Obituaries
Hall Calhoun Irby
Nov 22, 2012
Early on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2012, after a valiant eight year battle with a relentless cancer, Hall C. Irby, 82, of Atlanta, passed away at home while cradled in the loving arms of his family. Hall was born in Frogue, Kentucky to Prentice Virgil Irby and Edna Smith Irby, and grew up in Murfreesboro, TN. As a high school...
Thelma Francis Johnson
Nov 21, 2012
For the majority of the past 69 years Thelma and her husband have lived in Atlanta, most recently at Canterbury Court Senior Living facility on Peachtree Road. Her work career included employmentat the G.E. Credit Corp. and DeKaib Co. Schools as assistant librarian at Briarcliff High School. She is remembered and loved as a devoted wife and mother. Thelma and...
Reba Fae Treon
Nov 21, 2012
Reba Treon, 79, of Atlanta, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, she was predeceased by her parents; Ralph C. and Hazel S. Treon and twin sister Rita T. Duncan. She graduated from Bass High School in 1951, received her B.S. from Bessie Tift College and her M.S. from Georgia Institute of Technology. She was...
Katherine Morrison Burks
Nov 20, 2012
Katherine Morrison Burks, age 97, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, November 20, 2012. She was born July 29, 1915, in College Park, GA to the late Winfield Scott Morrison, Sr. and Katie Whitman Morrison. She was preceded in death by her husband of 22 years, Blair Burks. Katherine Belle and her brother Floyd Ewin were the first set of twins born...
Ella Elizabeth Jennings
Nov 20, 2012
Ella Elizabeth McIntyre Jennings, 95, of Clairmont Lake died November 20, 2012 at Hospice Atlanta. Born January 27, 1917 in Anderson, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Duncan Marshall and Sara Rucker McIntyre, Sr. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband James Edward Jennings, Sr. (Jim), her sister Mary McIntyre Hobson and her brother Duncan Marshall McIntyre,...
Anne Lee Parris
Nov 20, 2012
Mrs. Anne DeLoach Parris, 95, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at her residence. She was preceded in death by her husband, U. S. Army Lt. Col. Tom B. Parris, her daughter, Susie Parris Killion, and her sister, Lora Lee Allums. Survivors are her children and their spouses, Tom and Brenda Parris of Suwanee, Russell and Judy...
Penny Jo Polley
Nov 19, 2012
POLLEY, Penny JoPenny Jo Polley, age 62 of Atlanta, passed away on Monday, November 19, 2012. Penny's relationship with Jesus Christ defined her life and it touched everyone who knew her. She was a passionate caregiver whose inspirational love of family and her committed care of the sick were the main focuses in her life. Penny was an angel in...
Lillie Jean Housman
Nov 19, 2012
Jean (Lillie Jean) Goodrich Housman, of Decatur, Georgia, died peacefully in her sleep at home Sunday, November 19, 2012. She was the youngest child and last survivor of the 6 children of Rev. Arthur Leon and Rosa Mann Goodrich. She was the widow of the late Walden G. Housman, who predeceased her in 1994. Jean was born June 12, 1930...
Virginia Jo Teal
Nov 17, 2012
Virginia Jo Teal, age 83, of Decatur died November 17, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry V. Teal. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Nancy Teal; sister, Pamela Shields; granddaughter, Kimber Bell and her husband, Scott Bell; grandson, Justin Teal; 3 great-granddaughters, Olivia Bell, Amelia Bell, Kendal Teal. Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773...
Jerrold Bruce Padgett
Nov 15, 2012
Jerrold B. Padgett, 70, passed away Thursday Nov. 15, 2012 at his home in Decatur from complications of diabetes. He is survived by his wife of fifty years, Sondra Lancaster Padgett. The couple is formerly of Spartanburg, SC. Jerrold attended Whitney Elementary School in Spartanburg SC where he was the state yo-yo champion; he then attended Cleveland Junior High School...
Victor Anthony Mahoney
Nov 14, 2012
Victor Anthony "Vic" Mahoney, 94, of Decatur, died November 14, 2012. Vic was born on the first Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. An educator in both public and private schools and colleges for over 36 years, Vic received his Bachelor's Degree from Catholic University in Washington DC and his Master's Degree from Seaton Hall University in South...
Mary Viriginia Stubbs
Nov 12, 2012
Mary Viriginia Stubbs of Greensboro died November 12, 2012. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Alice Stubbs of Greensboro; sons, Charles A. Stubbs Jr. of Snellville and Dr. Michael B. Stubbs of Stone Mountain. Funeral services will be held at the Fairview Memorial Gardens. Interment will be at Fairview Memorial Gardens. . The family will receive friends at A....
Harold Dean Propst
Nov 12, 2012
Harold Dean Propst died peacefully at his home on November 12, 2012, following a long illness. He was born on February 7, 1934, in Catawba County, North Carolina, the youngest child of Charles Clayton Propst (1895-1969) and Sarah Isabel Hilderbrand (1898-1973). He grew up on the family farm at Propst Crossroads and was a typical farm boy, picking cotton and...
Ann Phelps Collier
Nov 10, 2012
Ann Maxwell Phelps Collier, 78, of Stone Mountain GA died Saturday November 10 2012 at her home following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born In New York City New York May 10 1934, the third of seven girls born to Jean and Jack Phelps. Ann grew up in Decatur GA, graduating from Decatur Girl's High School in...
Eleanor Johanna O'Connor
Nov 9, 2012
Eleanor Johanna Miller O'Connor passed peacefully on November 9, 2012. She is survived by her devoted husband of 60 years, Frank O'Connor; her five children and their spouses: Chris and Phyllis O'Connor, Mary Ellen and Mike Van Horn, Patrick and Rebecca O'Connor, Tom and Karen O'Connor and Mary Beth and David Baker; her 15 grandchildren: Phyllis and her husband Hill,...
Frances Aikens Drummond
Nov 9, 2012
Frances Aikens Drummond, 83, of Covington, Georgia, passed away November 9, 2012, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. Born February 26, 1929, in Pike County, Georgia, Frances was the oldest daughter of William Curtis Aikens and Louise Vaughn Aikens. For more than three decades she was Executive Secretary for the Commissioners of Human Resources and Georgia Department of Corrections. Frances...
Doris Emily Gober
Nov 9, 2012
On Friday, November 9, 2012, Doris Emily Gober went to be with the Lord. She was born November 11, 1932, to Rev. Nelson B. Jenkins and Mary Viola Nicholson Jenkins, of Stone Mountain. She was a graduate of Stone Mountain High School, Class of 1952. Mrs. Gober was a member of Valley Brook Baptist Church. In the early years, Doris...
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