Obituaries
Virginia Holcombe Hardigree
Jun 26, 2008
Mrs. Virginia H. Hardigree, age 90, of Stone Mountain, died Thursday, June 26, 2008. A native of Dekalb County, she was a long-time member of Glenhaven Baptist Church, where she ran the nursery for 30 years. Mrs. Hardigree was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Hardigree and her son, Henry Hardigree. Surviving are her son, Don Hardigree and his...
John Stewart, Jr.
Jun 25, 2008
Mr. John Daniel "J.D." Stewart, Jr. went to be with the Lord at 1:40 A.M. Wednesday, June 25, 2008. He was a veteran of World War II and proud to serve his country. Mr. Stewart was an employee of A & P for 35 years and also worked for Massey Fair. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Stewart; son,...
Dorothea Kilgore Eden
Jun 25, 2008
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His godly ones" (Psalm 116:15). Dot Eden, devoted follower of Jesus Christ, died on June 25, 2008, in the county where she was born. She lived a faith-filled life of contentment, even during two periods of widowhood. Near the end of her life, she wrote, "God has been so...
Edna Cleghorn Pittman
Jun 25, 2008
Edna Cleghorn Pittman, 91, a long time resident of Decatur, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008. She was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on July 18, 1916, to the late Jessie Teal Cleghorn and Emory Russell Cleghorn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Lovette Pittman, her sister, Inez Cleghorn Baxter, her brother, Russell O. Cleghorn and her sister,...
Clyde Edwards, Jr.
Jun 24, 2008
Clyde Edwards, Jr., age 84, of Stone Mountain died Tuesday, June 24, 2008. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea serving in the U. S. Army's 3rd Division. He received the Bronze Star and retired from the Army after 25years of service as a Lt. Colonel. He retired from Amoco Oil Company after 35 years. Mr. Edwards...
Martha Elizabeth Rentz
Jun 23, 2008
Martha Elizabeth "Betty" Haynie Rentz passed away Monday, June 23,2008, at Lily Homes Assisted Living in Atlanta, where she had lived and been loved for more than five years. Mrs. Rentz was born on October 1, 1911 to William Charles Haynie and Ella Burt Haynie. She married Monte 0. Rentz on May 26, 1956. Her husband predeceased her on August...
Ruth Allison Thomas
Jun 22, 2008
Mrs. Ruth H. Thomas, most recently a resident of Parks Springs Retirement Community in Stone Mountain, formerly of Farragut, TN, died Sunday, June 22, 2008. Mrs. Thomas was a faithful wife and mother, who kept her mind sharp with reading and word puzzles. Mrs. Thomas was a graduate of King's College. She was a member of P.E.O. and a member...
Tommie Jean Ryan
Jun 21, 2008
Tommie Jean Ryan, an Atlanta native for more than half a century died peacefully on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Emory University Hospital. The daughter of Cecil Howard Ryan and Pauline Simmons Ryan, she was born August 21, 1918 in Kewanee, MS, near Meridian. She was educated in the public schools of Lauderdale County, MS, where she graduated from Dixie...
Imogene Combs Fugate
Jun 20, 2008
Mrs. Imogene Combs Fugate died June 20, 2008 in her home in Decatur, Georgia, at the age of eighty. Born in Hazard, Kentucky in November of 1927 to Pearl Huff Combs and George Curtis Combs, she was the beloved wife for over forty years of Isaac S. Fugate, who predeceased her in 1993. A graduate of the University of Kentucky...
James Zachary Rabun
Jun 20, 2008
James Zachary (Jack) Rabun, age 98, died Friday, June 20, 2008. He was born in Albany, Georgia August 10, 1909. He was the third of five sons of Zachary Taylor Rabun and Cora Bell Rabun, and was a member of a family that has lived in Georgia since 1785. He grew up in Albany and Morgan. He earned degrees from...
Stephen C. Robinson
Jun 19, 2008
Mr. Stephen Christopher Robinson of Atlanta died Thursday, June 19, 2008. He was born January 17, 1959 in Albany, Georgia to Ralph Eugene Robinson and Margaret Rose Johns Robinson. He graduated from Albany High School in 1977. Mr. Robinson graduated from the University of Georgia in 1981, where he was in the Army ROTC and continued to serve his country...
Claire Cope Negley
Jun 19, 2008
Claire Cope Negley, age 100, of Decatur, Ga. passed away peacefully at her home on June 19, 2008. She was born in White House, TN, on Oct. 16, 1907 to the late David Crockett and Katie Jones Cope. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Marvin Spencer Palmer, who died in 1929 and her second husband of 44...
John Steven Rutledge, Sr.
Jun 18, 2008
John Steven Rutledge, Sr., died peacefully June 18, 2008, at his home in Roswell after a valiant battle with esophageal cancer. Born July 27, 1937 in New York City, Steve was the only child of the late Frank and Dorothy Rutledge. Steve graduated from Cornell University and then earned an MBA at the University of Chicago while embarking on a...
Rachael O. Newbill
Jun 18, 2008
Mrs. Rachael O. Newbill, of Atlanta, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008. She was born on November 21, 1933 in Mullens, S.C. to Ashley B. Owens and Agnes Grant Owens. Mrs. Newbill was a 1954 graduate of Furman University and taught in the public school system for over 30 years. She was a Reading Specialist in DeKalb County until her retirement...
William J. C. Manus
Jun 18, 2008
Mr. William JC Manus of Atlanta went to be with his Lord on June 18, 2008 at the age of 92. He was born September 3, 1915 in Pendergrass, GA to Charles and Julia Manus, but spent all of his life in Atlanta. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U. S. Navy Seabees. After returning...
Edith Hopkins Henderson
Jun 16, 2008
Mrs. Edith H. Henderson of Decatur died Monday, June 16, 2008. She retired from Georgia Power Company and was a member of Smokerise Baptist Church. Mrs. Henderson is survived by her daughters, Dianne (Doug) Aiken of Lutz, FL and Linda (Val) Aikins of Laguna Woods, CA; two grandsons, Doug (Lisa) Aiken, David (Meredith) Aiken; two great grandchildren, Cole Aiken, Gianna...
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)...
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