Obituaries

Jo C. Huss

Jo C. Huss

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...

Elza Theard Hodgson

Elza Theard Hodgson

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...

Todd Gordon Oliver

Todd Gordon Oliver

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....

Jacquelin Major

Jacquelin Major

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...

William Sean Smith

William Sean Smith

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...

Jason R. Smith

Jason R. Smith

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...

Joanna Farmer

Joanna Farmer

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...

Eva Nick Chaknis

Eva Nick Chaknis

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...

Emily  Ann Medlock

Emily Ann Medlock

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...

Donald  Wesley Blair

Donald Wesley Blair

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...

Jack Emerson Matthews

Jack Emerson Matthews

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...

Franklin Venable Byrd

Franklin Venable Byrd

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...

Robert Houston Goodwin, Sr.

Robert Houston Goodwin, Sr.

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....

Patricia Louise Whitner

Patricia Louise Whitner

Oct 15, 2018

Patricia Louise Pearson Whitner was born in Decatur, Georgia 1953. Her heart was in North Carolina where she grew up until she was 13. Growing up she had an intense love for books. She was accepted to Agnes Scott College where she studied English. She was beloved by her family as well as her husband and two daughters. She will...

Patricia Beryl Ireland

Patricia Beryl Ireland

Oct 15, 2018

Patricia Beryl Ireland (Patti), age 77, died Monday, October 15, 2018 after a long illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Len and Myrtle Ireland and an infant brother. Patti began her teaching career at Homer L. Ferguson High School in Newport News, Virginia, in 1962. She retired from the faculty of Towers High School, Dekalb County, Decatur,...

Lois Mae Quist

Lois Mae Quist

Oct 14, 2018

LOIS MAE ANDERSON QUIST died on October 14, 2018 at the age of 89 in Atlanta, Georgia after a brief illness and a long and beautiful life. Lois was born on June 15, 1929 in St. Peter, Minnesota, the sixth and last child of Swedish immigrants, Otto H. Anderson and Emma Christine Aronson Anderson. Lois attended St. Peter High School...

Mozelle Boggs

Mozelle Boggs

Oct 13, 2018

Mozelle Boggs, 89, passed peacefully to be with her Lord on October 13, 2018. She was born July 17, 1929 in Murphy, NC. Her family moved to Marietta, GA where she grew up, 6th of 9 siblings. She went to business school and worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for several companies. Mo loved gardening and kept beautiful plants...

Ferdinand Gorousingh

Ferdinand Gorousingh

Oct 12, 2018

Ferdinand Gorousingh affectionately called “Ferdie” was born on March 28, 1952 to Mr. & Mrs. Clifford and Caroline Gorousingh. Ferdinand was one of twelve children; he and his siblings have maintained close relationships throughout the years. As a child, he attended The Alley School in Longwood, Clarendon in Jamaica. When Ferdinand became a teenager, he made a decision that would...