Obituaries
Bradley Robert (Brad) Gay
Aug 5, 2012
Bradley Robert "Brad" Gay, 23, of Avondale Estates, died August 5, 2012. Brad was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and was a 2007 graduate of St. Pius X High School, where he participated in football, baseball and triathlon activities. He received his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering in 2011 from Georgia Tech, where he was a member...
Rosemary Mooney Skehan
Aug 4, 2012
Rosemary Mooney Skehan was born in Rumford, Maine in 1927 to Stephen J. and Annetta Kinch Mooney. She attended college at St. Elizabeth's in Convent Station, New Jersey, St. Joseph's College in Portland, Maine and Georgia State University. In 1949 she married James Remmes Skehan of Portland, Maine. He predeceased her in 1989. She was also predeceased by her granddaughter,...
Gloria Anderson
Aug 4, 2012
On August 4, 2012, Gloria Anderson peacefully passed away surrounded by loved ones in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Gloria was born in Kane, PA on July, 28, 1926, and raised in Mount Jewett, PA. She is survived by her husband of 10 years, Marshall Anderson. Gloria has three children from her marriage to Donald Danielson; son Louis married to Diane; daughter...
Mrs. Darrine Perry
Aug 4, 2012
Mrs. Darrine Perry of Atlanta died Saturday, August 4, 2012. She was a longtime member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church. Mrs. Perry is survived by her husband of 69 years, James E. Perry of Atlanta; daughters, Cheryl Matthews and her husband, Walter, and Donna Stokely and her husband, Jere; sister, Yvonne Nelson and her husband, Padgett; and brothers, Randall...
Mildred Turner Beck
Aug 3, 2012
Mrs. Mildred Turner Beck died Friday, August 03, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Franklin Beck, Sr. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Penny and Doug Smith of Decatur, Renee and Joe Baka of Canton; son and daughter-in-law Perry and Michelle Beck of Jasper; sister, Lois Turner Jenkins of Jonesboro; brothers, James Turner and...
Ann Nix Jones
Aug 3, 2012
Mrs. Ann Nix Jones, age 72 of Tucker, GA passed away Friday, August 3, 2012. She was preceded in death by parents, Bertha McClure and Elbert Nix and husband, Otis Jones. She is survived by her son, Russell Jones and his wife, Dawna; grandson, Dalaney; niece, Renee Nix; nephew, Tim Nix; niece, Bennie Ward; uncle, Jimmy and aunt, Sue and...
Elizabeth Scott Cunningham
Aug 2, 2012
Elizabeth "Lib" Scott Cunningham passed away August 2, 2012. She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 28, 1923 and was a 1941 graduate of Knoxville High School. Lib was married to Donald Edward Cunningham. She was a self-taught artist and shared that talent with people of all ages, teaching classes for children, as well as older budding artists, at...
Hilda Bradford
Jul 31, 2012
Hilda Bradford was a true professional, as a long time bookkeeper for the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for 25 years. She continued her career with Thompson Brown and Oetgen Insurance Agency. She is survived by her husband, Robert (Bob) Bradford of Clarkston, GA; brother, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barnett of Conyers, GA; daughter-in-law, Alice K. Bradford of Tucker, GA; extended...
Alma Lyons
Jul 31, 2012
Mrs. Alma Lyons, 82, passed away July 31, 2012. Mrs. Lyons was born in Debstadt, Germany, a former resident of Long Island, New York, and most recently, Atlanta. She is predeceased in death by her husband, John Lyons, and her brother, John vonGlahn. Survivors are her son, John Lyons, and wife Kelly; granddaughters, Aimee, Katie and Sarah; sister, Henny Bispo;...
Marion Brown Hodges
Jul 31, 2012
Marion Brown Hodges, 87, of Decatur, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. She was born in Atlanta to W. Fred Brown and Pauline Vinson. She retired from the City of Atlanta as a secretary for the City Clerk. Marion is preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, George Taylor Hodges Jr. and her daughter Marion Ann Fields....
Franklin Alewine, Jr.
Jul 29, 2012
Franklin Alewine Jr., 91, of Lilburn, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2012. He was born in Atlanta to William Franklin Alewine Sr. and Ruby Mae Jones. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and went on to retire from Georgia Power after 48 years of service as a Line Foreman. He is survived by his loving wife...
Albert B. Wilson
Jul 29, 2012
Albert B. Wilson, age 94, was born and reared in Philadelphia, PA. In 1945 he enlisted in the US Army and served in Germany for several years. He was honorably discharged, and re-enlisted in Dec., 1947 and served another year. From Dec. 1948 to 1952 he served in the US Army Reserves. He retired from Civil Service where he served...
Robert L. Hale, Jr.
Jul 29, 2012
Robert Lorin Hale Jr., 93, of Tucker, Georgia, passed away on July 29, 2012. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Dorothy Smith Hale, his sister, Betty Hale Waters, and his son-in-law, Frank Brumbeloe. He is survived by his daughter, Phoebe Larsen (Hank) of Ruskin, Florida, his son, Charles Andrew "Drew" Hale (Julia) of Atlanta, his...
Ellie Sue Gregg
Jul 28, 2012
Ellie Sue Gregg, formerly of Decatur, GA, passed away July 28th, 2012 in Monroe, GA. She was born June 11th, 1927 in Atlanta. Sue was preceeded in death by her parents Weyman P. and Willie Mae Spence Gregg and her brother Weyman P. Gregg Jr. Sue is survived by cousins John and Annabelle Spence, William J. and Penni Gregg, James...
Robert Allison Pendergrast
Jul 26, 2012
Robert Allison Pendergrast, retired chemical engineer, died on July 26, 2012 at age 89 in Atlanta. The youngest of four brothers born to John Brittain and Ruth Hodnett Pendergrast, Bob was a lifelong resident of Atlanta. He attended Druid Hills High School where he learned to play the upright bass, and graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 at the age...
Elizabeth Anne Partee
Jul 26, 2012
Elizabeth Anne Partee of Brunswick, Georgia died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Hospice of the Golden Isles. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Woodie A. Partee Sr. and Edna Chafin Partee. She attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. and had a long career in banking in which she held senior...
Robert Harold Irvin
Jul 25, 2012
Robert Harold Irvin , 85, of Tucker, GA passed away on July 25, 2012. Harold was born in Cedartown, GA on July 29, 1926. He graduated from West Georgia College and Emory University Law School and was an Administrative Law Judge for the State of Georgia. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Virginia (Ginny); son, Robert (Robbie)...
Dr. John E. Mobley
Jul 25, 2012
Dr. John E. Mobley, 75, of Lawrenceville died July 25, 2012. Dr. Mobley graduated from Southwest DeKalb High School, Class of 1955, Young Harris College and Oglethorpe University. At Young Harris and Oglethorpe he was a member of the Varsity Basketball Teams and coached the Freshmen Team at Oglethorpe. John completed his graduate studies at the University of Georgia and...
Nellie Frances Crochet
Jul 24, 2012
Anyone who visited the Crochet home at 2127 Desmond in Decatur would have found a half full pot of chili or some of Nell's patented homemade chicken soup on the stove and her immediate urge to the visitor, never a stranger, to sit down for a meal. Nell Crochet was a generous woman of modest means who insisted on serving...
Richard Hubbard Carter, Jr.
Jul 23, 2012
Mr. Richard Hubbard Carter Jr., passed away on Monday, July 23, 2012 at Odyssey House. A native of Atlanta, he attended North Georgia College. While serving in the U.S. Army, he met Iva Loye Lee at Camp Shelby MS, and they danced joyfully through 61 years of marriage. He retired as a CLU and CHFC from the Life Of Georgia...
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