Obituaries
Eftihia Michael Stewart
Feb 3, 2013
Eftihia Michael Stewart, 79, of Atlanta passed away on Sunday February 3, 2013. A native of Crete, Greece and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles T. Stewart a veteran of the U S Air Force. Prior to becoming a homemaker she was a tailor. She is survived by her children, Jerry and Margaret Stewart, Mary and Keith Druffner...
William Jackson Hamilton
Feb 3, 2013
Lifelong Atlantan William Jack Hamilton, Jr. (93) passed away Sunday February 3rd, 2013. He was born in Griffin, Ga, the son of the late William J Hamilton, Sr and Myrtie Bell Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton served in the US Armed Forces from 1941 to 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious duty. Jack was a Realtor and Mortgage Banker...
Billy Leroy Lowry
Feb 3, 2013
Billy LeRoy Lowry, of Atlanta, died February 3, 2013, one day short of his 90th birthday, at the V. A. Medical Center in Atlanta. A native of the town he loved, Billy was a graduate of Atlanta Boys High. He served his country during WWII as a Aerial Gunner of the 96th Heavy Bombardment Group of the Army Air Force...
Mary Helene Williams
Feb 3, 2013
Mary Helene Sandow Williams, age 93, formerly of Decatur, passed away in Peoria, Arizona on February 3rd, 2013. She is survived by brother Jack Sandow of Stone Mountain, Ga and daughters, Diane Armistead and husband, Roger of Mt. Pleasant, NC and Jackie Gilbert and husband Larry of Phoenix, Arizona. She is also survived by grandchildren, Lisa Armistead, Mark and Anne...
Wilma Hinnant
Feb 2, 2013
Wilma Byrd Hinnant, 85 of Decatur, passed away February 2, 2013. A native of Banberg, SC, Mrs. Hinnant was a longtime resident of Decatur. She retired after more than 20 years from Rich's Department Store at North DeKalb Mall. She was preceded in death by husbands, Alvin Byrd and Harold Hinnant and son, Stanley Alvin Byrd. Surviving are her daughter...
Sipo Elijah Mzimela
Feb 2, 2013
Sipo Elijah Mzimela died on February, 2, 2013 at Odyssey Hospice following a 5 month illness. Sipo (Zulu for a "gift from God") was born June 19, 1935 in Durban, South Africa to Allison & Maria Mzimela. He had 3 sisters, Miriam, Josephine and Brigid. The family was raised in the Anglican Church and as a child he always wanted...
Ralph Felton Holland
Feb 2, 2013
Mr. Ralph Felton Holland a resident of Bradenton, FL since 1997 formerly of Stone Mountain went to be with the Lord peacefully on February 2, 2013 in Sarasota, FL. He was predeceased by Hazel A. Holland, his loving wife of 74 years in 2010. He is survived by his granddaughter, Julie Wyatt and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. His funeral...
Thomas Spencer Ladd
Feb 1, 2013
Thomas Spencer Ladd III passed away peacefully on the February 1, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 30, 1938, to Francis MacMillan Ladd and Thomas Spencer Ladd, Jr. While in high school at Bolles School, Mr. Ladd met Ann Carrier, who became his wife in 1959. Spencer attended Washington and Lee University, where he...
Melissa Penland Burg
Feb 1, 2013
Melissa Penland Burg was born in Miami Springs, Florida on March 15th, 1956. After attending high school, she earned her associates degree of Nursing at Miami-Dade Community College while working three jobs. Melissa worked over 30 years as a nurse mostly at Veterans Hospitals because she loved serving those who served their country. She was a loving mother and wife...
Betty Eve Higgs
Feb 1, 2013
Betty Barber Higgs was born in the Kirkwood section of Atlanta on Dec. 24, 1929 and passed away on Feb. 1, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. Howard Higgs, her mother, Olive Powell Barber and sister, June Barber Bell and brother, Jimmy Barber, and son David Higgs. Betty is survived by her son Donald Higgs of...
Christa Antoinette Alfaro
Feb 1, 2013
Christa Ahrens Alfaro passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013. Christa was born in Neumunster, Germany on June 6, 1936. She is survived by her husband, Zosimo (Sammy) Alfaro, from Chile, as well as her family in Germany, including her sister and brother-in-law, Ingrid and Gerhard Gatke, her nieces and nephews, Maren and Tobias Beelitz and Suzanne and Volker Clausen,...
Robert Emory Givens
Jan 30, 2013
Robert Emory "Bob" Givens of Decatur, GA, died January 30, 2013 after a valiant battle with leukemia. He was born in Citronelle, Alabama on August 6, 1937.He is survived by Jacque, his wife of 52 years, their four children; Robert Givens, Erin and son-in-law Clay Walker, Jennifer and son-in-law Jason Roberts, and Timothy and daughter–in-law Belinda Givens, five grandchildren; Sarah,...
Marie Dolores Doppelheuer
Jan 30, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Frank Segars Moore
Jan 30, 2013
Frank Segars Moore, beloved husband, father and grandfather peacefully departed this earth on January 30, 2013. Born on April 24, 1935, in Hartsville, S.C., he attended Clemson when it was still a military college. He then entered the U.S. Air Force and completed flight training school, where he learned to fly C-119's. He was a veteran of the Korean War....
Marjorie Lillie Preskitt
Jan 30, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
James Charles Ritchie
Jan 28, 2013
James Charles Ritchie of Townsend, GA died Monday, January 28, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Charles Ritchie and Mamie Miller Ritchie; sisters, Lillian Sharian and Marie Ritchie Wilson; and brothers, Joseph Charles Ritchie, Jr. He is survived by his nephews, Wayne Wilson, Ritchie James Sharian and Bedros Sharian, III; nieces, Beth Story, Ruth Garner, Laura...
Claudia Louise Jackson
Jan 27, 2013
Claudia Louise (Williams) Jackson, 82, passed peacefully into the eternity late evening January 27, 2013. A 35 year resident of Forest Park, Mrs. Jackson was surrounded by loved ones at the home of her daughter and son in law, where she has resided for the past 6 years. She was born June 18, 1930 in Westminster, South Carolina to William...
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