Obituaries
Elisabeth (Lib) Mcallister Courtenay
Feb 26, 2011
Elisabeth McAllister Courtenay, "Lib", beloved Mom, Grandmother, and friend, went to Heaven on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Our Mom was born Oct. 1, 1927 and grew up in Chattanooga, TN. She graduated from Wheaton College in 1949. Mom married her high school sweetheart, Joseph Kenneth "Ken" Courtenay in July 1950 and they settled in Atlanta. Mom taught elementary school for...
Ruth Jones Gresham
Feb 25, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Jones Gresham of Atlanta died Friday, February 25, 2011. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Juanita G. & Rev. Jack Hudson and Nancy and Rev. Robin E. Van Cleef and her daughter, Suzi Mullins; sister, Martha Allen; seven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at...
Florine Frierson
Feb 25, 2011
Florine Frierson, 89 of Decatur, died February 25, 2011. Mrs. Frierson was born in Decatur to Julius Bugg and Maude Chewning. She was a hairdresser in the Decatur area for many years. Survivors include her husband of 61 years Roy M. Frierson, Decatur; son, Clarence Ransom, Woodstock; three grandchildren; four great grandchildren; sister, Mary Rittgers, Chattanooga, TN; brother, Wesley Bugg...
Boyd Lee
Feb 25, 2011
BOYD LEE age 92 of Snellville, GA, formerly of Decatur, Monticello and Forsyth Georgia died Feb. 25, 2011. Boyd was born September 8, 1918 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Boyd was one of thirteen children born to the Rev. Early Lonzo Lee and Daisy D. Nichols. His Lee family can be dated back to about 1820 in Gwinnett County and among...
Brodie A. Crim, Jr.
Feb 24, 2011
Mr. Brodie A. Crim, Jr. died Thursday, February 24, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Jo Crim and son, Nathan Zachary Crim. He retired from Delta Air Lines as a general foreman of inspection. He was also a private pilot and flight instructor at Berry Hill Airport in Stockbridge, GA. He is survived by his daughters...
C. E. Benefield
Feb 24, 2011
C.E. Benefield, age 96, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on February 24, 2011. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, July 18, 1914, the third child of the late David Frank Benefield and Effie McEwen Benefield. Mr. Benefield has been in the real estate business for over 60 years and founded Benefield Realty Company. He was one...
William J. Conley Ii
Feb 22, 2011
Bill Conley died Monday morning, February 21st following a long illness. Bill was born May 28th, 1937 at Fort Warren near Cheyenne, Wyoming. His father, William, was a career Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. As a child Bill moved around the world with his dad and mother, Eleanor. Among the places he lived; Owensville, Mo., Minneapolis, Mn., San Antonio,...
Ruby Beatrice Carlan
Feb 21, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Josephine (Jo) Bosserman Smoot
Feb 19, 2011
Josephine Bosserman Smoot, 89, of Atlanta died peacefully on Saturday February 19, 2011 at Emory University Hospital. Jo, as she was affectionately known, was born on October 2, 1921 in Covington, VA to W. Ernest and Minnie L. Bosserman of Covington, VA. She graduated from Covington High School in 1939. After graduating she became an accomplished floral designer for Evan's...
Jane F. Galphin
Feb 19, 2011
Jane Fisher Galphin died on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the age of 99.She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 26, 1911, one of six children of Harry Leighton and Lidie Sproul Fisher.After graduating from secretarial school, Jane Fisher worked as a secretary for a Vice President of the West Penn Power Company for a short time before the...
Bettye Jennings Hipkins
Feb 19, 2011
Bettye Jennings Hipkins, 80, of Decatur, died February 19, 2011, after a short illness with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sarah and Hope Jennings, husband, Bill Hipkins, granddaughter, Margaret Knowles and great granddaughter, Cari Dembrosky. Mrs. Hipkins is survived by her children, Claudia and Sam Wilson of Lawrenceville, Cyndi and Donnie Pergantis of Loganville, Carole and...
Alberta Whitely Park
Feb 17, 2011
Alberta Park was the fifth of sixth children born June 6, 1922 to Dr. Seals Whitely and Mrs. Irene Dempsey Whitely of Cedartown, GA. She is the last of her siblings to pass and died February 17, 2011 peacefully at her home in Atlanta. Her father was a physician and built the first hospital in Cedartown, Georgia. She graduated from...
Medora Kay Rund
Feb 17, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Lauren Nash
Feb 17, 2011
Lauren Nash, 92, of Decatur, died February 17, 2011. A native of Washington, Georgia, Mr. Nash served his country in the U. S. Army during WWII in the 961st Engineering Company of General Patton’s Third Army, which assisted in the liberation of Europe and several of Germany’s concentration camps. He was the long time owner of Nash Garage in Decatur...
Lauren Nash
Feb 17, 2011
Lauren Nash, 92, of Decatur, died February 17, 2011. A native of Washington, Georgia, Mr. Nash served his country in the U. S. Army during WWII in the 961st Engineering Company of General Patton's Third Army, which assisted in the liberation of Europe and several of Germany's concentration camps. He was the long time owner of Nash Garage in Decatur...
William Barry Putnam
Feb 16, 2011
William B. Putnam, 77, of Stone Mountain died Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Mr. Putnam served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the Gracepointe Nazarene Church. He taught elementary school for 34 years with the DeKalb County School System. He is survived by his wife Glenda Putnam, daughter Celeste Byrd and granddaughters Hannah and...
Dr. James Macalister Berry, Ph.D.
Feb 16, 2011
Dr. James Macalister Berry, Phd, age 86, of Atlanta died February 16, 2011. Dr. Berry was born in Corvallis, Oregon and attended high school at Brentwood College School in B.C., Canada. He entered U.C. Berkeley in September 1942 and, after completing 1 semester, entered the US Army and served for 3 years in WWII. After the war he continued his...
Frances Stockman
Feb 16, 2011
Mrs. Frances Hayes Stockman, age 83, of Millers Creek, NC, formerly of Conyers, GA, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. Mrs. Stockman was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 26, 1927 to Margaret Lee and Claude Hayes. She was a member of First Baptist Atlanta Church, Atlanta, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her...
Carl E. Schwinne
Feb 16, 2011
Carl E. Schwinne, 78, of Stone Mountain, died February, 16, 2011. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Schwinne was a 1956 graduate of Ohio State University. He served his country as an engineer in the U. S. Army, obtaining the rank of Captain. Mr. Schwinne was the founder, owner and operator of Golf and Sports Equipment of Georgia. He was...
Michael W. Shubert
Feb 15, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
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