Obituaries
Catherine Olivia Alexander
Oct 4, 2012
Catherine Alexander, 91, passed away on Thursday October 4, 2012. She is survived by her daughter, Joanne Stone; grandaughters, Amy Rocamora and Susan Little; sister, Juanita Towns and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of A. S. Turners at 3:00 pm on Sunday Oct.7. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at...
Shelia Marie Steele
Oct 3, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Robert Morgan Looney
Oct 2, 2012
Robert Morgan Looney, 88, of Atlanta passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. He was born June 29, 1924 to Margarite and Morgan Harbin Looney in Decatur, Georgia. He was a truck driver for Ryder Truck Lines and was a member of North DeKalb Masonic Lodge No. 714 F. & A.M. and The Tucker Shrine Club. Robert had performed as...
Frances E. Barnes
Oct 1, 2012
Mrs. Frances E. Barnes, 82 of Lithonia, died October 1, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband George Washington Barnes and is survived by her sons, George Barnes, Terry Bruce Barnes, David Allen Barnes and William Kevin Barnes and her daughter, Sherri Lynn Barnes.Memorial services will be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 9t, 2012 in the chapel of...
Mirian Lester Crook
Oct 1, 2012
Miriam Lester Crook, age 94, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away peacefully on Monday, October 1, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alva Lee Crook, of 63 years. She is survived by daughter, Karen Crook Roper of Marietta, GA and husband, Ken Roper; son, Alva Lee Crook, Jr. of Brandon, MS and wife, Suzanne Crook; grandson, Andy Roper...
Donna Lynn Lawson Cannon
Oct 1, 2012
Donna Lynn Lawson Cannon, 45, of Avondale Estates, GA, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 while undergoing a surgical procedure. Donna was born in DeKalb County, GA, on October 14, 1966. A near lifetime resident of Avondale Estates, she attended Avondale Elementary and Avondale High School, where she graduated with honors in 1984. She thereafter attended Georgia Tech and...
Agnes Louise Houchen
Sep 30, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Mary Norman Mcgarity
Sep 30, 2012
Mary Norman McGarity, 91, of Warner Robins, Georgia, formerly of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away on Sunday September 30, 2012. She was a secretary with the DeKalb County Board of Education and was a member of The Church of Christ in Tucker and Warner Robins. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. Hugh McGarity, Jr.; and sisters, Eula...
Roy M. Frierson
Sep 29, 2012
Mr. Roy M. Frierson, 82 of Decatur, died Saturday, September 29, 2012. He was a longtime member of Mountain West Church of God and retired from Great Dane Trailer Sales. Roy was preceded in death by his wife, Florine Frierson and is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Clarence and Pat Ransom; 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary Rittgers; and...
Clarence Evans (Pinky) Glausier, Jr.
Sep 29, 2012
Clarence Evans "Pinky" Glausier, Jr., 94, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012. He was born September 29, 1918 in Pelham, GA. He was the son of Clarence Evans and Gladys Cardin Glausier. His early years were spent in Quitman, GA, after which he graduated from Emory Junior College in Valdosta. GA. He later graduated from Emory University, where he...
Thomas Preston Samford
Sep 28, 2012
Thomas Preston Samford, age 94, of Avondale Estates, GA, passed away on September 28, 2012. Tom was involved in the construction industry for almost six decades. He started as a waterboy at the age of ten, and went on to found his own company, T&B-Scottdale Contractors, Inc, from which he retired in 1986. During World War II, Tom was working...
Ralph Dallas Abernathy
Sep 26, 2012
On Sept. 26th, Mr. Ralph Dallas Abernathy, loving husband, father & grandfather passed away. He will be remembered for his gentle spirit, kind heart and positive outlook on life. His life was long and filled with many accomplishments. Working since the age of 10 years old and helping with 1 younger brother, his work ethic was formed at an early...
John Pope Fishburne
Sep 23, 2012
John Pope Fishburne, 88, of Stone Mountain, a loving husband and father and longtime AT&T manager, died Sunday September 23, 2012. Mr. Fishburne passed away at Cobblestone at Park Springs, after a brief illness attributed to heart disease. Born in 1924 in Walterboro, S.C., Mr. Fishburne graduated from Walterboro High School and later attended college at The Citadel in Charleston,...
Jack Dixon, Jr.
Sep 22, 2012
Mr. Jack Dixon Jr., 58, of Decatur, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM on Thursday September 27 in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons. Memorial contributions can be made to Paws Atlanta, 5280 Covington Highway Decatur, GA 30030. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6:00-8:00 PM and...
Amy Caroline Varnedoe
Sep 22, 2012
Amy Caroline Varnedoe of Decatur passed away on September 22, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gira Salvaggio Varnedoe andl Lewis Carroll Varnedoe, Jr; and her brother, Lewis Carroll Varnedoe, III. Miss Varnedoe was born in Atlanta on July 5, 1923. She attended Sacred Heart School for Girls in Atlanta, and at the time of her retirement...
Margie Rudasill Britt
Sep 22, 2012
Margie Rudasill Britt, 86, of Stone Mountain, died September 22, 2012. A native of Columbus, Georgia, she was a graduate of Jordan High School in Columbus. After moving to Atlanta in the late 1950's, Mrs. Britt and her family became active at Atlanta First United Methodist Church. She was a member there, and its MACO Sunday school class, for over...
Peter Craig Withers
Sep 21, 2012
Peter Craig Withers, age 81, died peacefully on Friday, September 21, 2012. He was born in Ft. Bliss, Texas to Anna Kathleen Craig and William Price Withers on September 22, 1930. Because his father was a United States Military Academy [USMA] graduate (class of 1920), Pete visited and lived many places and had many adventures around the world. In order...
Freida Forkner
Sep 20, 2012
Quay Alfreida Forkner entered into eternal rest September 20, 2012. Freida was born on July 19, 1924 in Coolidge, Georgia, the daughter of John Linton Banister and Sara Tallulah Banister, the only girl of nine children. She graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte NC in 1945. Later she began her nursing career in Atlanta where she met and...
Annabel (Anne) Nicks
Sep 20, 2012
Mrs. Annabel (Anne) Nicks, age 92 of Atlanta, died Thursday, September 20, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Agnes Blichmann and husband, Paul Nicks. She is survived by sons, James P. and John J. Nicks; daughters, Judith Nicks and Kathleen Cook; 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. A memorial mass will be held at Immaculate Heart...
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