Obituaries
Rose Marie Calkins
Mar 5, 2012
ROSE MARIE (SCHREIBER) CALKINS, 95, passed away March 5, 2012, after a short illness. Her youngest son and companion, Tim, was by her side. She was born in Ghent, Minnesota, February 22, 1917, in a family of three sisters and two brothers. She grew up in Ghent and Marshall. She graduated from the College of Saint Catherine in St. Paul....
Jean Snowden Turner
Mar 4, 2012
JEAN SNOWDEN TURNER of Decatur passed away on March 4, 2012 surrounded by her children. She was 91 years old. Jean was born in Washington, D. C. on December 13, 1920. She was the daughter of Grady W. Snowden and Anita Starling Snowden. She was a long-time member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church. She was married to her beloved...
Marvin Preston Leonard
Mar 3, 2012
Major M. Preston Leonard was born on May 14th, 1932, in Augusta, Georgia. Although raised in the Baptist Church, he and his brother, Everett, became Salvationists at an early age, winning their mother and father to the Army. An outstanding musician, he was invited to play with the Territorial Band, whose members were Salvation Army Officers, at the age of...
Ralph Edward Marshall
Mar 3, 2012
Ralph Edward Marshall, Sr. died on March 3, 2012 of complications from a traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall. Ralph was born on March 24, 1952 to Robert and Christine Marshall. He graduated from Druid Hills High School in 1970 and received his B.S. degree from Georgia Tech in 1975. Ralph was an entrepreneur who owned his own business...
Vera Mae Powell Wells
Mar 3, 2012
Vera Mae Powell Wells, age 91, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on March 3, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, William B. and Virginia Fair Powell; her nine siblings; her husband of 64 years, Carle K. Wells; and a grandson, Joel T. Conway, Jr. Born and raised in Buhl, Alabama, Vera Mae was educated in Tuscaloosa...
Corwin Everett Sperry
Mar 3, 2012
Corwin Everett Sperry, age 94, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Emory University Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Kansas, he and his wife Irene moved to Decatur, Georgia in 2000 and she preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, his son, Kris Sperry, M.D., of Senoia, Georgia and his daughter,...
Helen Munsch Milam
Mar 3, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Mildred Claire Bovaird
Mar 2, 2012
Mildred Claire Bovaird of Atlanta, died March 2, 2012. Miss Bovaird was a retired manager from Southern Bell, a graduate of Weselyn College where she graduated cum laude, an avid golfer and an active member of Shallowford Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her sister, Charlotte Bennett; one niece; one nephew; several grand nieces; several great grand nieces and a...
Mary Scott Roof
Mar 2, 2012
Mary Scott Roof, age 92, formerly of Decatur, passed on peacefully at Heritage Health Care in Blue Ridge, Ga., March 2, 2012. Mary Virginia Scott was born July 13, 1919 in Todd, North Carolina, one of eight children of Claude and Ethel Scott. She finished high school at the age of 16 and later enrolled at Lenoir Rhyne College, where...
Ruth Pressley Hyers
Mar 1, 2012
Ruth Pressley Hyers, 67 of Tucker, died March 1, 2012. Ruth was born into a rural farm family near Norcross in 1944. She attended Cross Keys High School and then Georgia Tech. She met and married Bob Hyers who had moved to Atlanta from northern Illinois a few years earlier. They went to Fort Rucker to serve his military obligation...
Richard H. Wood
Mar 1, 2012
Richard Hudspeth Wood, 97, of Ft. Gaines, GA passed away March 1, 2012 in Abbeyville, AL. Born and reared in Abbeyville, AL he was a long time resident of Avondale Estates and graduate of Auburn University College of Engineering. Having served his country in the U. S. Army during World War II he was a retired Electrical Engineer with Georgia...
Patricia J. Peters
Mar 1, 2012
Patricia Jeanne Stewart Peters passed on March 1st, 2012. She was at her home in Midlothian, VA, in the company of her loving son, Trey, and her mother, Elizabeth. Pat had courageously fought against M.S. and cancer for nearly 12 years, but sadly could not overcome her illness. She had many friends in VA and GA, and was a devoted...
Nancy Clair Krawitz
Mar 1, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
John Maxwell White, Sr.
Mar 1, 2012
Mr. John Maxwell White, Sr., age 84, died Thursday, March 1, 2012. A longtime resident of Decatur, he was born in Adairsville, GA on December 1, 1927, the youngest son of Claude E. White, Sr. and Sarah Maxwell White. John graduated from Model High School in Shannon, GA and attended GA Tech. He married Lou Ella Greer on July 2,...
William F. Cummins, Jr.
Feb 29, 2012
William F. Cummins III, age 79, formerly a resident of Fort Bragg, CA, died February 29, 2012 in Decatur, Georgia. Bill was born Nov. 20, 1932 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the eldest of three children of William F. Cummins II and Alice Hunt Magruder. Bill was the older brother to twin brothers John "Pickett" and Edmund "Ed". Bill and his family...
Dr. Leslie Cooper (Buck) Buchanan
Feb 29, 2012
Dr. Leslie Cooper "Buck" Buchanan, age 91, died Feb. 29th at Budd Terrace, Emory Healthcare, after an extended illness. He was born Feb. 15, 1921, a fifth generation Atlantan (DeKalb Co.), the only child of Ernest Claude and Natalie Cooper Buchanan. A graduate of Boy's High School, he attended Georgia State Evening School, now Georgia State University, before earning degrees...
William Smith (Bill) Ansley
Feb 29, 2012
William Smith "Bill" Ansley, age 84, died peacefully on February 29, 2012 at Sunrise of Johns Creek in Johns Creek, GA. A Georgia native, he was the son of Clifford and Frances Ansley. His wife, Jacqueline C. Ansley, his brother Cliff Ansley and sister Bitsy Otte preceded him in death. Bill attended high school in Decatur, GA and the University...
Barbara F. Helmase
Feb 28, 2012
Barbara F. Helmase, 77, of Tucker, GA, passed away February 28, 2012 from complications resulting from a stroke. Barbara owned her own travel agency and enjoyed traveling the world extensively. She was an active volunteer with the Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband John S. Helmase; (son) Mark...
George Albert (Al) Carter, Jr.
Feb 28, 2012
Mr. George Albert "AL" Carter Jr., 67, of Tucker passed away on Tuesday February 28, 2012 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Al is survived by his wife of 38 years Kathie Carter, three sons: Ryan, Jeff and Jason Carter, sisters; Ali Schaad and Annie Cain, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Graveside services will be held on Friday March...
Charles W. (Billy) Skelton
Feb 28, 2012
Mr. Charles W. "Billy" Skelton, 80, of Decatur died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, after a short illness. Mr. Skelton, a veteran of the U S Amy, proudly served his country during the Korean Conflict. He worked as an auto parts salesman prior to his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Betty Cook Skelton; daughter, Jane Skelton of Sandy Springs;...
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