Obituaries
Jerry Wayne Upchurch
Jun 15, 2008
Mr. Jerry Wayne Upchurch, 75, of Decatur, died Sunday, June 15, 2008. He graduated from Avondale High School in 1950 and played minor league Baseball during the 1950's. He served his country in the U. S. Army during the war with Korea. Mr. Upchurch retired from Georgia Power Company where he worked for 33 years in the Forestry Division. He...
Mary Taylor
Jun 14, 2008
Mary Paul Folsom Taylor, age 83, of Tucker, GA, passed away June 14, 2008. She was born in Quitman, GA, and is preceded in death by her husband, Harold Taylor, and her son, David Taylor. Mary was an active member of the Embry Hills United Methodist Church where she served as past president of the UMW and the United Methodist...
Mary Alexander Little
Jun 14, 2008
Mrs. Mary Alexander Little, age 98 of Atlanta, died June 14, 2008. She was born on August 18, 1909 in Louisville, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Victor Little and her son John Alexander (Alec) Little. She is survived by her son James Warren Little of Atlanta and his wife Marilyn Reeves Little; her daughter-in-law Rosemary...
Claudia Bergren Kinnett
Jun 13, 2008
Mrs. Claudia B. Kinnett, 98, a long-time resident of Atlanta died Friday, June 13, 2008. She was the widow of Mr. Harvey F. Kinnett and a member of Briarcliff United Methodist Church. Surviving are her daughters, Dorothy K. Munn of Atlanta, Ann K. Vickers (Fred) of Tucker; grandchildren, Susan Haynie (Doug), Linda Smith (Howard), Jim Mozley (Janet), Alan Toland (Annette)...
William Tommy Burdett
Jun 12, 2008
William Tommy Burdett, 60, died June 12, 2008, after a lifelong battle with diabetes. He was a lifelong resident of Scottdale and graduated from Avondale High School. He is survived by wife Kathy, son and daughter-in-law Ric and Leisha Burdett, grandsons Matthew and Aidan, brother and sister-in-law Jimmy and Cherry Burdett,sisters-in-law Carol Martin and Andrea Clement, brother-in-law Johnny Bright, and...
Virginia Roberts King
Jun 11, 2008
Virginia Roberts (Nelson) King passed away June 11, 2008. She was a native Atlantan, and proud to be from the South. She was preceded in death by precious husbands, Robert L. Nelson, and Jimmie L. King. She joins all of her immediate family in Heaven. Virginia retired with 30 years of service from Chevrolet Motor Division, Regional Office, as secretary...
Henry "Dick" M. Tibbits
Jun 11, 2008
Henry "Dick" M. Tibbits, 91, was born October 12, 1916 in Watertown, NY and passed away June 11, 2008. He is survived by his wife Linda of Atlanta, GA, daughter Tari Hafner of Fulton, NY, two sons Dick Tibbits of Orlando, FL and Brad Tibbits of Rome, NY, stepson Van Smith of Roswell, GA, 9 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild and...
Mildred Jean Zalvis
Jun 9, 2008
Mrs. Mildred Jean Zalvis of Decatur died Sunday, June 8, 2008. She was born in Mansfield, Ohio on June 22, 1925. She was raised in Knoxville, TN and attended the University of Tennessee. Mrs. Zalvis was a long time member of The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer in Atlanta where she sang in the choir. She retired from Bell South....
Emma Harris Robertson
Jun 8, 2008
Mrs. Emma Harris Robertson, 86, of Grayson and formerly of Scottdale, died Sunday, June 8, 2008. She was the widow of James F. "Bud" Robertson and is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Earl and Mary Robertson of Grayson; grandchildren and their spouses, James and Lynn Robertson of Cumming, Mindy and David Cavender of Jefferson, and Paul Robertson of Decatur;...
Charles Peavy
Jun 8, 2008
Mr. Charles "Chuck" F. Peavy, age 46, of Snellville, died June 8, 2008 at Emory University Hospital from complications of heart disease while awaiting a heart transplant. Chuck was born in Decatur to Jane and Freddy Peavy on January 1, 1962. He graduated from Lithonia High School and later served his country in the U. S. Army. Chuck was an...
Clara Haymaker Spraggs
Jun 7, 2008
Clara Haymaker Spraggs, 71, of Decatur died Saturday, June 7, 2008. She is survived by her son, Van Spraggs of Decatur; granddaughter, Brandi Spraggs of Decatur; and brother, Larry Haymaker of Canton, Ohio. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, June 11th...
Jacalyn Mary Schremmer
Jun 7, 2008
Jacalyn Mary Schremmer, age 58, of Atlanta, June 7, 2008 at her residence. Born March 14, 1950 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was preceded in death by her father, Robert Joseph Schremmer; brother, Robert Jacob Schremmer; and daughter, Cecilia Smith. She is survived by her loving mother, Josephine Krhovsky Schremmer; brothers, Lawrence (Mariam) Schremmer, James (Rhonda) Schremmer, Richard Schremmer; sisters, Jayne...
Magaret Garner Robinson
Jun 7, 2008
ROBINSON, Margaret Mrs. Margaret Robinson, 94, long-time resident of Decatur, died Saturday, June 7, 2008. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Thurman and Betty Garner; daughter-in-law, Diane Mitchell; grandson, Howard Eugene Mitchell, Jr.; granddaughter, Tammy Fore and her husband Marvin; great grandson, Samuel Fore; and lots of friends and family. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June...
Angelina West Hall Way
Jun 6, 2008
Mrs. Angelina West Hall Way of Lithonia and 50-year resident of Avondale Estates passed away peacefully on Friday, June 6, 2008, after a short hospitalization. She was 85. Mrs. Way was the fourth of five lively daughters born to John Veasey Hall and Mabel Pittman Hall, owners of the Locust Grove Dairy in Dothan, Alabama. Mrs. Way attended Montevallo College...
Virginia Wages Mcclendon
Jun 5, 2008
Mrs. Virginia S. McClendon, 93, of Decatur died Thursday, June 5, 2008. She is survived by her son, Douglas Harvey of Charleston, SC and a loving family of five generations. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 7th at 12:30 P.M. in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons with Rev. Larry T. Burgess officiating. Interment will follow at...
Betty Frick Heckman
Jun 5, 2008
Mrs. Betty Frick Heckman, 90, of Decatur died Thursday, June 5, 2008. She was an active member of Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church, Tucker, GA, where she was a member of the Harmony Sunday School class, Joy Club, Senior Joy Bells, and the UMW. Mrs. Heckman was born in Kittanning, PA on February 17, 1918. She went to the Griffin...
Hazel Harper Goetzel
Jun 5, 2008
Mrs. Hazel Harper Goetzel, 93, of Decatur died Thursday, June 5, 2008. She served her country during WWII in the U. S. Women's Army Corps. Mrs. Goetzel retired from Rich's Department Store, where she worked for over 30 years. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Robert Pruitt of Oxford; son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Karen Goetzel...
Martha Irby
Jun 3, 2008
Martha Moorhead Irby, of Decatur, GA, died peacefully in her sleep Tuesday morning, June 3rd 2008, in her home at Sunrise Assisted Living on Clairemont Avenue. She was born May 12, 1919, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the daughter of John Clifton Moorhead and Marian Ridenour. She attended business school and soon thereafter worked at First National Bank of Five Points in...
Marian Mercer Garrison
Jun 3, 2008
Marian Mercer Garrison Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away peacefully June 3rd at her daughter's home among family. She was born on July 27, 1923 in Macon, Georgia where she lived until moving to Charlotte, North Carolina. There she married her husband of 62 years, Carl Garrison. Marian taught kindergarten for 9 years at Embry Hills United Methodist Church,...
Mary Lindsey Brookshire
Jun 3, 2008
Mary Lee Brookshire died June 3, 2008 of pancreatitis and associated complications; she was 87. She was preceded in death by her parents, Huff F. (?Muck?) Lindsey and Mary Davenport Lindsey, her beloved aunt Annie Davenport, her husband of 51 years Farris E. Brookshire, and her eldest son James F. (?Mark?) Brookshire. Born in the Dunnagan community outside of Dalton,...
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