saporta and stepfather, Dr. William Waters; his father, Dr. Murray Brown and stepmother, Circe Tsui; his sister, Emily King and brother-in-law, Tucker King;...
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