Obituaries
Betty Ann Blackstone Blount
Sep 11, 2007
Betty Ann Blackstone Blount of Decatur died Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Mrs. Blount worked in accounting and payroll department for the Georgia State Patrol for over 30 years. She was a lover of gospel music. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, James Allen & Lisa Blount and Raymond Douglas & Sandy Blount; daughter-in-law, Angela Blount; thirteen grandchildren and...
Virginia Jones Johnston
Sep 10, 2007
Virginia Jones Johnston, 92, of Atlanta, died September 10, 2007. She was born May 27, 1915 in Enterprise, Alabama, to Rev. Thomas Glenn Jones and Laura Carr Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Gillis Johnston; two brothers; and a granddaughter, Laura McDaniel Gardner. She is survived by a sister, Jane Sentell of Little Rock, AR. Mrs....
Katherine Alexandria Scondras
Sep 6, 2007
Katherine Alexandria Scondras, 65, a life long resident of Atlanta and member of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Atlanta died September 6, 2007. She graduated from Grady High School in 1960 and went to work in her uncle's restaurant (Doby's) for two years. After that she started her career in 1962 as a clerk in the bookkeeping department at Citizens...
Grover Morgan Whitley, Sr.
Sep 5, 2007
Mr. Grover Morgan Whitley, age 83, of Atlanta, Georgia died Wednesday, September 5, 2007. He was born in LaGrange, GA, graduated from Georgia Military Academy in College Park, GA., and attended Auburn University, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Mr. Whitley served as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army, First Division, in World War...
Alice Turner Hester
Sep 5, 2007
Mrs. Alice Turner Hester, formerly of Decatur, and most recently of Resaca, GA died Wednesday, September 5, 2007. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Hester is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Melody and Jeff Vires of Resaca; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Susanne Hester of Gwinnett; five grandchildren, Ashley Woodall of Chatsworth, Courtney Vires, and...
Evie Lou Moseley
Sep 4, 2007
Mrs. Evie Lou Moseley of Stone Mountain, GA died Tuesday, September 4, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer T. Moseley. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Morrison, Joan Spainhour and Janis Moore; sisters, Vivian Holley, Murriel Schonher, Doris Holley; brothers, Don Davis, Junior Davis; four grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Graveside services will be held...
Paul Chapman Parker
Sep 3, 2007
Paul Chapman Parker was born August 3, 1944 in Cartersville, Georgia to the late Mary Grace Bowen and O. Paul Parker. He attended Georgia Military Academy and was a 1962 graduate of Marietta High School. After a brief stint at the University of Georgia, he graduated from Georgia State College with a degree in Economics with a concentration in banking,...
Sarah Margaret Edmondson
Sep 2, 2007
EDMONDSON -Sarah Margaret Edmondson, age 71, of Doraville, passed away September 2, 2007. Sarah was born in Powell, TN and was a resident of Atlanta since 1970. She was a retired supervisor of the Cytopathology Department at Emory University Hospital. Survivors include her brother, William E. Edmondson and wife, Joyce of Sweetwater, TN; nephews, Kenneth Lee Edmondson of Colorado Springs...
Catherine Bell Lipsett
Sep 2, 2007
Catherine Bell Lipsett, age 89, of Decatur, died Sunday, September 2, 2007. Born in Prince William County, Va., she was the oldest of six children. She moved to Atlanta at an early age and was a graduate of Girls High. She was a homemaker and member of Clairmont Presbyterian Church and a long-time member of Columbia Presbyterian Church, Decatur. She...
Jane Kyle Bowden
Sep 2, 2007
Jane Kyle Bowden was born on September 5, 1915 in Gaston, Alabama. She was predeceased by: her parents, Sue Parrish Kyle and Luke Cooper Kyle; her husband, he is B. Earl Bowden, Sr.; and by her daughter-in-law, Marilyn Phillips Bowden. Survived by: her son, B. Earl Bowden, Jr. and his wife, Nancy of Macon, Georgia; her grandson B. Earl "Bo"...
Thomas Lewis Marr
Sep 2, 2007
Mr. Thomas Lewis Marr, Sr. of Atlanta died Sunday, September 2, 2007. He was a professor of law at Emory University from 1968 until 1996. Mr. Marr was a fellow at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute in 1951 and served as a Lieutenant in the US Army from 1951 until 1954. He...
Frances Edwards Edrington
Sep 1, 2007
Frances Edwards Edrington, 71, of Tucker, GA passed away peacefully Saturday, September 1, 2007, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born in Decatur, GA, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Julia Edwards. She is survived by her husband of fifty years, Frank Edrington. Theirs was a marriage unsurpassed in love and loyalty. Frances grew up in...
William Quincy Culpepper
Sep 1, 2007
William Quincy Culpepper passed away on Sept. 1. A proud resident of Atlanta, he was born in Cordele, GA. May 25. 1924. He was the son of Mamie Hill and William Chadwell Culpepper. Quincy is survived by his devoted and loving wife of 59 years, Ann Starr Culpepper; a daughter, Carol and husband John Reeves of Spartanburg, SC; a daughter,...
Howard A. Samuelson
Sep 1, 2007
Mr. Howard A. Samuelson of Stone Mountain died Saturday, September 1, 2007. He was a graduate of Northeastern University, a US Army veteran of WWII, attended Yale University, and played trombone in the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony conducted by Arthur Fiedler. Mr. Samuelson was an electrical engineer and worked 35 years for Western Union and for the DeKalb County...
Thomas Reardon
Aug 30, 2007
Thomas Charles Reardon, 80, of Decatur died Thursday, August 30, 2007. Mr. Reardon, born April 8th, 1927 in Fremont, Ohio, was the son of the late Mrs. Irene Celeste Reardon and the late Mr. T. Ross Reardon, and sister of the late Elizabeth Ann Horn. As a young man, Mr. Reardon was a Sea Scout and an Eagle Scout. He...
Brasher Lee Cates
Aug 30, 2007
Mr. Brasher Lee "Russ" Cates of Atlanta died Thursday, August 30, 2007. Russ was a World War II Army veteran and POW. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Carolyn S. Cates; sons, Douglas A. Cates, David L. Cates and his wife Kathy, Brian J. Cates and his wife Kim; grandchildren, Jennifer, Alex and Connor Cates. Funeral services...
Vella Marie Behm Cowan
Aug 29, 2007
Vella Marie Behm Cowan peacefully passed away on Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Vella was born on May 5, 1913, in Atlanta, Georgia. She lived in Decatur most of her life. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1935 and has been very active in the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association. She was honored in 2005, at the Tower Circle Dinner by...
Georganna Overton
Aug 29, 2007
Georganna Pollock Overton, 77, of Tucker, GA died Wednesday, August 29, 2007. A graduate of East High School, she received a degree from Wichita State University. She recently retired after 30 years of service from Emory University. She was known and loved by many there. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tucker. Mrs. Overton was...
Margaret Peeler Kesler
Aug 28, 2007
Margaret Peeler Kesler of Decatur and formerly of Salisbury, N.C., passed away on Aug. 28, 2007 at the age of 82. Daughter of the late Dr. John Calvin Peeler and Sallie Peeler, Margaret graduated from Boyden High School and attended Catawba College, both in N.C. Margaret was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She devoted her life to giving and...
J. Mercer Brown
Aug 28, 2007
Mr. J. Mercer Brown, 78, of Atlanta died Tuesday, August 28, 2007. He was preceded in death by his son, Gary Scott Brown; brother, J. Scott Brown, Jr.; and parents, J. Scott Brown and Sara Hudson Brown. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn S. Brown; son, Alan Mercer Brown and his wife Denise of Roswell; sister, Mrs. Jane B....
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