Obituaries

Joyce Ann Blalock

Joyce Ann Blalock

Jan 15, 2018

Joyce Ann (Clay) Blalock, 81, of Grayson, died Monday, January 15, 2018. Please refer to: wwwasturner.com for further funeral arrangements. A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home & Crematory.

Bevelyn Hosch

Bevelyn Hosch

Jan 15, 2018

Bevelyn Howard Hosch, age 94, of Decatur, Georgia, beloved mother, wife, grandmother, and friend passed away on January 15, 2018. She was born August 5, 1923, in Atlanta Georgia, at Wesley Memorial Hospital, which is now Emory University Hospital. She was the daughter of Mary Olive Gunn Howard and Homer Hannah Howard. Bevelyn was proud to have grown up in...

Vicki Lynn Hall

Vicki Lynn Hall

Jan 14, 2018

Vicki Brewer Hall, of Atlanta, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018. Vicki was a native of Atlanta and worked as a Tour Ambassador at Mercedes Benz Stadium as well as being a hostess at the 755 Club at Turner Field. She is preceded in death by her parents, Rufus Eugene Brewer and Vivian Inez Skinkle Brewer. She is survived...

Carolyn Andrews Barber

Carolyn Andrews Barber

Jan 12, 2018

Carolyn Janis Andrews Barber passed away peacefully January 12, 2018. She was a native of East Atlanta and a 1943 graduate of Girls High. During WWII she worked at Conley Depot (Ft. Gillem). After the war, she met and married her husband, Bill of 66 years. Throughout the years she worked for both Atlanta and Dekalb School Systems. Always involved...

Mabel Anne Vance

Mabel Anne Vance

Jan 12, 2018

Mabel Anne Vance, 83, passed away Friday, January 12, 2018 at the Sacred Journey Hospice Home. She was born in Gloucester, Virginia to her late parents, Hubert and Clemmie Wilson. A viewing will be held on Wednesday , January 24 from 10:00 to 11:00am at AS Turner Funeral Home, 2773 N. Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA. Burial will follow at 1:00pm...

Rosalind Beckham Newman

Rosalind Beckham Newman

Jan 11, 2018

Rosalind Beckham Newman, 81 of Atlanta, GA. passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Funeral Service will be at the chapel of A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home with Dr. Frank Crumpler officiating. Interment will follow in the College Park Cemetery, College Park, GA 30337. Visitation will be Saturday, January 13, 2018, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at A.S....

Christopher Robinson Mcrae

Christopher Robinson Mcrae

Jan 11, 2018

Christopher Robinson McRae, 75, of Decatur GA, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 after a long and valiant struggle with cancer and heart disease. Chris was preceded in death by his parents, Emmett Ulrich McRae and Cynthia Lanier McRae of Anniston, AL, and his brothers, Michael, Timothy and Mark McRae, also of Anniston. He is survived by his former...

Betty Ann (Coryell) Williams

Betty Ann (Coryell) Williams

Jan 10, 2018

Betty Ann (Coryell) Williams, age 82 of Snellville, GA passed away Wednesday January 10, 2018. She is survived by her beloved husband, Claude A. Williams of Snellville, GA; and by her children, Debbie and Mike Malone of Monroe, GA, Michael and Kim Williams of Loganville, GA, and Angie and Jesse Johnson of Monroe, GA; by her grandchildren, Lori and Adam...

Marjorie Lynne Bryan

Marjorie Lynne Bryan

Jan 9, 2018

Marjorie Lynne Bryan (Lynne) was born in 1950 and lived most of her life in the Atlanta area. After a courageous battle against ALS, Lynne died on January 9, 2018. She is survived by her loving husband, Mike Hammett, best friend Vicki Strickland, brother Wright and a host of family and friends. Lynne earned both undergraduate and Masters degrees at...

June Gatlin Reddick

June Gatlin Reddick

Jan 9, 2018

June Gatlin Reddick of Tucker, GA went to be with her Savior, Tuesday, January 9th at the age of 88. June lived all of her life in Tucker and graduated from Tucker High School. She also graduated from the University of Georgia where she was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority and remained active for over fifty years. There...

Jean C. Chen

Jean C. Chen

Jan 8, 2018

In 1931 our mother was born Jean Cho-Yu Huang in Wuhan, China, where her father was CEO of Hanyung Iron Works. She was the youngest of seven children. She went to the Jingling Girls High School and then moved to America in 1950 to attend the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth, MN. There she picked up her passion for...

Dr. James Stephen Buckler

Dr. James Stephen Buckler

Jan 8, 2018

Dr. James Stephen Buckler, 68, of Johns Creek, beloved son, husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018. Born August 3, 1949, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of Rosamond Harmon Buckler and the late Alonzo Magruder Buckler, Jr. Steve was proud to have grown up in Avondale Estates and was a 1967 graduate of Avondale High...

Jerry Buck Andrews

Jerry Buck Andrews

Jan 6, 2018

Jerry Buck Andrews, age 82, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, January 6 at Sunrise Assistant Living in Lilburn, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar (Jessie Casey) Buck and two sisters, Mrs. Jean Buck Russell and Mrs. Patsy Buck Robertson. She is survived by her husband of sixty years, Mr. Robert J....

James Franklin Panter, Jr.

James Franklin Panter, Jr.

Jan 5, 2018

James Franklin (Jim) Panter, Jr., passed away January 5, 2018, at his home in Lawrenceville, GA, after a battle with cancer. He was born October 23, 1962 in Atlanta, GA to Margaret S. and James F. Panter, Sr. A lifelong Baptist, he graduated from Lakeside High School, Class of 1980. Jim attended Mercer University, Atlanta, for 2 years and transferred...

Herbert Albert Petty, Jr.

Herbert Albert Petty, Jr.

Jan 5, 2018

Herbert Albert Petty, Jr., age 86, of Atlanta, passed away January 5, 2018. He is survived by Herbert A. Petty III, Mary Catherine Petty, and Stephen L. Petty. Services will be private. A.S. Turner & Sons, Decatur Ga.

Dovie Estelle Aschbacker

Dovie Estelle Aschbacker

Jan 4, 2018

Dovie Estelle (Burnham) Aschbacker, 106, of Decatur, Georgia passed away at her home on January 4, 2018 with family by her side. Born March 1, 1911, in Sumrall, Mississippi, she was the fourth of nine children born to the late Thomas Sumpter Burnham and Zona Ellen (Clark) Burnham. Just 17 when her mother passed away, Dovie spent nearly a decade...

Frank  E. Price

Frank E. Price

Jan 2, 2018

Frank E. Price, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Frank was born on April 2, 1928 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech, graduating second in his class, and was a Navy Commander, flying jets while in the Navy. Frank had a lifelong love of flying, and worked as a Mechanical Engineer. He is survived by...

Robert Joseph Strickland

Robert Joseph Strickland

Jan 2, 2018

Robert Joseph Strickland, 72 of Pine Lake, GA. Robert Joseph Strickland was born in Atlanta, GA, son of Harvey B Strickland and Edwin L Strickland . He worked as a Prep Cook for the Commerce Club . Surviving are sisters, Eugenia Strickland, and Anita Y Waldorf, brothers, Tony W Strickland, and Michael H Strickland. "Bobby" was preceded in death by...