Obituaries

Rose Anne Hadaway
Mar 11, 2005
Mrs. Rose Anne Hadaway, 73, of Stone Mountain passed away Friday, March 11, 2005. She was the former Rose Anne Bonifay of Birmingham, AL, and the daughter of the late Col. (U.S.A. ret.) and Mrs. Lewis A. Bonifay of Birmingham, AL and Pensacola, FL. Mrs. Hadaway was the granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. H.C. Crelly of Birmingham, AL....

Julie Ann Brandau
Mar 11, 2005
Julie Ann Brandau, 46, resident of Snellville, Georgia, died Friday morning, March 11, 2005. Preceded in death by parents, William Henry Brandau, Elise Witherington Brandau, and sister, Rosemary Brandau. Julie was the angel of the Fu1ton County Superior Courthouse as the Court Reporter for Judge Rowland Barnes for many years. Because of her devotion to her job and personalized touch...

Edward H. Mackay
Mar 10, 2005
Edward H. Mackay, 92, died March 10, 2005. He was born in Calhoun, Georgia, the eldest son of the Reverend Edward George and Beulah Mason Mackay. His childhood and youth were spent in Alabama where his interest in aviation developed. His first flight was in 1929 when barnstormers offered rides to the public in Athens, Alabama. He graduated from Birmingham-Southern...

Susie Cheek
Mar 10, 2005
Ms. Susie Cheek, age 97, of Decatur, GA died Thursday, March 10, 2005. She is survived by her loving sister, Willie Mae Cheek of Decatur, GA; nieces, Iris Alexander of Decatur, GA, Joyce Chumley of Crystal River, FL, Susan Long of Lilburn, GA; nephews, David Cheek of Albany, GA, and Phillip Cheek of Jonesboro, GA. She was a long-time member...

Rev. Dr. Madge Black Floyd
Mar 10, 2005
Rev. Dr. Madge Black Floyd of Pennsylvania, formerly of Atlanta, died March 10, 2005. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia to William Howard and Nena Estes Black. Dr. Floyd attended the Westminster School and Emory University, where she received a BA degree in Bible and Religion. She was an accomplished musician in her youth and one of her mentors was...

Linda E. Saltzman
Mar 9, 2005
It is with great sadness that the family of Linda Saltzman announces her sudden passing on March 7, 2005. Since 1984, she has worked as a specialist in the prevention of intimate violence for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. After graduating from University High School in Bloomington, Indiana in 1967, she went on to Brown University...

Kathleen Stephenson
Mar 8, 2005
Mrs. Kathleen E. (Kitty) Stephenson, age 81, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005,Avondale Estates, GA. She is survived by her husband Mr. Arthur J. (Steve) Stephenson of Avondale Estates; her daughter, Ms. Sandee Stephenson & husband, John Vaughan of Atlanta; her son, Larry and wife, Denise Stephenson of Duluth, and her mother, Mrs. Fannie B. Eckhart, Atlanta; three grandchildren and four...

Gerald Carl Rumps
Mar 7, 2005
Mr. Gerald Carl Rumps of Atlanta, born September 30, 1923 died Monday, March 7, 2005. He is greatly loved and will be missed by his wife of 54 years, Lorraine; his 9 living children, Karen, Kurt, Kathy, Kris, Kim, Kevin, Kolleen, Karoline, and Ken; sister, Gladys Kusmer; 15 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. A veteran of World War II and...
Angie Lee Cook
Mar 6, 2005
Celebration of life for Mrs. Angie Lee Cook, age 87, passing from this life into her eternal life in Heaven on Sunday, March 6, 2005 will be held in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Kenneth Sweat and Rev. Darrel Casteel officiating. Interment to follow at Dawn Memorial...

Annie H. Philpot
Mar 5, 2005
Mrs. Annie H. Philpot, age 102, of Decatur died Saturday, March 5, 2005. She is survived by one niece and three nephews. Graveside services will be held on Monday, March 7, at 2:00 pm at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm at A. S. Turner & Sons.

Dr. Gerhard O. Bern
Mar 5, 2005
Dr. Gerhard Orville Bern, 89, of Atlanta died Saturday, March 5, 2005 of natural causes at DeKalb Medical Center. A native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he was born to Ida Stime and Ole Bern. Dr. Bern was in the first graduating class from Utah University Medical School in 1942 and specialized in internal medicine from 1942 to 1946 in...
Thomas Turner
Mar 5, 2005
Thomas Raleigh Turner, 68, died March 5, 2005, at Peachtree Christian Hospice, after battling pancreatic cancer for two years. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and colleague, Mr. Raleigh Turner is survived by his wife, Gretchen Turner of Atlanta; his former wife, Rochelle McClain Turner of Pine Mountain, Ga.; two brothers, Lawrence (spouse Mary Ellen) of Dallas, Texas; Harris (spouse Arliss)...

F. L. S. Whitlow
Mar 4, 2005
F.L.S. (Stan) Whitlow, age 77, of Atlanta, GA formerly of Carnesville, GA died peacefully at his home on Friday, March 4, 2005. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 52 years, Jane McFarland Whitlow. He is survived by his two daughters and sons-in-law, Gayle and Don West of Alpharetta, and Janet and Carson Kennedy of Atlanta; and...

Grace S. Hollingshead
Mar 2, 2005
Mrs. Grace S. Hollingshead died Wednesday, March 2, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Grady Hollingshead, Jr. and a daughter, Dorothy McRae. She is survived by her daughter, Cathy Lance of Lawrenceville; sister, Edna Wright of Snellville; grandchildren, Steven & Andy McRae and Karen & Michael Lance; six great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral...

Vernon Ritchey
Mar 1, 2005
Mr. Vernon Ritchey of Decatur died Tuesday, March 1, 2005. He retired from the Federal government as and inspector with the US Department of Agriculture. He was a member of Clairmont Hills Baptist Church. Mr. Ritchey is survived by nieces, Sally Morrow and husband John of Destin, FL, Kay Gazaway and husband Hoyt of Dalton, GA, Kathy Fernandez and husband...

Claire Lynch Lamphere
Feb 28, 2005
Claire Lynch Lamphere of Atlanta died Monday, February 28, 2005, at age 90. Born in Nashville, Tennessee on August 30, 1914, she was the daughter of John Joseph and Annie Hehir Lynch. A lifelong communicant of the Catholic Church, she was graduated from the Cathedral High School in Nashville and attended Watkins Institute. She taught for 30 years in the...

Clara Copeland Gorman
Feb 28, 2005
Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Copeland Gorman, age 94, of Decatur, GA died Monday, February 28, 2005 at Hospice Atlanta. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 3rd at 11 a.m. at Grace United Methodist Church with burial in Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs. Dr. John Byers and Rev. James Sanders will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m....

George Melton Harrison, Jr.
Feb 27, 2005
George Melton Harrison, Jr., age 88, of Covington, GA, formerly of Decatur, GA, died February 27, 2005. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Susan Margaret (Maggie) Hendon Harrison, and his daughter Stephanie Harrison Young. He is survived by his daughter Deborah Harrison Sammons; sons Mike & wife Karen Harrison, and Pat Harrison; grandchildren Robb...

Fred L. King
Feb 27, 2005
Fred L. King passed away February 27, 2005 at Hospice Atlanta. Mr. King was born in Erwin, TN on May 13, 1922 to the late Will King and Lucy Denny Armstrong King. He is preceded in death by his wife Margaret Fulton King and is survived by his son, Tom Likens and his wife Peggy of Helena, Montana and two...

Thomas E. Fulmer, Md
Feb 27, 2005
Thomas E. Fulmer, M.D. died February 27, 2005. Dr. Fulmer was born December 29, 1925 in Johnston, SC. He was a veteran of World War II. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Charleston and worked for the VA hospital in Atlanta as Chief of Psychiatry. Dr. Fulmer was best known for his work with Vietnam Veterans...
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