Obituaries
Carl Byron Farmer
Mar 23, 2011
Carl Byron Farmer, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Atlanta, born November 5, 1946 in Atlanta. He attended Briarcliff High School in Atlanta, and West Georgia College. In recent years, he was employed by Jenny Pruitt, Harry Norman, and Keller Williams Realtors. He is survived by his brother, Lynn Farmer; sister-in-law, Barbara Farmer; niece, Hope Farmer Cummings; nephew, Tate...
Mary Love Langston
Mar 22, 2011
Mary Love Langston, age 84, of Tucker, GA, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. She was in the retail business for more than 50 years, working with Macy's and Regensteins in Atlanta and was a member of Tucker First Baptist Church. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Langston and sisters, Virginia Love Waters of GA and...
Annie Pardue Plampin
Mar 22, 2011
Annie Pardue Plampin, 92, of Christian City in Union City, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011. A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, she lived most of her life in the Atlanta area, which included many years in Clarkston. Mrs. Plampin was a long time and faithful member of Mountain West Church of God. She is was preceded in death by her...
Thomas B. Clark
Mar 21, 2011
Thomas B. Clark, Professor Emeritus of Managerial Sciences at Georgia State University died on Monday, March 21, 2011. Tom was born September 8, 1945 to Schuyler and Margaret Clark in Augusta, Georgia. He was a graduate of Richmond Academy, Georgia Tech, and Georgia State University. He was an outstanding student and received many academic and leadership awards, foreshadowing the exceptional...
Jeannette N. Whitley
Mar 20, 2011
Jeannette N. Whitley, of Winder, died March 20, 2011. She is survived by a son, Gerald F. Whitley and daughter-in-law, Sally Whitley; three grandchildren, Valerie Denise Whitley, Sheryl Dawn Ivey and Camilla Stephanie Whitley; grandson-in-law, Robert Ivey; three great-grandchildren, Christopher Blake Whitley, Dixie Blair Ivey and James Brandon Ivey. She is also survived by a sister, Margaret Adams and several...
Robert C. (Bob) Kirk
Mar 19, 2011
Robert C. "Bob" Kirk of Avondale Estates, GA passed away on March 19, 2011 at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Anita Kenemer Kirk; his daughter, Kari Kirk Rheney; his son, Ken Kirk; his granddaughters, Kelsey Rheney, Sarah Kirk, Hannah Kirk; his grandson, Kason Rheney; and sister, Patricia Kirk Lewis of Calhoun, GA....
Michael Lee Lafever
Mar 17, 2011
Michael Lee LaFever died Thursday, March 17, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Laurie LaFever; children, Heather Barnett, Chris LaFever, Jennifer LaFever & Joshua LaFever; father, Harry J. LaFever, Jr.; brothers, Harry J. LaFever III & Charles LaFever; sisters, Linda LaFever & Theresa LaFever; and grandchildren, Troy Barnett, Bryne LaFever & Shyanne Barnett. Funeral services will be held at...
Ming Chu Wen
Mar 16, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
George Howard Smith
Mar 12, 2011
George Howard Smith passed away on March 10, 2011. He was predeceased by his wife,Sarah Jane Smith, of 58 years. George was born on April 18, 1924 in Chicora,Mississippi to Florine Oliver Smith and Leonard Charles Smith. His family then movedto Gainesville, Florida where he and his two siblings were raised. He is survived by hissister Helen Smith Graham of...
William Marvin Lee
Mar 11, 2011
Mr. Marvin Lee, 91, a lifelong resident of DeKalb County died Friday, March 11, 2011. Mr. Lee a Veteran of WWII was preceded in death by his loving wife of 61 years, Mrs. Louise Lee on May 7, 2004. Surviving are his son and daughter-in-law, William Lee, Sr. and Martha Lee; grandsons and their wives, William Lee, Jr. and Lisa...
Lucille Faust (Scott) Hicks
Mar 9, 2011
Lucille Foust (Scott) Hicks, age 92, of Atlanta, Georgia, died peacefully at VistaCare Hospice at Wesley Woods on March 9, 2011. Lucille was a long-time resident of Atlanta. She was born in Gadsden, AL on January 6, 1919 and was the daughter of Dr. Eugene Crampton Scott and Emma Elizabeth (Foust) Scott. She attended Agnes Scott College and graduated from...
Melissa A. Garrett
Mar 9, 2011
Melissa A. Garrett of Atlanta, Georgia was born in LaGrange, Georgia and raised in Avondale Estates, Georgia. She practiced law in Atlanta for thirty-five years, specializing in matters of commercial and residential real estate. Privately she was a staunch supporter of women's issues, an avid student of politics and a voracious reader of nearly every book that crossed her path....
Brian Hoke Baker, Sr.
Mar 9, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Cathy Lou Barfield Holcombe
Mar 8, 2011
Cathy Lou Barfield Holcombe passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Hospice Atlanta after a long courageous battle with breast cancer. Cathy was born October 24, 1959, to James and Sue Barfield. She grew up in Hapeville, graduated from Georgia State with a Bachelor Degree in Economics. Cathy was a long term Vice President of Sun Trust Bank. Cathy...
Jane Firmin Saliers
Mar 7, 2011
Jane Firmin Saliers died peacefully on Saturday, March 5, 2011 following a lengthy struggle with frontal lobe dementia. She was born in Findlay, Ohio, June 5, 1937, the only daughter of Charles and Eloise Firmin, now deceased. After graduating from Findlay High School, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, majoring in French and English literature, graduating in 1959....
Martha Brumfield Fortenberry
Mar 7, 2011
Martha "Claudia" Brumfield Fortenberry embodied the image of a Steel Magnolia. As a child growing up on a Mississippi farm she stood on a box to make the family's morning biscuits, tended fields alongside her seven brothers and sisters, made soap, churned butter, put up food for the winter, knitted, quilted, and by necessity lived the farm-to-table lifestyle that is...
Marguerite Sims Goldsmith
Mar 6, 2011
Marguerite Sims Goldsmith, 89, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Marguerite was born on May 5, 1921 in Lawrenceville, GA where she lived with her parents the late Mary Beulah Sims and Henry Hill Sims and 10 brothers and sisters. Marguerite was married to Jim Goldsmith in 1946 and had three children whom she dearly loved, Elizabeth (Betty), Jim...
Anne Hosie Golden
Mar 6, 2011
Anne Hosie Golden, 76, recently of Alpharetta, Georgia and formerly of Belmont, Massachusetts and Eugene, Oregon, died on March 6, 2011. Mrs. Golden, daughter of the late James and Katherine Hosie, was predeceased in death by her sister Sally O'Neal. Mrs. Golden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, before moving to Belmont, Massachusetts where she lived until marrying Patrick Golden in...
Kathleen Helen Adams
Mar 6, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Sarah Lee (Nana) Davis
Mar 6, 2011
Mrs. Sarah Lee (Nana) Davis died Sunday, March 6, 2011. She was preceded in death by her son, David I. (Sonny) Davis. Sarah was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Lilburn, a resident of Lilburn and an active member of Tiny Stitches. She was born July 11, 1927 in Carnesville, GA in the Red Hill Community of Franklin County....
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