Obituaries
Gloria Knight Bird
Dec 19, 2015
Gloria Childress Knight Bird dies peacefully on December 19, 2015, at the age of 88. Gloria is survived by daughter, Jan Childress Steele, her husband Bob; daughter Joy Childress Davis, her husband, Joe: son Gregory Thomas Knight, his wife Jonna; and daughter in law, Linda Childress. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews....
Douglas Bruce Torbush
Dec 17, 2015
Douglas B. Torbush, DDS, 63, of Stone Mountain passed away December 17, 2015 following a heart attack while playing tennis. Doug was a science teacher at Avondale High School prior to graduating from Emory University Dental School, where he was the class president all four years. For the past twenty five years, he has had a dental practice in Conyers,...
Phillip Dorsey Benefield
Dec 15, 2015
Phillip Benefield Sr., beloved and loving husband of 52 years, proud father to two sons and friend of nearly anyone he met passed away peacefully the morning of December 15th, at home in Decatur, GA. He was 73 years old. A memorial service celebrating his life is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday Dec. 18th at Oak Grove United Methodist Church...
Norma Ann Phillips
Dec 15, 2015
Norma Ann Phillips, of Tucker, GA, a homemaker and part-time kindergarten teacher as well as a retired sales clerk from Rich's Department Store, born on February 11, 1933, was peacefully called to her heavenly home on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. The daughter of the late Alvin Gillespie Kennedy and Nora Sanders Kennedy, Norma Ann was a native of Nashville, TN...
Janie Fendley Daniel
Dec 13, 2015
Janie Lee Fendley Daniel, 85, of McDonough, beloved wife and mother, passed away December 13, 2015. Born June 25, 1930, in Danielsville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Albert Louis and Mattie Elvira O'Kelley Fendley and was married for 47 years to the late James Watson Daniel. Janie loved going to church, spending time with her family, and...
John Gordon Bibb
Dec 13, 2015
John Gordon Bibb, beloved son of Ann Early Bibb and William Bibb, left us on December 13, 2015 after too brief a stay. He was born March 15, 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in Decatur. He is survived by his parents, brother Robert Bibb, sister-in-law Audrey Bibb and nephews Ian and Austin Bibb. He attended City Schools of...
Virginia Hamilton
Dec 12, 2015
Virginia (Jennie) Merle Anderson Hamilton was born on December 16, 1923 in Purvis, MS to Willie Bell Watts Anderson and Roy Anderson and raised mostly in Gulfport, MS. Jennie graduated from Gulfport High School and attended Mississippi State College for Women. World War II was approaching and Jennie met Jack who was stationed in the Army near Gulfport and they...
James Conrad Platt, Jr.
Dec 12, 2015
James Conrad Platt Jr. age 99 of Decatur, Georgia passed away on December 12, 2015. He was born on July 11, 1916 in Cartersville, Georgia to James Conrad Platt Sr. and Bonnie Kate Saxon Platt. He was predeceased by his wife, Myra Warren Platt and his son, James Conrad Platt III.Mr. Platt graduated from Georgia Tech in 1938 with a...
Robert Jones
Dec 12, 2015
Robert Carroll Jones died December 12, 2015. He is survived by his wife Betty Stubbs Jones and children Carol Anne Blaich, Bob Jones, and Debbie Benson and their spouses. He is survived by six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two brothers, a sister, and several other relatives. He was a member of Mount Carmel Christian Church. He was a 1952 graduate...
Barbara Reich
Dec 10, 2015
Barbara Hoffman Reich of Atlanta passed away on Thursday December 10, 2015. A native of Easton, PA she taught nursing at Emory University School of Nursing. She was a member of Decatur Presbyterian Church, the Yale Club of Georgia, Emory Emeritus College and the Baron DeKalb Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by...
George Ralph Rice
Dec 10, 2015
George Ralph Rice, 87, a resident of Tucker, Georgia, passed away December 10, 2015. Ralph was born April 19, 1928 in Stuart, Florida to William Hussler and Beatrice (Henderson) Rice. After graduation from Avondale High School, he served in the Army for 2 years. He worked in the Transportation field and retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad after 20 years. A...
Ora Mae Yancey
Dec 9, 2015
Ora Mae Dockery Yancey, 98, died December 9, 2015 at her home in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. She was a native of Cherokee county, North Carolina, and resided for the last 18 years in Peachtree Corners with her daughter, Patricia Yancey Bennett. She was the second daughter of the late Wylie and Mattie Hembree Dockery. She was preceded in death by...
Annie Laurie Morris Taylor
Dec 8, 2015
Ann Morris (Annie Laurie) Taylor, 93, a longtime resident of Decatur, passed away peacefully on December 8, 2015 in her home of natural causes. She was born March 17, 1922 in Waynesboro, GA to the late E.G. and Ouida Mae Morris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Herbert (Herb) Taylor and...
James Davison Philips
Dec 8, 2015
James Jim Davison Philips, Jr., 68, passed away suddenly in Highlands, NC on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was the son of Katherine Wright Philips of Black Mountain, NC and the late Dr. James Davison Philips, Sr. Jim married the beautiful Donna Cowley of Augusta, GA on December 28, 1968 and had three wonderful daughters with...
Roberta Lee "Bobbie" Cooke
Dec 7, 2015
Roberta L. "Bobbie" Cooke, age 69, of Decatur, GA, passed away December 7, 2015. She leaves behind her twin sister Patricia Cooke, brother Burgess (Sally) Cooke, two nieces, two grandnieces and one grandnephew. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Decatur, with Reverend Julie Pennington-Russell officiating. Interment will folllow at Westview Cemetery....
John Arthur Huneke
Dec 5, 2015
John was born on January 23, 1943 in Flushing, NY. He grew up in Atlanta GA .He retired as Curator of the State of Georgia Museum.He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary, and two brothers Charles and Russell.Memorial Service at Turner Funeral Home on Thursday the 10th at 2:00. Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road...
Charles Derward Coats
Dec 4, 2015
Charles Derward Coats, 87, of Decatur, Georgia passed away Friday, December 4, 2015.Charles was born on April 14, 1928 to the late Samuel Walker and Mary Arleavy Boyd Coats at his grandfather's house in Bowden, Carroll County, Georgia. He attended Tech High School in Atlanta, Georgia, Class Of 1946, where he ran cross country and played soccer. Charles went on...
John A. Maher
Dec 3, 2015
Lieutenant Commander John A. Maher U.S.N.R-retired died on December 3, 2015 -- his 85th birthday -- in Decatur, Georgia. He and his bride, Joan Thérèse Dawley, both Brooklyn natives, wed there in 1954. John is survived by Joan, their five children, and seven beloved grandchildren. Excluding Korean War naval service, John ushered at Ebbets Field from 1948 through the Dodgers'...
Farah Mouhanna Shehadeh
Dec 3, 2015
Farah Shehadeh, 82, a beloved father, a kind, gentle, brilliant and generous man, died on December 3, 2015. He was born in Sweida, Syria in 1934, married to Salma Khoury, studied Civil Engineering and graduated from Idaho State University.Farah was loved by everyone who knew him. He touched the lives of many with his caring, helpful and gentle sprit. He...
George Dewey Cothran
Dec 3, 2015
George Cothran, 86, of Stone Mountain, passed away on Thursday December 3, 2015. he is survived by his wife of 61 years, Patricia Cothran and his three children George Dewey Cothran III, Laura Ann Richardson, and Bradley Troy Cothran, as well as 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. George was a decorated veteran, distinguished corporate executive, long time local business owner...
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