Nov 5, 2018

Thomas "Tom" Jerome Westbrook, aged 71, passed peacefully at home on November 5, 2018. Tom was born at Emory University Hospital in Decatur, GA, on April 12, 1947, to his parents Samuel and Lillie Jo Westbrook. He graduated from Decatur High School in 1965. Tom was accepted into the University of Georgia and joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity, graduating with...

Nov 4, 2018

Virginia Vickery Jory, PhD. 84, passed away on November 4, 2018. She was predeceased by her husband Philip Douglas Jory Sr., in 1998. She is survived by her daughter Victoria Jory LeCroy (husband John), son Philip Douglas Jory, Jr. (wife Ginger), grandchildren Michelle Novotni (husband Duane), Andrew LeCroy, Katherine Jory, Sarah Jory, and great-grandson Austin Novotni. She was born in...

Nov 3, 2018

Rev. Thomas A. Mills, "Tommy", age 97 of Atlanta passed away on Saturday November 3, 2018. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Sue and George Mills, Step-father, C. D. Anderson, his brother, Jimmy and his great granddaughter, Madelyn Moore. Tommy was born on May 9, 1921 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a training pilot for the...

Nov 3, 2018

Ruth J. Head, 92, died peacefully at Emory Hospital on Sat., Nov. 3rd. She is survived by a niece and 4 nephews, 4 great nieces/nephews, and 2 great-greats. Ruth was a smart and fiercely independent woman who earned a Bachelors degree from GA State University in 1962 and worked at GA Power Co. including management positions for over 30 yrs....

Nov 3, 2018

Martha Ann Brittain passed away November 3, 2018 in Decatur, Georgia. She was born June 10, 1926 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert S. Brittain. She is survived by her children, Tammy Brittain Herrington (Art) and Joseph Mark Brittain (Connie), seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Martha Ann Brittain devoted her entire life to doing...

Nov 2, 2018

Jo Crowley was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Dr. Joseph B. Crowley and Lucille Swords Crowley. Jo lived her entire life in the Atlanta, Georgia area, until late in life when she moved to Beaufort, North Carolina to be near her daughter. She was very proud of her Georgia heritage. During World War II she worked for the...

Nov 2, 2018

Elza Theard Hodgson passed away peacefully on November 2nd 2018, in Decatur, GA. She was born on March 29, 1932, in Les Cayes, Haiti, to Lyvie and Aurele Theard. She graduated from the Ecole Normal Superieure d’Haiti, in 1953, with a degree in Education. She also attended graduate courses in foreign language education at the University of Michigan and at...

Nov 1, 2018

Todd Gordon Oliver, 54, died on November 1, 2018, in his home in Decatur, GA. Todd was the son of Andrew Gordon Oliver and Zonna Williams Oliver. Todd was a graduate of the University of the South at Sewanee. He also attended Georgia Tech, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and later earned an MBA....

Nov 1, 2018

Jacquelin Morrison Major, age 86, of Coral Gables, FL passed away peacefully on November 1, 2018 while surrounded by family at her Houston, TX home. Services will be held in Decatur, GA at A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home on Monday, November 5th at 10:00 AM. Burial will be held thereafter at the Decatur Cemetery. Jacquelin was born in Avondale...

Oct 28, 2018

William Sean Smith, 46, of Atlanta, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018. Born September 20, 1972, in Decatur, he was the son of the late William Eugene and Claire Davis Smith. Sean, as he was known by all, started his college education at Berkley College of Music and graduated from Shorter College with a Bachelor's Degree. He was fond of...

Oct 26, 2018

Jason R. Smith, 95, born, raised and passed away peacefully in his beloved Decatur, Georgia surrounded by his family on Friday October 26, 2018. He is survived by his three daughters, Sophia (Stan) Parrott, Teresa (Bill) Waters and Karen Jenkins (Russ Fraze); grandchildren Shelby (Jason) Guzzardo, Julia (Jeremy) Callahan and Jason (Brooke) Parrott; great grandchildren, Brady, Emery, Luke, Collins and...

Oct 24, 2018

Joanna Farmer, age 90, of Atlanta, Jekyll Island, Sautee-Nacoochee and most recently Decatur, died Wednesday October 24, 2018. She is survived by her children, David Farmer (Carol) Becky Lamb (Martin) and Dan Farmer (Becky) her grandchildren Marc Farmer, Gina Thimme, Laura Williams, Joanna Lamb Booth, Calder Lamb, Kenneth Farmer, Rachel Farmer, her great-grandchildren Andrew Farmer and Braydon Thimme and her...

Oct 24, 2018

Eva Poolos Chaknis, age 93, of Atlanta, Georgia, died peacefully on Oct 24, 2018. Eva was born in Atlanta, Georgia on Central Avenue to the late Nick P. Poolos and Victoria Eliakopoulos Poolos, Greek immigrants from the small village of Nedousa. Victoria died when Eva was two and her father later married Valine Handrinou George, who was a wonderful mother...

Oct 23, 2018

Emily Ann Medlock Emily passed away Tuesday October 23, 2018, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was born April 29, 1958 at Georgia Baptist Hospital, and was a lifelong resident of Decatur, Georgia. She attended Towers High School in Decatur, Ga. and graduated in 1979. She was a student at Georgia Tech for four years and afterwards worked...

Oct 23, 2018

Donald (“Don”) W. Blair, beloved son, husband, and brother, passed away at age 64 on October 23, 2018, after a brief battle with cancer. Don was a native of Spencer, Nebraska, a small town of about 400 people. As a boy, Don and his mother would look at floor plans of homes together, an activity seeding his path to eventually...

Oct 22, 2018

Oct 20, 2018

Jack E Matthews, owner of Matthews Super Market in Tucker Jack Emerson Matthews, of Tucker and Winder Georgia died on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Snellville. He was 90. Mr. Matthews was a native of Decatur Georgia and the sole owner and proprietor of Matthews Supermarket in Tucker. After his service in the Navy during WW...

Oct 20, 2018

Oct 17, 2018

Frank V. Byrd, age 90, of Atlanta passed away on October 17, 2018. Frank was a graduate of Georgia State University and a proud member of Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity. He was President of his Junior and Senior Class at Georgia State University as well as President of the Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi. He was named Outstanding Senior...

Oct 16, 2018

Robert “Bob” Houston Goodwin Sr., age 77, passed away peacefully at home in Tucker, Ga on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. He is survived by his wife of over 48 years, Phyllis Lester Goodwin, three sons, Robert Houston Goodwin, Jr., Jeffrey Chapman Goodwin and Christopher Howard Goodwin, one daughter, Amy Goodwin Bailey, three brother, one sister, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren....