Apr 21, 2020

Obituary information pending.

Apr 20, 2020

Carol Sue Temple, 82, of Decatur GA passed away Monday April 20, 2020 after a 3 year battle with cancer. Carol was born on December 16, 1937 in Stotesbury, WV, the daughter of Arthur McKinley Hylton and Grace Maude Snuffer Hylton. Carol was a former employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. and the Navy Department in...

Apr 20, 2020

Doris Lang Hester passed away peacefully on Monday, April 20, 2020 to be at home with the Lord. Mrs. Hester was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on October 7, 1921. She grew up in Crystal Springs, Mississippi with 3 siblings. She attended Blue Mountain College, not far from Tupelo and graduated with a BA. On August 16, 1945, she married Wilfred...

Apr 19, 2020

Apr 19, 2020

Apr 18, 2020

Rivers, Frieda Bonds of Atlanta passed away April 18, 2020. Arrangements made by A S Turner & Sons, Decatur, GA; burial at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL.

Apr 15, 2020

Roy Wesley Vandiver, 84, of Decatur, GA lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Roy was born in Edison, GA as the younger of two sons raised by a single, strong and loving mother Mildred Rogers Vandiver. Roy played basketball and baseball at Edison High School where he developed a lifelong passion for team sports. His love...

Apr 14, 2020

Aglaia Moraitakis passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, two days before the 70th anniversary of her wedding to her beloved husband, Costa Moraitakis, of blessed memory. Her loss at this time is warmly overshadowed by the joy she brought and kindness she shared with her family and all who knew her. She was the personification of the power...

Apr 14, 2020

Mr. Ralph C. Clark, Jr., owner of Clark Plumbing Co., Inc., passed away on April 14, 2020. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date.

Apr 14, 2020

Apr 13, 2020

Mary was blinded at an early age and attended the Illinois School for the Blind. She completed her academic work, also learning how to succeed at all the tasks necessary to live independently. She married David Rutledge, a student at the School for the Blind. Together they owned and operated a Schwinn bicycle shop, selling and repairing bicycles. She moved...

Apr 10, 2020

Dr. Sara Louise Ripy died of natural causes on April 10, 2020, at Arbor Terrace in Decatur, Georgia. She was born on July 22, 1924, to Robert and Flora Witherspoon Ripy in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Her parents and two brothers, Howard Ripy and Ben Ripy, predeceased her. Her nieces Sara Harvey, who was named for her, and Margaret Daley and a...

Apr 10, 2020

Richard C Morgan was born October 12, 1932 in Decatur, Georgia, the youngest of the six children of Harry H. Morgan and Louise Geer Morgan. He grew up in Decatur and in Nashville, Tennessee. He was still a boy when his siblings married and started families, Richard first became an Uncle at the age of 9 and watched the family...

Apr 9, 2020

Dorothy Purcell, 95, of Decatur, Georgia passed away on April 9, 2020. Survivors include a daughter Cheryl Adams of Alpharetta, Georgia and a son, Mel Purcell of Nashville, Tennessee. She is also survived by her daughter in law, Jane H. Purcell, and three grandchildren, Chris Adams, Kent Purcell (his wife Rebecca Purcell), and Blair P. Saale (her husband Mike Saale)....

Apr 7, 2020

Josie Bell Russell departed this life on April, 07, 2020 at the North Decatur Health and Rehabilitation Center in Decatur, Georgia where she was a resident since April of 2019. Josie Bell Russell was born on August 29, 1923 to the late George Russell Sr and Daisy Giles Russell in Alberta, Alabama located in Wilcox County. Josie was the youngest...

Apr 6, 2020

Apr 6, 2020

Yarbrough, Troy K., (1934 – 2020) age 85 died Monday, April 6, 2020 Troy is survived by his wife of 60 years Mary, daughter Shari, son-in-law Bob, and grandson Kenton, all of Atlanta. He also leaves behind his sister Dorothy Brungart of Natchitoches, Louisiana. He was preceded in death by his son, Steven and three sisters, Wanda, Nona and Nettie....

Apr 6, 2020

Jean Cromwell Hawkins Stiebel, born March 24, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, passed away on April 6, 2020. She was residing in Sunrise Senior Living of Decatur, Georgia. Jean was predeceased by her parents Roger Holmes Hawkins and Julia Cromwell Hawkins, her husband Carl L. Stiebel (2003), her daughter, Linda Hart (1981), and her son, Gary Richard Stiebel (2015). Jean is...

Apr 4, 2020

Apr 4, 2020

William Francis Sheehan, 85, of Avondale Estates, GA passed away at home on Saturday April 4, 2020. His wife of 59 years, Alice and their son Bill, were at his side. Mr. Sheehan was the son of Helen and Charles Sheehan. He was born in Patton, Pa. on February 16, 1935. He grew up in Ebensburg, Pa. Bill graduated from...