Obituaries
Ernestine P. Holland
Oct 30, 2004
Mrs. Ernestine P. Holland passed away Saturday, October 30, 2004 at DeKalb Medical Center. She grew up in Dahlonega, attended North Georgia College where she met her future husband, Henry F. Holland, Jr. After his army duties, they married and after his graduation from the University of Georgia, they moved to DeKalb County where they lived together for 32 years...
Dusanka Djuranovic
Oct 30, 2004
Dusanka Djuranovic of Decatur died at home on October 30, 2004 after a long, hard fought battle with cancer. She was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzgovina on June 14, 1946 to Andjelka and Nikola Radic. Mrs. Djuranovic was preceded in death by her husband, Nebojsa Djuranovic. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Darija and Denis Pichanick of...
Maxine Young Bragg
Oct 29, 2004
Maxine Young Bragg passed away at 10:15 PM on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at the age of 93. Mrs. Bragg was born in Greentop, MO in 1911 where she grew up. She attended college in Kirksville, MO where she met and married Dr. Thomas T. Bragg. They moved to Atlanta and then to Decatur, GA where they lived most of...
James E. Walker
Oct 29, 2004
James Ed Walker, age 88, died October 29, 2004 after a brief illness. He was born in Abbeville, GA. He joined the Army Air Force in 1942 and served in England, Gilbrator and Italy. In 1948 he bought the Dothan Tire & Recapping Company of Dothan, AL and continued in business until 1971. He returned to Atlanta in 1973. He...
Frances Harrison
Oct 29, 2004
Mrs. Clark (Frances) Harrison, 80, of Conyers, died October 29, 2004 at Rockdale Hospital and Health System. The daughter of the late Judge Frank and Emily Guess, She was born in Stone Mountain, Ga., spending most of her life in Decatur, Ga. and has lived in Conyers for the last 13 years. Frances was a homemaker, loving mother and grandmother....
Bess Benson Clarke
Oct 27, 2004
Mrs. Bess Benson Clarke, age 98, of Lilburn, formerly of Atlanta died October 27, 2004. Mrs. Clarke after attending Wesleyan College went to work at Sears, Roebuck & Co. She started her career there the first day the store opened and retired after 41 years. She was the supervisor of the Catalog Department. Mrs. Clarke was a long-time member of...
Phillip Schuyler Dupree
Oct 25, 2004
Phillip Schuyler DuPree of Decatur, born December 12, 1946, died on October 25, 2004 after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. He is survived by his son, Keith Schuyler DuPree; his daughter, Stacy Helen DuPree; his grandchildren, Kurt Schuyler DuPree and Jasmine Hope Abel; his brother, Alfred Steadman DuPree; and his sister-in-law, Aileen Dorsey DuPree. He was a graduate of...
Ted L. Williams, Sr.
Oct 25, 2004
Ted L. Williams, Sr., age 83 of Decatur, Georgia died on October 25, 2004. Originally from Bellamy, Alabama, Ted graduated with honors from Auburn University where he majored in Business Administration and served as President of Theta Chi fraternity. He served as Captain in the Field Artillery for the U. S. Army during World War II and moved to the...
Odis Duncan
Oct 25, 2004
Mr. Odis Duncan of Atlanta died Monday, October 25, 2004. Mr. Duncan retired from the U. S. Army after thirty years of service and then worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission for twenty nine plus years as a Transportation Industry Analyst. He was a member of Avondale First Baptist Church. Mr. Duncan was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille...
George C. Reight
Oct 25, 2004
Mr. George C. Reight, age 86, of Decatur, died Oct. 25, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Anne Reight; daughters, Sandy Porter, Cumming, Ga. and Leslie Blue, Marietta, Ga.; grandchildren, McClinton, George, Jessica and Brendon; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Elizabeth Anne, in 1985. Graveside services will be held...
Keri Abraham
Oct 22, 2004
Keri Abraham of Decatur died Friday, October 22, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Tom L. Abraham of Decatur, GA; mother, Diane Gorkewicz of Charlevoix, MI; father and his wife, Darwin and Nina Liverance of Auburn, AL; sister, Kristin Goeters of Opelika, AL; brother, Joe Liverance of Berne, IN; grandmother, Veda Edlund of Berne, IN; mother-in-law, Elizabeth Abraham of...
Marianne Andrews
Oct 20, 2004
Mrs. Marianne F. Andrews of Lithonia died Wednesday, October 20, 2004. She was born and raised in Germany but came to the United States on July 4, 1954. At that time she was given a silver dollar upon her exchange of her currency and she still had that dollar upon her death. Mrs. Andrews was a member of Epiphany Lutheran...
Anne Morris
Oct 19, 2004
Anne Dale Morris, 87, born December 30, 1916, left to be with the Lord on October 18, 2004 at Ocoee Health Care Center in Ocoee, Florida. She was one of the founding members of Saint Thomas Moore Catholic Church in Decatur, Ga. where a funeral Mass will be celebrated in her honor Friday, October 22nd at 10 a.m. Monsignor Paul...
Nell R. Mccready
Oct 19, 2004
Nell R. McCready, age 100, died peacefully at her residence on October 19, 2004. She is survived by her daughter, Carol Ann Leeper; grandchildren, David Leeper, Kimberley Dunn, and Jim Leeper; seven great-grandchildren; and sister, Helen Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles J. McCready, an F.B. I. Agent and National Sales Manager for the William Wrigley,...
Harold King Gray
Oct 18, 2004
Mr. Harold King Gray, 94, of Decatur, GA died October 18, 2004 at Saint Joseph?s Hospital of Atlanta. Mr. Gray was born on April 17, 1910 to Walter E. Gray and Frances Eugenia King Gray of Worthville, GA in Butts County. He was a 1928 graduate of Covington High School and attended Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Gray was predeceased...
Charles Palmer Hearn
Oct 18, 2004
Mr. Charles Palmer Hearn, age 57, of Stockbridge died October 18, 2004. He was the owner of Master Plan, Inc., a landscape service. He is survived by his wife Judith Hearn; sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Beth Hearn of Grayson, GA, Michael and Jacque Hearn of Buford, GA, Jay and Heather Hearn of Murrayville, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Janel and...
Carol Dragstedt Stauffer
Oct 17, 2004
Mrs. Carol D. Stauffer, 78, died October 1?, 2004. Carol was born December 7, 1925, in Vienna, Austria. She attended Swarthmore College and was a graduate of the University of Chicago. Her life was centered around her family and friends. Carol was known for her exceptional hospitality. From being a home away from home to many nieces and nephews, to...
Col. William H. Lowe, Us Army, Ret.
Oct 16, 2004
Col. (ret.) William H. (Bill) Lowe, Decatur, GA, died October 16, 2004. Col. Lowe was born in Buena Vista, GA on April 11, 1920. He attended North Georgia College in Dahlonega and enlisted in the US Army on September 13, 1940. Col. Lowe was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on May 5, 1942. During World War II, he was sent to France...
Julia Swiney Hosmer
Oct 16, 2004
Mrs. Julia Swiney Hosmer, age 91, widow of Joseph B. Hosmer, Sr. died Saturday, October 16, 2004. She was a native of Athens, GA; graduated from the University of Georgia; and received a Masters from Emory University. She taught in the Atlanta city schools for 33 years and taught art classes at night at Georgia State University. Mrs. Hosmer received...
Lila Burke
Oct 15, 2004
Lila Pate (Pat) Garner Pogue Burke of Loganville died Friday, October 15, 2004. She is survived by her husband, James Vernon Burke, also of Loganville, Ga. Also surviving are, Carolyn Kelley of Loganville, GA, Mary Anne McManus, and William McManus, both of Acworth, GA, Robert McManus of Ball Ground, GA, James Kelley of Grayson, GA, Patrick Kelley of Lawrenceville GA,...
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