Obituaries

Genevieve Holbrook Browning

Genevieve Holbrook Browning

Feb 26, 2012

Mrs. Genevieve Holbrook Browning, 86, of Stone Mountain passed away on Sunday February 26, 2012. She was born in Camden, West Virginia to Goldie Buzzard and Arden Holbrook. Genevieve worked at and retired from the Emory University Clinic business office. Her husband, Joe Gray Browning and one grandchild preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter, Jo Mayer of CT...

Michael W. Mann

Michael W. Mann

Feb 26, 2012

Michael Waite Mann, 25, of Decatur, Georgia passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Michael was born at Piedmont Hospital, July 17, 1986, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Anita W. Mann and F. Michael (Mike) Mann, and was preceded in death by his grandparents, Harold (Lindy) and Jean Mann and Alphonse and Anita (Dolly) Waite, and his...

Floyd Horner

Floyd Horner

Feb 25, 2012

Mr. Floyd Horner, 84, of Atlanta passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2012. He married the love of his life, Marilee Sisk Horner in 1951 and she preceded him in death. He is survived by his son, Lee Horner and Judy Silverman of Atlanta; daughter, Lynn and Glenn Lindsey of Fayetteville, sister, Marie Parks and John Clopton of Nashville, TN....

Amy Riser Harrington Humphrey

Amy Riser Harrington Humphrey

Feb 25, 2012

Amy Riser Harrington Humphrey, late of Decatur, GA, died February 25, 2012 in Livermore, CA. Amy was born and raised in Monroe, NC, the only child of Doss and Elberta Riser Harrington. She graduated from Duke University in 1940 and taught high school in Kannapolis, NC and Spartanburg, SC before marrying C. F. Humphrey in 1946. He predeceased her in...

Helen Veal

Helen Veal

Feb 25, 2012

Helen Veal, 93, of Avondale Estates, died Saturday, February 25, 2012. She was born September 12, 1918 in Deepstep, Ga., the youngest child of Albert Gascar Veal and Claudia Mae Hicklin Veal. She is preceded in death by her three brothers and five sisters, and is survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. She graduated from the University of...

Ruth Davis Lane

Ruth Davis Lane

Feb 24, 2012

Ruth Davis Lane was born Aug. 16, 1923 in Knoxville, TN, one of six children of Nettie and Clifford Davis. She died from heart problems on Feb. 24, 2012 at Hospice Atlanta. In 2008 she was diagnosed by written test to have Alzheimer's disease. On June 19, 1948 she married John Paul Lane, a veteran. She graduated from Central High...

James Rand (Randy) Linke Gatton

James Rand (Randy) Linke Gatton

Feb 23, 2012

James Rand "Randy" Linke Gatton, 53, died February 23, 2012 after a long illness. Randy was preceded in death by his parents, James E. and Norma L. Gatton, and a sister, Lorraine Ellen Gatton. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Geraldine P. Gatton, of Vienna, VA, and a sister, Cynthia R. Gatton, of Atlanta, GA, and many...

Lewis Brantley White, Jr.

Lewis Brantley White, Jr.

Feb 20, 2012

Lewis Brantley White, Jr, 80, of Decatur, died February 20, 2012. A native of Decatur, Mr. White was a 1949 graduate of Avondale High School. Shortly after high school, he was drafted into the U. S. Army, serving in the Medical Corps. Mr. White briefly attended Georgia State University and began a career as a bookkeeper. Throughout the years he...

Julie Two Cass Suess

Julie Two Cass Suess

Feb 20, 2012

Julie Two Cass Suess, faithful servant, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on February 20, 2012 surrounded at home by her partner, family and friends in Decatur, GA. Julie was born a premature twin on June 16, 1945. She was predeceased by her twin sister, Julie One, at birth. She is a descendant of parents Gina Kruzic Wilcox...

Sharon M. Mcentosh

Sharon M. Mcentosh

Feb 20, 2012

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

Patricia Mcdonough Burgamy

Patricia Mcdonough Burgamy

Feb 19, 2012

Patricia McDonough (Pat) Burgamy died from complications resulting from a fall. Sunday, February 19, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. Burgamy and her daughter, Sandy Batchelor. Mrs. Burgamy greatly enjoyed her bridge club and her time at Johnson Controls where she worked for 25 years. She was very attached to her beloved dog, Sasha and...

Lucius Winter Copeland Griffis

Lucius Winter Copeland Griffis

Feb 19, 2012

Lucius Winter Copeland Griffis passed away at home on February 19, 2012. He was born at home in Rex, Georgia on July 17, 2008, the beloved son of Ben Griffis and Tisha Townes. He is also survived by his twin brother, Tesla August Washington Griffis. Lucius touched the lives of all those who knew him with his bravery, his spirit...

Ronald Davis

Ronald Davis

Feb 19, 2012

Ronald Davis, 78, of Clarkston, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012. Ronald was born in Cumming, Georgia, to James and Virginia Davis and was retired from the fiber optics department at Lucent Technologies, where he worked for over 25 years. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Joyce Rogers Davis; daughter, Margaret McClure; daughter and son-in-law, Melinda...

Myrtice Lee Herndon Witcher

Myrtice Lee Herndon Witcher

Feb 19, 2012

Myrtice Lee Herndon Witcher, 99, passed away on February 19, 2012. She was born May 14, 1912 in Alvaton, GA. After she graduated from Commercial High School in Atlanta, she married Lamar B. Witcher. They were married for 55 years until his death in 1991.She was a faithful member of Atlanta First United Methodist Church. She is survived by her...

Dorothy J. Allen

Dorothy J. Allen

Feb 19, 2012

Dorothy J. Allen, 74, of Decatur, passed away on February 19, 2012. She was a member and former deacon of Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur. She is survived by her daughters: Kathy, Pat and Nicki, grandchildren: Michael, Jeremy, Dana and Matthew, step grandchildren: Eric and Katy, Great Grandchildren: Queen, Keonte, Cadarius, and Cahri and a great great grandchild, brothers: Ted,...

Nonni Black Slagle

Nonni Black Slagle

Feb 19, 2012

Nonni Black Slagle, age 93, of Decatur, Ga. died peacefully at home February 19, 2012 from congestive heart failure. Nonni was born in Paducah, Ky. on February 2, 1919. She graduated from high school in Orlando, Fl., then worked for Ivey's Department Store. She met her beloved husband, Rusty, while he was stationed in Orlando serving in the Army Air...

Dana L. Brown

Dana L. Brown

Feb 18, 2012

Dana L. Brown, 82, of Doraville went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Dana was a staff sergeant with the U S Air Force and served in Korea during the Korean Conflict. He held various management positions in Indiana, Ohio and Chicago while employed with AT & T with 34 years of service. After retirement...

Ann Marie Macaulay

Ann Marie Macaulay

Feb 17, 2012

Ann Swaidmark Macaulay, 77 of Lawrenceville, went to her "Heavenly Home" on Friday, February 17, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Sidney Stuart Macaulay in 1991. She is survived by her son, Albin Lee Macaulay and his wife Suzanne of Buford, GA; her daughter, Elise Stuart Macaulay Rutkowsky and her husband, Richard of Bordentown, NJ; one...

John Clifford Sledge

John Clifford Sledge

Feb 16, 2012

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

Frances Fraser Taylor

Frances Fraser Taylor

Feb 16, 2012

Frances Fraser Taylor passed away in her sleep on 16 February 2012 at Eastside Medical where she was being treated for pneumonia. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Alfred F. Taylor, and is survived by her three children and their spouses; Nancy and Roy Ginsburg, Larry and Jan Taylor, Susan and Robert Madara, and four...