Obituaries
Charlotte Denman
Sep 17, 2009
CHARLOTTE DENMAN
Mrs. Charlotte Seay Denman, age 85, of Florence, AL died Thursday, September 17, 2009. A service will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., with visitation one hour prior, at the A. S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home, Decatur, Georgia with burial following in the Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Denman lived in...

Elizabeth Rogers
Sep 17, 2009
Mrs. Elizabeth Louise Rogers, of Newborn, GA died Thursday, September 17, 2009.
She is survived by her husband, Bill Rogers; daughters, Carol Cline of Newborn, Teresa Casper of Auburn, GA; sons, James Ivester of Loganville; Kenneth Ivester of Newborn; sister, Nellie Duncan of Gravette, AR; brother, Calvin T. Jones of Adairsville, GA; nine grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will...

Eugene Debbs Phillips
Sep 16, 2009
Mr. Eugene Debbs Phillips, 94, died on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. He survived his wife of 63 years, Meriam Simpson Phillips, and his son, Eugene Debbs Phillips, Jr. His daughters, Sara Catanese of Melbourne Beach, FL, and Deborah Carter of Acworth, GA, survive him. He was blessed with nine grandchildren; six grandsons and three granddaughters. In lieu of flowers, donations...

Mary Josephine Barnes
Sep 15, 2009
Mary Josephine ("Mary Jo") Smith Barnes, 93, formerly of Decatur, Georgia died in Rock Hill, South Carolina on September 15, 2009. She was the widow of Joshua Chester Barnes. Born on December 7, 1915 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late George Arthur and Ella Siler Smith. She was predeceased by her brother, George Siler Smith. She...
George Pierce Crumbley, Jr.
Sep 15, 2009
GEORGE P. CRUMBLEY, JR.
“Father of Peach Bowl”,
Local Humanitarian
As Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation sought to strengthen its outreach to the blind, it turned to George Pierce Crumbley, Jr. who led the development and certification by the NCAA...

Virginia Acree Matthews
Sep 15, 2009
VIRGINIA ACREE MATTHEWS
April 2, 1930 - September 15, 2009
Virginia Acree Matthews, 79, will be remembered by all who knew her as a loving and committed wife to Jack, and mother to her children. She was a believer and committed Christian and follower of her Lord Jesus. Her life was defined by grace, strength and an unfaltering determination to...

Elva Epps Eddleman
Sep 15, 2009
Elva Epps Eddleman, age 90, passed away on September 15, 2009. She was a native of Kingstree, South Carolina and the daughter of the late Latimer Peele Epps and Ruth Mills Epps. Mrs. Eddleman was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clay Eddleman, Jr.
Mrs. Eddleman received her B. S. degree in Home Economics from Winthrop University and her Masters...

Margaret Lorraine Rumps
Sep 15, 2009
Lorraine Margaret Rumps of Atlanta, born September 7, 1924, died September 15, 2009. She was dearly loved, and will be missed by those whose lives she touched during her wonderful life of 85 years. She is predeceased by her husband, Gerald Rumps; son, Karl Rumps; sisters, Lillian Halvorsen and Marion Smiglee; parents, Julia and Raymond Cole. She is survived by...

Geraldine Mitchell Williams
Sep 14, 2009
WILLIAMS, Geraldine -
Geraldine Mitchell Williams (Gerry) passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday
September 14, 2009. She was born September 6, 1924. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, and friend. Her husband, Ottis Williams, a naval aviator, preceded her in death. Gerry is survived by her children, David Williams of Decatur, GA, Diane Roy of Center Lovell, ME, Leilani...

Pamela Denese Zakas
Sep 13, 2009
Pamela Denese Zakas, 52, of Atlanta, died September 13, 2009. She is survived by her partner, Michelle Davis of Atlanta, and her loving aunt, Betty Zakas of Atlanta. She was predeceased by her father, George D. Zakas; her mother, Dorothea Guthrie; and her aunt, Tassie Zakas. Also surviving are sisters, Tasia Walsh of Charleston, SC and Anna (Tom) McManus of...
William C. Marianes
Sep 13, 2009
William C. Marianes, 84, of Atlanta passed away peacefully on September 13, 2009. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at A.S. Turner & Sons in Decatur, followed by a memorial (trisagion) service at 7:00 p.m. The funeral service will occur at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation at 11:00...
Geraldine O. Wheeler
Sep 13, 2009
Geraldine O. “Gerry” Wheeler, 82, passed away early Sunday morning, September 13, 2009. Mrs. Wheeler served as a U.S. Army Cadet Nurse from 1945 to 1946. She attended Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University) and later worked for the U.S. Public Health Service. She was married Oct. 19, 1949, to Pete Wheeler, Commissioner of the Georgia Department...

Dr. Harold Dan Rice
Sep 12, 2009
RICE, H. DAN
Harold Daniel Rice, age 83, passed away September 12, 2009. He was born September 20, 1925 in the Flat Woods section of Elbert County Georgia. He graduated from the Nancy Hart Memorial High School in Elbert County, the University of Georgia with a BS degree in Agriculture and the Candler School of Theology...

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...
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