Obituaries

Mildred Adele Hallman

Mildred Adele Hallman

Dec 15, 2012

Mrs. Hallman worked for Haverty Furniture Company for 23 years as a bookkeeper. She was a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church where she was very active, especially in the UMW. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard I. Hallman and one sister, Dorothy Taylor Miller. Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Robert Sidney Brooks

Robert Sidney Brooks

Dec 15, 2012

Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Aubrey Thomas Sharp

Aubrey Thomas Sharp

Dec 15, 2012

AUBREY THOMAS SHARPAubrey Thomas Sharp, age 90, of Decatur, Georgia went to be with the Lord on December 15, 2012. Tom was born in Waco, Texas on November 27, 1922. He joined the USN in 1938 and served in Saipan and Guam during WWII. He returned to the U.S. after the war and moved to Georgia where he met the...

Margie Lee Ashby

Margie Lee Ashby

Dec 15, 2012

Margie Chafin Ashby of Decatur, GA, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, December 15, 2012 from congestive heart failure. The oldest of ten children, she is survived by brothers Alex Williams (Eloise) of Athens, JC Williams of Fairburn, Charles Williams of Riverdale, Julius Williams (Sherry) of Arkansas; sisters Nancy Shuman, Cecelia Cohen and Eleanor Williams of Conyers, and Martha...

Emanuwel Jasper Dixon

Emanuwel Jasper Dixon

Dec 14, 2012

Emanuwel J. Dixon, Jr. 40, of Decatur passed away on Friday December 14, 2012. He is survived by his parents, Emanuwel J. Sr. and Betty C. Dixon of Decatur. Also surviving are several aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons at 12 noon on Saturday December 22 with Rev. Walter...

Harold Edward Ford

Harold Edward Ford

Dec 14, 2012

Harold Edward Ford went to be with his Lord and Savior Friday, December 14, 2012, after receiving compassionate care at Hospice Atlanta. He was born in Sedalia, KY, February 3, 1925, and was the son of Noble and Verda Swann Ford. Harold was wounded in combat as a WWII Marine, and upon returning from the S. Pacific he eloped with...

Rachel Kathrine Fowler

Rachel Kathrine Fowler

Dec 13, 2012

Rachel Fowler, 88, of Decatur, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012. She was born in Paris, Arkansas on April 30, 1924, but a resident of the Atlanta area since 1948. Her vocation was always in legal or politics. She worked as a secretary for William Schroder in the firm Troutman, Sams, Schroder and Lockerman. Leaving there, she was secretary...

Sybil Mckibben

Sybil Mckibben

Dec 13, 2012

Sybil Richards McKibben, age 91, of Atlanta passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012. She was a local artist who did pastel drawings of children and adults for people in the neighborhood. Her son Jeff recently spoke with a family that still had several of her drawings of their children from 1957. She also did clay heads of her sons and...

Barbara Sue Neitzel

Barbara Sue Neitzel

Dec 13, 2012

Barbara Sue Neitzel, 49, of Atlanta passed away Thursday December 13, 2012. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons at 2:00 pm Monday December 17, 2012 with Rev. Tom Kinney officiating. Interment will follow at Arlington Memorial Park. A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home and Crematory. Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur...

Lillie Linda Jones

Lillie Linda Jones

Dec 13, 2012

Linda Cole Jones, age 64 of Snellville, died Thursday, December 13, 2012. Linda was born at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia on April 17, 1948 to Virgil Calvin Cole and Dorothy Cole. She was raised in Decatur, Georgia with her siblings, Joyce, Bobby and Jack. Linda graduated from Decatur High School in 1966, where she was named Ms. Decatur...

Otto Franz August Froehlich

Otto Franz August Froehlich

Dec 12, 2012

Otto Franz August Froehlich, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away December 12th, 2012. He is survived by his mother, Margaret Froehlich of Karlsruhe, Germany, wife Barbara Froehlich of Atlanta, sons Peter and Stefan Froehlich, sister Eva Werling and brother-in-law Norbert Werling. Otto worked at Emory University, where he was an Associate Professor of Physiology. He lived in Atlanta for 31 years...

Charles W.  Old

Charles W. Old

Dec 12, 2012

Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Dixie Jane Lane

Dixie Jane Lane

Dec 11, 2012

Dixie Jane Lane of Decatur died December 11, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Curtis Lane; sister, Vera Stinson; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Paul and Rhoda Jones, Claude and Bonnie Jones, Ed and Dickie Jones, Speedy and Gladys Jones, and Joe Earle and Blanche Jones. Dixie was raised in Cedar Mountain, NC and for...

Mary Elizabeth  Rish

Mary Elizabeth Rish

Dec 11, 2012

Mary Zeagler Rish, 82, of Atlanta, died December 11, 2012. A native of Atlanta, Mary was a graduate of Grady High School and later earned her degree from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. After college, Mrs. Rish initially taught in the Atlanta public schools, and later found her fondness for special education, known then as "Pilot Classes." She taught and...

Rachel Mae Smallwood

Rachel Mae Smallwood

Dec 9, 2012

Mrs. Rachel Mae "Peggy" Smallwood died Sunday, December 9, 2012. She is survived by her husband, Calvin Smallwood of Wetumpka, AL; daughter, Kathy Simonton of Cumming, GA; sister and brother-in-law, Charlotte and Ed Blalock; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the chapel of A. S. Turner and Sons....

Eugene Frank Head

Eugene Frank Head

Dec 9, 2012

Eugene F. Head, 89, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 9, 2012. He was a member of Bonsack Baptist Church, a Veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired from the Norfolk Southern Railroad, He was preceded in death by his daughter, Carolyn Manware; and one son, Frank Head, Jr.; granddaughter, Lahna Manware and is survived...

Frances Gertrude Brain

Frances Gertrude Brain

Dec 9, 2012

Frances Gertrude Brain of Atlanta died December 9, 2012. She is survived by Husband - David Lorenzo Brain of Atlanta, GA; 2 daughters - Diane and Mike Bryant, Nancy and John Watson of Portland, ME; grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Services will be held 12:30 pm at the Little Chapel of Glenn Memorial UMC. Interment will be at Lexington Cemetery....

Betty Rose Blasingame

Betty Rose Blasingame

Dec 9, 2012

Mrs. Betty Rose Franks Blasingame, age 77, of Atlanta died December 9, 2012 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth following a battle with stage 4 mouth cancer. A retired Registered Nurse from DeKalb Medical Center Hospital in Decatur she worked as I.V. Therapy certificated Oncology Nurse in the Atlanta area for over 50 years. She was a beloved wife, mother,...

Vladimir Y. Revzin

Vladimir Y. Revzin

Dec 9, 2012

Vladimir Y. Revzin, 65, of Decatur died December 9, 2012. He is survived by daughters, Tatiana and Tim Kurilo of Decatur and Natalia Revzina. Services will be held 1:00 pm, Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the graveside at the Crest Lawn Memorial Park in Atlanta. The family will receive friends 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursday at A. S. Turner...

Austin Pace Coker

Austin Pace Coker

Dec 8, 2012

Austin Pace Coker, of Lawrenceville, GA, age 19, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 8, 2012. He was born on July 21, 1993, to parents Gerald and Nancy Pace Coker. Austin was preceded in death by his father and is survived by his mother, Nancy; grandmother, Ann Pace; aunt and uncle, Marsha and Dwight Goodson; uncles, Frank...