Obituaries
Robert Heim Ellwood
Sep 11, 2011
Mr. Robert Heim Ellwood, 88 of Atlanta died September 11, 2011. He was born in Alta Vista, Virginia to Leo Bunker Ellwood and Vera Salle in1923. After serving his country in the Army during World War II in Alaska, China, India and Burma, he worked for the Dept. of Defense in Missile Calibrations at Fort Gillem until his retirement. Survivors...
Betty Hannnah Farnell
Sep 11, 2011
Betty Hannah Farnell, 90 died on September 11, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Farnell. She was born on December 11, 1920 in Atlanta (Chamblee) Georgia. She graduated from Girls High in 1939, where she was voted best all around and most representative. A 1941 graduate of Young Harris College, she was president of the Susan...
Evelyn Ward Gay
Sep 8, 2011
Evelyn Ward Gay was born in Girard, Georgia, and grew up in Waynesboro as one of five children of the late Hugh Lamar Ward and Nina Royal Ward. The top honor graduate in her class at the Waynesboro High School, she was employed for a short time by the Burke County Department of Public Welfare and at the same time...
Kathleen Rose Russell
Sep 8, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Rodney James Koonce
Sep 6, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Glenn Miles Whittemore
Sep 5, 2011
Glenn Miles Whittemore of Decatur, GA died September 5, 2011. Born in Gordon County on August 22, 1921, he was the son of James William and Willie Dell Padgett Whittemore. After graduating from West Georgia College he taught school in Gordon County, was employed in Rome by Atlanta Gas Light Company, served in the Signal Corps in the US Army...
Bonnie Sue Power
Sep 4, 2011
Mrs. Bonnie Sue Power, age 94 of Jackson, GA. passed away September 4, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Berryman Power and is survived by her daughter, Linda McDill; son, Gene and Sandra Power. Also surviving are ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The inerment service will be heldat 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at...
Gordon Alfred Gienow
Sep 3, 2011
Gordon Alfred Gienow passed away quietly on September 3, 2011 at his home in Decatur. His loving wife, Gloria and daughter Valerie and a nurse were at his bedside. Gordon was the son of Alfred Carl and Alfhild Gustavson Gienow. He was born on August 26, 1930 in Hackensack, NJ. He graduated from Hackensack High School and attended Brown University....
Carmelie Andre Apollon
Sep 3, 2011
Mrs. Carmelie Andre Apollon passed away September 3, 2011. She is survived by her husband, Oreste Apollon; sons, Nelson Apollon, Duvivier Apollon and Audain Apollon; daughters Ernante Apollon, Moviette Apollon, Junie Apollon, Wildade Apollon and Judith Apollon; brother, Prophete Andre; sister, Virginie Andre and cousin, Pierre Jacques. The funeral service will be Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in...
Agnes Isabella Black
Sep 2, 2011
Agnes Isabella Bryce Black died Friday, September 2, 2011. Agnes was born December 26, 1920 in Niagara Falls, Canada and moved to Atlanta, GA in 1922. She was married for 60 years to her husband Clifford. She retired from Hewett Photography in 1985 after 30 years. She moved to Oakwood, GA in 2004 and resided there until her death. She...
Anne Workman
Sep 2, 2011
Anne Workman of Decatur, GA passed away peacefully on September 2, 2011 after a short illness. At the time of her death, she was serving as a Senior Judge for the Superior Courts of Georgia, a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia and, by appointment of the Supreme Court of Georgia, a member of...
Ramona Dunlap
Sep 1, 2011
Ramona Dunlap, a long time resident of Atlanta, died Thursday, September 01, 2011. She is survived by her mother, Thelma S. Keller of Birmingham, AL and sister, Debbie Embler of Winston Salem, NC. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM Friday, September 02, 2011 at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta Chapel with Dr. Scott G. Downing officiating. A....
Robert Lawrence Bradford
Aug 31, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Francis Martin Ripley, Sr.
Aug 30, 2011
Mr. Francis M. Ripley, age 94, of Decatur, GA died peacefully on August 30, 2011. Rip was born May 15, 1917 in Kirkwood, GA to Allen Weeks Ripley and Frances Link Ripley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Green Ripley. He is survived by his sons, F. Martin Ripley, Jr. (Lonnie) of Decatur, GA, James Green Ripley...
Gregory George Kopanezos
Aug 29, 2011
Mr. Gregory Kopanezos, 79, of Atlanta died on Monday August 29, 2011. He was born in Kalymnos, Greece in 1932, and has been a resident of Atlanta since 1961 and owner of Gregory's Snack Bar located in midtown. He is predeceased by his wife, Mary, of 31 years of marriage, and is survived by his son, George Kopanezos, daughters; Virginia...
Martha Louise Rampley
Aug 29, 2011
Martha Louise Rampley passed away August 29, 2011 in Houston, Texas. Born in Carnesville, Georgia, Martha attended the University of Georgia, was a life-long member of the Baptist church and worked for Southern Bell in Atlanta for over thirty years. After many years in Decatur, she married and moved to Houston, Texas. She is preceded in death by her husband,...
Elizabeth Eugenia King
Aug 27, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Elizabeth Moore King
Aug 27, 2011
Elizabeth Moore King of Atlanta passed away on August 27, 2011 peacefully at her home in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia on December 22, 1922. She is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph King, her parents Pete and Elsie (Parrott) Moore, brothers James Christopher and Harold Edward Moore, and her son, Barry Moore King....
Pamela Adamy Adler
Aug 26, 2011
Pamela Adamy "Pam" Adler, 61, of Lawrenceville, died August 26, 2011. She is survived by her husband, Steve Adler; aunt, uncle and several cousins. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Pam Adler may be made to the American Cancer Society, P O Box 56566, Atlanta GA 30343. The family will receive friends from 11 AM to 1 PM,...
Rashalee Avalyn Foster
Aug 25, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
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