Obituaries
Diane R. Davis
Sep 30, 2008
Diane R. Davis of Decatur died Tuesday, September 30, 2008. She was born June 21, 1958 to C. Philip and Ruth H. Davis. She attended Oak Hills Bible Institute in Bemidji, MN, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, and the GeorgiaBaptistHospital, School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA. Ms. Davis was a Registered Nurse of Orthopedics at PiedmontHospital in Atlanta. She was...
Thomas Haskell Rodgers
Sep 28, 2008
Thomas (Haskell) Rodgers was born on January 27, 1927 and left his earthly home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 28, 2008. After a month long battle with kidney failure and breathing problems, Tom was ready for his heavenly travels. After working with his dad in construction and serving his country in the Navy, Tom began...
Margaret Elizabeth Bowden
Sep 28, 2008
Margaret Elizabeth “Betty” Bowden passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2008. She was born December 24, 1923 in Atlanta, GA to Andrew Lee and Frances Shields Bowden. Miss Bowden graduated from the Georgia State College for Women in 1945 and received a Masters Degree in Home Economics from the University of Alabama in 1962. Her special love in life was...
Elsie Hodson Dale
Sep 27, 2008
Elsie Hodson Dale of Decatur, GA died Saturday, September 27, 2008. She was born January 10, 1910 in Manchester, England. She was preceded in death by her nine brothers and sisters; her husband, Ewing Dale; son, Tom Dale; grandson, Brian Csuka. She and her husband were married 50 years. Mrs. Dale was a homemaker and also worked at Retail Credit...
Carolyn Sue Wilson Williams
Sep 26, 2008
Carolyn Williams, 84, of Tucker, GA went to her eternal home on September 26, 2008. She was born January 4, 1924 in Glenn, Georgia, the youngest daughter of James H. and Bessie Wilson. She graduated from TiftCollege in 1946 and worked as a teacher and librarian before becoming a wife and mother. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Dorothy Faye Tribble
Sep 26, 2008
Dorothy Faye Tribble, 80, a native Atlanta died Friday, September 26, 2008. She was the daughter of the late George W. Hooten, Sr. and Essie Preston Hooten. She was a graduate of Girls High and a long time sales lady at Rich’s. Surviving are her children, Steven and Amy Tribble of Macon, Janet Tribble of Washington, DC, Nancy Tribble of...
John Richard Harris
Sep 26, 2008
John Richard Harris of Clarkston, GA died Friday, September 26, 2008.He was the youngest of eight children, who have all predeceased him. He is also preceded in death by his parents, Louis Harris and Coma Bishop Harris. Mr. Harris was a man of several trades and worked in the Clarkston area. He was also very passionate about ClarkstonHigh School sports. ...
Lila Ann Rogers
Sep 26, 2008
Mrs. Lila Clark Rogers, 94, of Decatur died Friday, September 26, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Rogers; daughter, Anne Sammons; son, Buddy Rogers; and grandsons, Spencer Sammons, Matthew Rogers, and Dylan Haney. She is survived by her sister, Ellen Wright; daughters, Mary Connolly, Lyn Haney; grandchildren, Lila Brawley, Bo Sammons, Julie Sammons, Kellie McCollum, Una...
Aubrey Sellers
Sep 25, 2008
Aubrey Sellers, age 91, of Brunswick, GA, died September 25, 2008 in Atlanta, Ga. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Lottie Conger Sellers. Mr. Sellers spent his childhood in Greene County, GA. He moved to Brunswick to work in the Shipyard during WWII. He was an electrician with the Brunswick local IBEW until he retired. ...
Sarah Rudolph Miller
Sep 24, 2008
Sarah Rudolph Miller ("Sally") passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. Sally was born in Douglas, Georgia, March 30, 1925, the daughter of the late Milton Oscar Rudolph and Sarah Woodard Rudolph. She was also predeceased by one brother, Robert Milton Rudolph. Sally is survived by Alden F. Miller, her husband of nearly sixty...
Margaret Ann Fields
Sep 23, 2008
Margaret Ann Archer Fields (Maggie) of Kennesaw, Georgia passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on September 23, 2008, at the age of 81. She bravely challenged cancer and always lived in the moment. Maggie was born in Salina, Kansas in 1927 to Meda and Ralph Archer. She graduated high school in Evanston, Illinois from Roycemore School. Maggie...
Dorothy Mccormick
Sep 22, 2008
Dorothy Carolyn McCormick of Atlanta died Monday September 22, 2008. She was born November 24, 1959 to Dr. Glenn E. McCormick and Florence Harris McCormick. Ms. McCormick graduated from Briarcliff High School and Georgia Southern College. She was employed in the Travel and Passport Division of CDC. She was preceded in death by her mother and two brothers, Eddie and...
Lynda Standard Riley
Sep 21, 2008
Mrs. Lynda Standard Riley, 87, of Atlanta died Sunday, September 21, 2008. She was born in Wilkes County, GA to Iris and Sim Standard. She graduated from Thomson High School in 1938, the Georgia State College for Women College in 1942 and completed graduate work for administration at the University of Georgia. She taught in the Florence, SC elementary school...
Dr. Ramon Gutierrez Gamoneda
Sep 20, 2008
Ramón Gutiérrez Gamoneda, 95, died Saturday, September 20, 2008. Dr. Gamoneda was born in Havana, Cuba where he became a partner in the accounting firm of Salas y Gutiérrez Gamoneda and a professor at the University of Havana. Fleeing the Castro regime, Dr. Gamoneda emigrated to the United States settling temporarily in New York City, then permanently in Atlanta, in...
Cdr. Vernon John Cheek
Sep 20, 2008
Cmdr. Vernon John Cheek, 99, retired U S Navy Reserve, of Atlanta, died Saturday, September 20, 2008. He was born May 6, 1909 in Canon, GA (HartCounty) and raised in Elberton and Lavonia. He was Chief Communications Officer in the Pacific Theater of WWII aboard the Bunker Hill and Belleau Wood aircraft carriers. In addition, he was a graduate of...
David Winston Barrett
Sep 19, 2008
Mr. David W. Barrett of Tucker was a lifelong resident of DeKalbCounty. He was a 49 year member of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 72, was a Past Master and a longtime member of Clarkston Masonic Lodge 492, as well as a Past Patron of Starlight Chapter 421, OES. David’s true passion was Civil War Living History. He joined John B....
Charles Neal Allred
Sep 19, 2008
Mr. Charles N. Allred, of Decatur died Friday, September 19, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Sandy Allred; son, Herman Lee “Bill” Allred of Macon; daughter, Nancy Bailey of Forsyth; and sister, Jane Shiel of Jackson, MS; five grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons Tuesday, September...
Nora Garrett Crawford
Sep 19, 2008
Mrs. Nora Garrett Crawford of Decatur passed away September 19, 2008 after a long illness. She was born in Hiawassee on December 5, 1930, graduated from Towns County High School, and attended Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, before moving to Atlanta. She retained a love of the mountains all her life. She is survived by her husband, Thomas E. Crawford;...
Stella Hinson Poulnot
Sep 18, 2008
Stella Hinson Poulnot, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away Thursday, September 18, 2008, after an extended time in the A.G. Rhodes nursing home at Wesley Woods. She was a native of Atlanta and had spent time as an employee of Bell Bomber during WWII. Following the war, she was employed by the motion picture industry and served as President of Women...
Josephine Tillman Winters
Sep 17, 2008
Mrs. Josephine Tillman Winters, of Decatur died Wednesday, September 17, 2008. She was born in Valdosta, GA and raised in Blackshear, GA. Mrs. Winters was a bookkeeper for many years and a former member of the Women of Motion Picture Industries, Business Professional Women’s Club and the High Jinx Club. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Pete Kirby. ...
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