Obituaries
Aldine Louise Russ
Feb 14, 2016
Jesus came to take Aldine Louise Russ 93 of Decatur, GA home to be with him in Glory, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2016. She fell asleep peacefully in Jesus's arms at Hospice Atlanta from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Aldine Louise Boesinger was born on April 12, 1922 in Manhatten, NY, to Gustave and Emily (Hagar) Boesinger. She had an...
Sheila Mcnamara Collins
Feb 13, 2016
Sheila McNamara Collins, 71, of Atlanta, Georgia died on Saturday, February 13, 2016. She grew up in Memphis, TN where she met the love of her life, Ed Collins and married him on February 13, 1965 in Atlanta at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. After living in several southern states, Ed and Sheila settled in Atlanta in 1974 where they...
Frederick Leverne Walker, Jr.
Feb 12, 2016
Frederick LeVerne Walker Jr, 94, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016. He was born May 16, 1921, in Lynchburg, Va, and graduated from Decatur High School and Georgia Tech where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Upon graduation from Georgia Tech in 1942, he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army and entered WWII. He...
Susan Moore Howard
Feb 11, 2016
Susan Howard, 35, of Atlanta, GA passed away February 11, 2016 as a result of breast cancer. Her closest family held her hands as she was called home to Heaven. Susan was born in Mobile, AL on March 23, 1980. She attended elementary school in Key West, FL and graduated high school in Greenville, SC.In Greenville, Susan met and married...
Artie Lucinda Mcdonald Anderson
Feb 10, 2016
Artie Lucinda McDonald Anderson, age 85, passed away on Wednesday February 10, 2016 in Decatur Georgia.Artie was born on April 18, 1930 in Miller County, Arkansas to parents Herbert A. McDonald and Cassie Lewis McDonald.She is survived by her four children, Dianne Johns (Paul), Elizabeth Fuller, John O. Anderson III, and Kathy Reece (Ed). She is also survived by eleven...
Bob G. Grizzle
Feb 9, 2016
Bob G. Grizzle, 82, of Decatur, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away February 9, 2016. Born October 17, 1933, in Statham, GA, he was the son of the late James and DruWillie Cosby Grizzle. Bob served his country for 4 years in the United States Navy. Once he was out of the Navy, he pursued a career in medicine...
Charles Lawwill Felner
Feb 8, 2016
Charles Lawwill Felner, a decorated World War II veteran, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2016, at his residence in Stone Mountain, Georgia, surrounded by his family and his caregivers. Mr. Felner was 90 years old.A Memorial Service celebrating Mr. Felner's life will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 4:00 pm at his church, The Church of the...
Henrietta Josephine Naberhuis
Feb 8, 2016
Jo Naberhuis joined her Heavenly Father on February 8, 2016. She was born July, 1922, to Alice and Alfred Oppeneer. She grew up in Annville, Kentucky, where her parents were missionaries in the Appalachia region. Jo attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she met Herman Naberhuis to who she was married for 56 years. She was a kindergarten teacher,...
Christine Wright Kennedy
Feb 8, 2016
Christine Wright Kennedy, age 67 of Decatur, passed away on February 8, 2016. A native of New Jersey she also called Jupiter, FL home. Chris graduated from Jupiter High School before attending Green Mountain College and receiving her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing at Emory University. Chris retired at the end of 2015 as a pediatric nurse practioner...
Connie Smith Bruce
Feb 8, 2016
Mrs. Connie S. Bruce, age 84 passed away peacefully on Monday, February 8, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Born January 18, 1932 in Porterdale, GA, Connie met Georgia Tech graduate Arthar Bruce in Atlanta. They married in 1955 and resided with their family in Decatur, GA. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 36 years. Connie...
Bill Burbank
Feb 8, 2016
William Lloyd Burbank, Jr. of Stone Mountain passed away February 8, 2016. He was born at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, GA on July 1, 1936. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1960. He served three years in the U.S. Army and retired from the Veterans Administration as a certified Safety and Fire Protection...
Margaret Jessie Mcdaniel
Feb 7, 2016
Margaret Jessie Warf McDaniel, 83, of Decatur, beloved wife and mother, passed away on February 7, 2016. Born November 28, 1932, in Centerville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Cayce and Myrtle Irene Chessor Warf.Margaret is survived by her loving son, Tim McDaniel and his wife, Bobbie; grandchildren: Jennifer, Matthew, David, Daniel, Steven, and Carl; ten great grandchildren;...
Elinor E. Yarbrough
Feb 6, 2016
Elinor Evans Yarbrough, 91, of Decatur, went to be with the Lord February 6, 2016. Born January 8, 1925, in Forked River, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Embry and Myrtle Euphania Penn Evans. Elinor enjoyed spending time with her family, the outdoors, gardening, sewing, and reading. She was a dedicated member of Columbia Drive Baptist...
James Gale Todd, Sr.
Feb 3, 2016
James Gale Todd, Sr., 74, died on February 3, 2016, after an extended illness in Decatur, GA. He is survived by his wife, Helen C. Todd; his brother Roger L Todd (Nancy) of Albany, GA; a sister Linda Machen of Chiefland, FL; his sons, James G. Todd, Jr. (Julie) of Athens, GA, Joseph V. Todd of Clarkesville, GA, Jeffrey E....
Beth Busby Frierson
Feb 3, 2016
FRIERSON, Beth BusbyBeth Busby Frierson, 80, of Johns Creek died February 3, 2016. Services will be held at The Salvation Army Atlanta Temple Corps at 11:00 am on Monday, February 8, 2016. Visitation with family begins at 10:00 am. A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home & Crematory. Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA...
Robert Brown
Feb 2, 2016
Robert Lewis Brown, 92, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away on January 28, 2016. Robert was born in Manchester, Georgia, to the late Fred A. Brown and the late Ruby Rollins Brown. In addition to his parents, Robert was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Loretta Rowe Brown, and his brother, Fred Brown. Robert is survived by his sons,...
David Lorenzo Brain, Jr
Feb 2, 2016
David Lorenzo Brain, Jr., of Atlanta, and formerly of Lexington, died on February 2, 2016.David was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 4, 1922, to David Lorenzo Brain, Sr. and Sophia Hilliger Brain. In high school, he met Frances Hollis who became his sweetheart and future wife. They married in 1944 while David was serving in the U.S. Army, and...
Robert Francis Fischer
Feb 1, 2016
ROBERT FRANCES FISCHER, 89, of Roswell, GA, formerly of Gulf Shores, AL Beloved husband of 55 years of the late Kathleen A. (nee Glenn); loving father of Michael Fischer of Juneau, AK, Mary Beth Pearson (Barry) of Marietta, GA, Jayne Hettenbaugh (Greg) of Randolph, N.Y., Paula Will (Carl) of Aurora, OH, Kathleen Reilley (Kevin) of Fairview Park, OH, and Mark...
Ruth Russell Smith
Feb 1, 2016
Ruth Russell Smith, 90, of Decatur, wife, mother and grandma, passed away on Monday February 1st, 2016. Born August 15, 1925 in Sanford, NC, she was the oldest daughter of the late Charles Henry and Margaret Yarbrough Russell. She attended Jonesboro High School (class of 1943) and Roger's Business School. She met her husband Gene at a USO dance and...
Georgia Richardson Mccurley
Jan 31, 2016
Georgia Richardson McCurley, age 61 of Lilburn, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2016 surrounded by her family. Georgia was born in Los Angeles, California on July 16, 1954. She grew up in Oklahoma City and moved to Atlanta after she met and married her beloved husband of 41 years, Brian McCurley. Georgia spent her life devoted to her family...
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