Obituaries
Evelyn Wilder Bassett
Sep 11, 2009
Evelyn Wilder Bassett, 84, of Thomaston, formerly of Decatur died Friday September 11, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Hugh Bassett and her four brothers and their wives, Walter Howard and Ann P. Wilder; James Clayton and Doris A. Wilder; Jack Wilder, Jr. and Evelyn M. Wilder; and Nathan Clarence and Marty B. Wilder. She is...
Antoinette Smith
Sep 11, 2009
Antoinette “Toni” Smith of Decatur died September 11, 2009. Toni was born on January 31, 1910 in Thomaston, Georgia to Nettie and J. Fain Johnson. Toni moved to Decatur in 1928 and attended the Atlanta Conservatory of Music. She met and married Paul M. Smith, a Decatur native. Toni was a devoted Mother and Grandmother and will be remembered for...
Charles H. Wright, Jr.
Sep 10, 2009
Charles H. Wright, Jr., age 88, died September 10, 2009, at his home in Kings Bridge Retirement Center, Atlanta. He was born in Lithonia, Georgia, December 10, 1920, the son of Charles H. Wright, Sr. and Annie Plunkett Wright. He was a graduate of Atlanta Tech High School and served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps during World War...
Phyllis Jean Adams
Sep 9, 2009
Mrs. Phyllis Jean Adams, 83, of Atlanta, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Comer Adams. Mrs. Adams is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Allyson and Mark Belvedere, Karen and Daniel Cassidy; sister, Ruby McFarland; grandchildren, Chris Cassidy and wife, Joana, Leigh Bozard and husband Daniel, Tab Belvedere; and several nieces and...
John Marvin Fleming
Sep 9, 2009
Mr. John Marvin Fleming, 89, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away on September 9, 2009, after a long illness. Mr. Fleming was born in Commerce, Georgia on August 7, 1920. He was the son of Thomas Grayson and Mary Elizabeth Gordon Fleming. Mr. Fleming and Ruth Jeannette Arial were married December 25, 1940. Survivors include his wife Jeannette; brother, Odis Fleming;...
Joseph Burnette Franklin
Sep 7, 2009
Joseph Burnette (“Coot”) Franklin, 84, died at his home on Labor Day. He was born in Atlanta on August 31, 1925. Coot was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Young Franklin, in 2006, and by his brother, Sammy, in 1977. He is survived by two loving children, Beth (Dan Newton) and Michael (Kristen), and five beautiful grandchildren. Coot had...
Henry T. Rutland, Jr.
Sep 6, 2009
Henry T. "Tom" Rutland, Jr., age 87, of Decatur passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2009. He was born December 15, 1921 in Ringgold, GA to Henry Thomas Rutland, Sr. and Irene Hendry. They moved to Decatur where he attended elementary school and graduated from Decatur High School in 1940. Tom then enlisted in the US Army to serve his...
Mary Nell Mcgirt Peters
Sep 6, 2009
Mary Nell McGirt Peters, 83, of Decatur, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at her home after an extended illness. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 8 at A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, September 9 in the chapel at A. S. Turner and Sons...
Barb Moffat
Sep 6, 2009
Barb Moffat, 69, of Clarkston died Sunday, September 6, 2009. She was a former ReMax real estate agent and teacher in Atlanta. She is survived by her brother, Richard Rasche; sister, Janet Remar; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 13th at A. S. Turner & Sons. In lieu of flowers,...
Susie Boyd Anthony
Sep 6, 2009
Susie Boyd Anthony, of Stone Mountain and Panama City, FL, died September 6, 2009. A native of Emanuel County, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Bernice Youmans Boyd. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, James "Jim" Anthony; son, John S. Anthony of Stone Mountain; and daughter and son-in-law, Heather A. and Wade Collins...
Betty Jean (Payne) Thibadeau
Sep 5, 2009
Betty Mrs. Betty Jean (Payne) Thibadeau, 65, of Decatur died Saturday, September 5, 2009. Betty is survived by her loving husband of 39 years Richard O. (Rick) Thibadeau; son, Joshua R. Thibadeau of Decatur; daughter and son-in-law, Thomas and Lisa Knight of Covington; two precious grandchildren, Eliot Grace and Ethan Claude Thomas Knight of Covington; brother, Charles Payne of Conyers;...
Robert L. Moore
Sep 5, 2009
Robert (Bob) Lee Moore, 61, of Clarkston, GA passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2009. He was a spirited gentleman and we cherish the time we had with him. We thank God for the deepness of Bob’s feelings and emotions surrounding those he cared for. He is survived by his sisters Jessie Taylor and Phyllis Peterson, his daughter Stacey Moore,...
Dewey Lamar Anderson
Sep 4, 2009
Mr. D. Lamar (Andy) Anderson, 81, of Stone Mountain died Thursday, September 3, 2009. He graduated from Decatur Boys High and retired from Atlanta Motor Lines after 31 years of service. Mr. Anderson was a member of Mt. Park United Methodist Church and a long time member of the Snellville Lions Club. He is survived by his wife, Frances Clifton...
Harriet Witte King
Sep 3, 2009
Harriet Witte King, 93, died on September 3, 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Georgetown, S.C., in 1916, she was the daughter of Armin Franz Witte and Hattie Sparkman Witte. She was the widow of George Savage King, Professor of Law Emeritus at Emory University. Mrs. King attended the College of Charleston and graduated from the University of South Carolina...
Virginia Mann Mccoy
Sep 3, 2009
Virginia Mann McCoy of Decatur passed away peacefully on September 3, 2009. Funeral services will be Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons with Dr. Harold D. Zwald officiating. Interment Floral Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service. Mrs. McCoy was...
Sally M. Hachat
Aug 29, 2009
Mrs. Sally M. Hachat, of Snellville, formerly of Decatur died Saturday, August 29, 2009. Mrs. Hachat was a member of Park Place Baptist Church. She was a loving, wonderful person, and will be missed. She is survived by her husband, Douglas; children, Lisa (Mike) Matyac, Angie (Jack) Beecher, Jessie (Jessica) Hachat; four grandchildren; brother, Brian McCurley (Georgia); sister, Janelle Akins...
Ruby Brown Monsour
Aug 29, 2009
Ruby Brown Monsour, 85, recently of Covington, Georgia died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 3:00 PM at Riverside Nursing Home in Newton County, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Charles Monsour. She was born Ruby Mae Brown on January 2, 1924 in Lithonia, Georgia to the late Henry Pierce Brown and the late Annie Maude Brown. ...
Ruth Eugenia Howard
Aug 29, 2009
Ruth Eugenia Howard, age 93, of Roswell, GA. passed away August 29, 2009. She was born August 23, 1916 in Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of the late James B. Howard Sr. and Ina Weeks Howard and sister of the late Olin Howard and James Howard, Jr. Ruth was a graduate of Decatur Girls High School and attended Crichton’s...
Mary Frances Corbett
Aug 29, 2009
Mrs. Mary Jarrett Corbett of Tucker, GA, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009. She was born July 31, 1927 at the old St. Joseph’s Hospital on Ivy Street in downtown Atlanta and lived in Atlanta most of her life, growing up and attending schools. She was a graduate of Joe Brown Junior High, class of ´42 and Girls’ High School,...
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