Obituaries
Darius Vladas Bakunas
May 30, 2023
Darius V. Bakunas was born in Klaipeda, Lithuania on March 20, 1937. Darius advanced through the ranks of the United States Air Force to retire as a full Colonel. He was extremely proud of his service and lived a very happy 86 years of life. Darius is survived by his loving wife, Linda, two children, Laura Mehl (Steele Mehl) and...
Elaine Fladger Thurston
May 30, 2023
Elaine Fladger Thurston passed away peacefully on May 30th at the age of 87. She was born at Georgia Baptist Hospital, grew up in Decatur and attended Decatur Girls High School. She remained close friends with a multitude of her childhood friends over the years, frequently traveling to the beach and mountains and always finding time for social dining opportunities....
Lois Pendery Forbes
May 28, 2023
Lois Pendery Forbes was born October 12, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH, and was the first daughter of G.W. and Lillian Fries Pendery. She is proceeded in death by her husband of 68 years, Horatio James Forbes, Jr. At the age of five the family moved to Decatur, GA. She attended Decatur Girls High School and went on to Peace College...
Melba Rary
May 27, 2023
Melba Rary, 102, of Decatur, died May 27, 2023. Melba Rainey was born February 15, 1921 at the 19-room Piedmont Sanitorium, which soon thereafter was renamed The Piedmont Hospital. She was born to Clara Kadel and William Warren Rainey.
Melba graduated from Pryor Street Elementary, Girls' High and attended Agnes Scott College.
A lifelong voracious reader, Melba proudly claimed to...
John David Ariail
May 24, 2023
J. David Ariail, Sr. of Decatur, Georgia passed away on May 24, 2023. He worked over thirty years for the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an Engineer. While working there, he became a specialist in several different fields and received five different recognitions from Washington. David was also a college referee, and after retirement, he continued with his activities...
Jim David Cherry
May 22, 2023
Jim David Cherry, 77, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away on May 22, 2023
The son of Jim and Virginia Brown Cherry, Jim was born in Sandersville, GA. He was one of four children. At the age of two, his family moved to Decatur where his father took a job as school superintendent of the rapidly expanding DeKalb County School System. "Jimbo"...
Lola Virginia Hicks
May 20, 2023
Lola Virginia Hicks, age 81, of Stone Mountain passed away on May 20, 2023. Virginia was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Reynolds. Virginia was a member of the Forrest Hills Baptist Church for over 59 years. She worked for Sealtest Dairy as a switchboard operator and...
Hari Iyer
May 20, 2023
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 11:00AM in the Chapel of A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home & Crematory, 2773 N. Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA 30033 - 404-292-1551.
Elizabeth Joann Fortner
May 20, 2023
Elizabeth "JoAnn" Fortner, age 86, passed away on Saturday, May 20th, at her home in Decatur, GA. She was born in Atlanta on September 30, 1936 to Aubrey A. Cole, Sr. and Annie Emma Cole. JoAnn lived in the metro Atlanta area her entire life. She was a homemaker that enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and watching the home...
Livia Ana Mowiser
May 19, 2023
Mrs. Livia (Morales) Mowiser passed away at home with her family on May 19, 2023, in Decatur, GA. She was 91 years old.
Livia was born in Peru to the late Herminio Morales and Ana Bromley. Livia grew up in the town of Huari in the Andes Mountains. Her family owned a general store, where she attended to customers. She also...
Joan Christopher Quillen
May 19, 2023
Joan Christopher Quillen of Decatur, Georgia went home to be with her Lord on Friday, May 19, 2023.
The daughter of Frank Ewart and Ola Kendall Christopher, Joan was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 29, 1933. She was one of 3 children. Joan graduated from North Avenue Presbyterian School in 1951, and attended Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, and Auburn...
Tika Ram Rizal
May 17, 2023
Tika Rizal, 51, passed away on May 17, 2023, in Tucker, GA.
He is survived by his wife, Kala Rizal, and his son and daughter-in-law, Jaga Rizal and Yadi Chuwan.
The service for Mr. Tika Rizal will be held on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 1:00 PM at A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home & Crematory.
Visitation: May, 21, 2023 , at 1:00...
Mary Jane Zimmerman
May 17, 2023
Mary Jane Zimmerman of Decatur passed away peacefully on May 17, 2023 at the age of 102. She was beloved by many as mother, grandmother, aunt and friend.
Born in Unadilla, Georgia to Chester Parham and Esmay (Slaughter) Parham on May 11, 1921, Mary Jane and her family moved to Atlanta when she was a small child.
In 1940 she met Fred...
Judy Lamar Dalton
May 16, 2023
Judy Ladd Dalton, 76, formerly of Asheville, died Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Atlanta.
Judy was born November 17, 1946, in Asheville to the late Susan Beatrice Abbott Ladd and Joseph Vonno Ladd. She was a graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School and was former Vice-president of Media Services for Price McNabb Advertising. After that she moved to Atlanta and...
Michael Benson Saye
May 15, 2023
Michael Saye, 56, of Mableton, passed away on May 15th, 2023. Michael was born on September 2nd, 1966 to Virginia and Benson Saye. He graduated from Brookwood High School, and later attended Gwinnett Technical College, where he trained as a machinist. His family and friends are deeply saddened by his untimely death.
Michael married Robin Hancock of Stone Mountain, Georgia in...
Kathleen Agnes Baird
May 14, 2023
Kathleen Hart Baird passed away on May 14, 2023 in her residence in Decatur, Georgia. Kathi was born in Brooklyn in 1947. As the daughter of an army officer, she lived in many places in her youth, including the Philippines, Japan and Germany. She graduated from Ursuline College (now Bellarmine University) in Louisville, KY. After college, she moved to Atlanta...
Mary Frances Stovall
May 12, 2023
Mary Frances Blount Stovall, age 99, passed away on May 12th in Decatur, Georgia. She was born on Oct 28th, 1923, in Louisville, Kentucky to Harry and Emily Walker. Mary Frances was a beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend to many. She enjoyed bridge, current events and leading the Duncan Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church of Decatur.
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Francis "Frank" Delea
May 11, 2023
Francis "Frank" Delea age 82 of Decatur, formerly of New York was born to eternal life Thursday May 11, 2023.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10:30 in the morning at St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church - 11330 Woodstock Rd, Roswell, GA 30075 with Monsignor Peter Rau serving as celebrant.
Marian Lavinia Carroll
May 11, 2023
Marian Yancey Carroll, 97, of Stone Mountain, Georgia died peacefully on May 11, 2023. Marian and her identical twin sister, Margaret, were born March 8, 1926 at Emory Hospital to the late Margaret Delay Yancey and George Bennett Yancey. The girls lost their mother when they were two years old and were raised by their father and two special aunts,...
Charles Earl Brown
May 10, 2023
On May 10, 2023, in Decatur, Georgia, Charles Earl Brown USMC, ascended joining the ancestors. He was born on American Independence Day, July 4th 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a common man with an uncommon heart.
He was first a son
He was a brother
He was a father
He was a grandfather
He was an uncle
He was a friend...
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