Obituaries
Alice Virginia Allgood Clark
Feb 16, 2010
Alice Virginia Allgood Clark was born on September 22, 1918 and died on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. She was 91. A graduate of Rinehart College, she taught elementary school in Hart County, GA, she managed the Cafeteria at Scottsdale Mills, and worked with the Atlanta Police Department. Mrs. Clark married Thomas Laland Clark Sr. in 1939. She was preceded in...
Laurie Jane Helms Bennett
Feb 15, 2010
Laurie Jane Helms Bennett passed away peacefully at Embracing Hospice
on February 15, 2010. Jane was the daughter of Raleigh and Laurie
Helms, and was born in Atlanta, GA on January 2, 1932. She had one
older brother, Lawson, now deceased, and a sister who passed away in
childhood. Jane grew up in Decatur and graduated from Decatur Girls
High. After graduation, she worked for...
Howard "Spud" E Rasmussen, Jr.
Feb 15, 2010
Mr. Howard “Spud” E. Rasmussen, Jr. of Alpharetta, died Monday, February 15, 2010. He retired from the U. S. Navy and later from DeKalb County Water and Sewer Department. Mr. Rasmussen was a former member and supporter of the Decatur Civic Chorus and a member of Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia B....
Major Teresa Mcgill Tanner
Feb 14, 2010
Major Teresa L. Tanner was born July 8, 1948 in Ft. Myers, Florida. Teresa faithfully served as an officer in The Salvation Army for 33 years along with her loving husband, Major Bert Tanner. Together they served in Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Washington, D.C., Jacksonville, Florida and Sarasota, Florida. Major Teresa Tanner’s last appointment was as the Territorial Women’s Auxiliary...
Marvin Paul Cocchi
Feb 14, 2010
Mr. Marvin Paul Cocchi, 83, of Stone Mountain died, Sunday, February 14, 2010. Mr. Cocchi was a native of Atlanta and a graduate of Tech High School in 1944. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Mr. Cocchi graduated from the University of Georgia in Atlanta in 1953 and worked 33 years for the...
William Tipton Willoughby
Feb 14, 2010
William T. “Bill” Willoughby, 80 yrs. old, native of Montgomery County, KY. passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2010, after a battle with heart disease. A graduate of Camargo High School (class of '47), Bill served his country in the Army during the Korean War, afterward attending Morehead State University (class of '57). Mr. Willoughby began his post-graduate education at...
Winnie Shirley Lawrence
Feb 13, 2010
Winnie Shirley Lawrence, 92, of Avondale Estates, GA died peacefully after a brief illness on Saturday February 13, 2010. She was born in Fairmount, GA on September 15, 1917. One of seven children of William Asbury Shirley and Lola Blalock Shirley, she enjoyed a happy childhood which included living in the same building with the jailhouse when her father was...
Ruth Harrison Mcbride
Feb 13, 2010
Mrs. Ruth H. McBride, 87, of Clarkston, GA died Saturday, February 13, 2010. She was a long-time member of University Heights Methodist Church. Mrs. McBride was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick E. McBride, and her daughter, Kay Nichols. She is survived by her daughter, Andrea Helms of Jonesboro; sons Mitchell McLain of Franklin, NC, Stephen McBride of Clarkston,...
Ammini Kuruvila Joseph
Feb 11, 2010
Mrs. Ammini Joseph, 74, of Roswell, GA died Thursday, February 11, 2010. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Jessy Varghese. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Chacko P. Joseph; daughter, Cissy Samuel; sons-in-law, Roy Samuel and George P. Varghese; and grandson, Philip Jeremy Varghese. Mrs. Joseph retired as the Principal of Government High School Ezhumattoor in Kerala,...
Kathryn "Kay" Ellefson
Feb 11, 2010
Kathryn “Kay” Ellefson of Lawrenceville, GA and formerly of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, February 11, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nordahl, son, Larry and sister, Lucille Campbell. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sharri & Brian Siegmund of Loganville, GA; sons, Craig D. Ellefson of Farmington, GA & Clark E. Ellefston of Columbia, SC;...
Shirley Mae Bristow
Feb 10, 2010
Mrs. Shirley Mae Bristow of Decatur died Wednesday, February 10, 2010. She was the former Miss Sioux Empire, and Miss South Dakota State University. Among her many loves, the greatest of these were her grandchildren. Mrs. Bristow is survived by her loving husband, Robert J. “Bob” Bristow; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Tera Bristow of Kennesaw, Bobby and Ellen Bristow...
Mary B. Dollar Ganus
Feb 10, 2010
Mary B. Dollar Ganus, 89, of Snellville, GA died Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Surviving are her many loving nieces and nephews, loving roommate Vandie and her daughter, Karlie. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 13 in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons. Interment Melwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. until...
Paul D. Cooke
Feb 9, 2010
Paul D. Cooke, 93, of Brunswick, formerly of Decatur, GA, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at Hospice of the Golden Isles. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM Friday, February 12, 2010 in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Barnhardt officiating. Interment will take place 2:00 PM Monday, February 15, 2010 at Wesley Chapel...
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
Feb 8, 2010
Elizabeth Turner Donaldson, age 89 years, passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of February 8, 2010. Elizabeth suffered from congestive heart failure during the last year of her life. Elizabeth is predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Roy J. Donaldson, Jr. who died in 1991 and is survived by her three sons: Bill, Kenny and Ron...
Alice Marie Allenberg
Feb 7, 2010
Alice Kroll Allenberg, 72, of Decatur, GA passed away February 7, 2010. She was born in Florala, AL but spent most of her life in Miami, FL. She was married to Thomas Allenberg for 42 years before his passing in April 2009. After arriving in Atlanta in 1988, she began working for the McCords at Concord Pharmacy, whom she thought...
Alice Krol Allenberg
Feb 7, 2010
Alice Kroll Allenberg, 72, of Decatur, GA passed away February 7, 2010. She was born in Florala, AL but spent most of her life in Miami, FL. She was married to Thomas Allenberg for 42 years before his passing in April 2009. After arriving in Atlanta in 1988, she began working for the McCords at Concord Pharmacy, whom she thought...
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