Obituaries

Thomas Paul Kenney
Nov 7, 2010
Thomas Paul Kenney, 82, of Tucker, passed to his eternal home on Sunday Nov. 7, 2010.He was born in Rochester, New York to Floyd and Eva Kenney (Gettum). He moved toChicago, Illinois during his school years and graduated from the University of Illinois.He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during the Korean War. His career in the property management...

Martha Ruhama Poe
Nov 7, 2010
Martha Poe of Decatur, Georgia, born October 23, 1923, died November 7, 2010. She was retired from the University Systems Board of Regents and the Southern Education Foundation. She was preceded in death by husband, Ansel J. Poe, and is survived by daughters, Nancy Poe and Pam Poe and her husband, Alan Russell; son, David Poe and his wife, Karen...

Sarah Evelyn Moore
Nov 7, 2010
Funeral Home: AS Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Louise Selby Fitzpatrick
Nov 7, 2010
Mrs. Louise Selby Fitzpatrick died early on Sunday, November 7, 2010. Having grown up in Birmingham, Alabama, graduating from Phillips High School, she worked at Phillips and at Forbes Piano Company before marrying and moving eventually to Atlanta, where her husband, Thomas C. Fitzpatrick, was employed with Cudahy Meat Packing Company. A full time mother, homemaker and caregiver, following her...

Frank Marvin Osborne
Nov 6, 2010
Frank Marvin Osborne of Decatur, GA, entered this life on February 5, 1916 and graduated from it to join the throngs of heaven 94 years later on Saturday, November 6, 2010. Frank is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Ruth Leola Osborne, his son, Wayne Osborne, daughters Gloria White, Brenda Hallenbeck and Sharon Robison, 8 grandchildren and 9...
Nancy Jane Blair
Nov 6, 2010
Nancy Jane Blair passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Knoxville, TN, on December 18, 1937, daughter of the late Gladys Taylor Blair of Rye Cove, VA and Samuel Alexander Blair of Cincinnati, OH. She grew up in Oneida, TN and though she has been away from there...
Betty Jean Blalock
Nov 5, 2010
Betty Jean Blalock of Clarkston died Friday, November 05, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Frazier Blalock. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Larry Ledbetter; brother and sister-in-law, Mack and Barbara Burdette; and granddaughter, Lauren Ledbetter. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the chapel of...

Marjorie Simpson Ware
Nov 4, 2010
Marjorie Simpson Ware (Mrs. Clyde D. Ware) Marge was born on November 13, 1921, to Lucile Daniel Simpson and Homer Masters Simpson and died Thursday, November 4, 2010. A lifelong resident of Atlanta, she attended Atlanta Girls High and graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1942. The next year she married the love of her life Clyde D. Ware, Sr.,...

Richard C. Eriksson
Nov 2, 2010
Funeral Home: AS Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Elinor Mae Guinn
Nov 2, 2010
Mrs. Elinor Mae Emery Guinn, age 75, of Decatur died Tuesday, November 2, 2010. She graduated from Duke University School of Nursing and worked for Grady Memorial Hospital for 24 years, retiring in 1995. Mrs. Guinn was a very active member of Glen Haven Baptist Church in McDonough, GA and loved to travel the southeast attending grandchildren's sporting events. She...

Thomas E. Bender
Nov 2, 2010
Thomas E. Bender, son of Eileen M. and Frederick J. Bender, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Tom was a native of Omaha, Nebraska and a veteran of the Vietnam War. Tom was a long time employee of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, stationed in the Atlanta office. Tom was very active in the Boy Scouts of...
Eugenia Reed Baughman
Nov 2, 2010
Mrs. Eugenia Reed Baughman of Atlanta died Tuesday, November 2, 2010. She was born and raised in Cedar Springs, GA, the youngest of four children. After graduation from Jakin High School, she attended Georgia State Women’s College and the University of Georgia, graduating with a BS degree in Home Economics Education. She then taught Home Economics in Moultrie and Griffin...
Pauline South Cook Hynson
Nov 1, 2010
Pauline South Cook Hynson peacefully went to Heaven Monday, November 1, 2010 in the home of her son. Pauline was born August 29, 1920 in Conyers, GA, the third child of Leander Franklin Cook and Ethleen South Cook. She moved to Atlanta at an early age and resided in the Virginia Highland and East Atlanta areas moving to Stone Mountain...

Henry Herman Holley, Jr.
Oct 31, 2010
Mr. Henry Herman Holley, Jr., age 97 of Decatur, GA passed away October 31, 2010 at Fountainview Center. Born in Stone Mountain, Herman was a lifelong resident of Georgia and a member of St. Timothy United Methodist Church. He worked at Beaudry Ford and A. M. Chandler Ford throughout his lifetime. He is survived by his wife of 69 years,...

Edward James Mcveigh
Oct 31, 2010
Funeral Home: AS Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Mary Johnson Wideman
Oct 30, 2010
Mary Johnson Wideman, 94, died October 30, 2010. She is survived by son Kenneth, his wife Carol and their son Michael. Funeral services will be held at Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian), 401 E. Lenlock Lane, Anniston, Alabama 36206 on Thursday, November 4 at 2:00 P. M. (CST). The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 7 from 2:00 until...

Albert Y. Badre
Oct 30, 2010
Dr. Albert Y. Badre, age 98, passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2010. Albert was born in a small resort town near Beirut, Lebanon where he lived the first half of his life. He graduated from the American University of Beirut and later from the University of Iowa with a Ph.D. in Economics. He married his childhood sweetheart, Lily Badr,...

Arlis D. Wyatt
Oct 29, 2010
Arlis D. Wyatt, age 82, died Friday, October 29, 2010 after complications resulting from a heart attack, Saturday September 4th. Mrs. Wyatt was born January 6, 1928 in Carroll County Georgia. She married David Kenneth Humphrey in June 1949. After his death in 1967, she continued to reside in Decatur, Georgia and raised her children. In May 1976 she married...

Sophie P. Kanes
Oct 29, 2010
Mrs. Sophie P. Kanes, loving wife, aunt, and godmother passed into eternal life to join her beloved husband John in the Kingdom of Heaven on Friday, October 29, 2010. She was the second eldest of eight siblings born to the late George and Irene Pefines in Nedousa, Greece. She was the first of her family to immigrate to the United...

Marilyn Louise Tobias
Oct 29, 2010
Marilyn Hettinger Tobias, 71, of Stone Mountain, passed away Friday, October 29, 2010. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 27, 1938, she grew up in West Palm Beach, FL and then moved to the Atlanta area. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend. Mrs. Tobias was a business owner for many years and a homemaker. She loved...
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