Obituaries
Sam Kendrick Tibbs
May 12, 2015
Sam Kendrick Tibbs, 91, of Atlanta, died May 12, 2015. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Tibbs was the son of the late Sam K. and Mattie K. Runyan Tibbs. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and was retired from Rich's where he worked as a television repairman. Survivors include his wife, Annie V. Almond Tibbs; daughter, Patricia, and her...
James Jerome Rice
May 12, 2015
James Jerome Rice, 95, went home to be with the Lord May 12, 2015. He was born in Athens, Ga April 15, 1920, to the late Samuel Burton Rice and Maude Cromer Rice. He grew up in the Grant Park area where he met his late wife of 73 years, Joan Marsh at Grant Park UMC. They raised their daughters...
Sheryl Shawanna Taylor
May 12, 2015
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Gilbert Morgan Geurin
May 11, 2015
Gilbert Morgan Geurin passed away May 11, 2015 at 92. Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a descendant of French Hugenots, Gib was loved and respected by family, friends and colleagues. Gib had a deeply satisfying life long career as an airline pilot and instructor. In 1942, he was a Civilian Air Force flight instructor at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas...
Mary Bell
May 11, 2015
Mrs. Mary Bell, 84, of Decatur died on Monday, May 11, 2015. Mrs. Bell had lived in Decatur since 1961. She was an avid gardener and active member of the Decatur Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Bell retired as a medical secretary from Emory in 1995. She is survived by son William Sanders of Woodstock, son Brian Lindholm of Alpharetta, daughter Leslie...
Nancy Lucille Wright
May 11, 2015
Nancy Lucille Wright, 75, of Decatur, GA, beloved mother, passed away on May 11, 2015. Born November 14, 1939, in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter to the late James Assion and Dorothy Dannals Wright. Ms. Wright graduated from the University of South Florida with a Master's Degree in Social Work and spent her career as a Licensed Therapist. She...
Evelyn Pearle Healan
May 9, 2015
Evelyn Pearle Thacker Healan died at the age of 97. She is survived by her two sons, Randy and his wife Jean, and Dan and his wife Nancy; two daughters, Jackie Ross and Cathy Mobley and her husband David; seven grandchildren, Polly Wallace and her husband Todd, Ryan Healan and his wife Katie, Erin Diiorio and her husband Peter, Mandy...
George Roderick Flowers
May 8, 2015
Flowers, George RoderickMr. Rod Flowers, 92, of Decatur died Friday, May 8, 2015. Mr. Flowers grew up inDecatur, graduated from the University of Georgia and Emory University, studyingchemistry, mathematics and medicine. He retained a lifelong interest in science. Heserved in the Navy during WWII as a communications officer on a tank landing ship inthe Pacific arena. After graduate studies, he...
Charles Hudson Stribling
May 8, 2015
Charles Hudson Stribling was born on December 13, 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia to Lucy Elizabeth Hudson and Warren Dickey Stribling Jr. A master storyteller, "Good-Time Charlie" loved to laugh and entertain friends and family with tall tales and a good joke. One of his proudest accomplishments was having won the Ludlow Porch Liar's Club competition – TWICE! Charlie spent his...
Charles Hudson Stribling
May 8, 2015
Charles Hudson Stribling was born on December 13, 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia to Lucy Elizabeth Hudson and Warren Dickey Stribling Jr. A master storyteller, Good-Time Charlie loved to laugh and entertain friends and family with tall tales and a good joke. One of his proudest accomplishments was having won the Ludlow Porch Liar's Club competition - TWICE! Charlie spent his...
Celeste Mary Townsend
May 6, 2015
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers
May 6, 2015
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers, 82, of Kearneysville, WV, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility, Kearneysville, WV. She was born November 21, 1932 in Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of the late Clarence W. Hamilton and Leone Bowers Hamilton. She leaves behind her devoted...
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers
May 6, 2015
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers, 82, of Kearneysville, WV, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility, Kearneysville, WV. She was born November 21, 1932 in Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of the late Clarence W. Hamilton and Leone Bowers Hamilton. She leaves behind her devoted...
Ellen Elton Raines
May 6, 2015
Ellen Elton Raines, 95, passed away Wednesday May 6, 2015. She was born March 18, 1920 in Wrightsville, Georgia to the late Thomas Franklin Elton and Ruby Williams Elton. She was a homemaker and the loving wife to the late George Phoelix Raines, who was president at Atlantic Sheet Metal and a member of the Yaarab Shrine Temple before passing...
Ellen Elton Raines
May 6, 2015
Ellen Elton Raines, 95, passed away Wednesday May 6, 2015. She was born March 18, 1920 in Wrightsville, Georgia to the late Thomas Franklin Elton and Ruby Williams Elton. She was a homemaker and the loving wife to the late George Phoelix Raines, who was president at Atlantic Sheet Metal and a member of the Yaarab Shrine Temple before passing...
Ltc John H. Dieterle
May 5, 2015
Lt. Col. John H. Dieterle1929 ~ 2015Retired Lt. Col John H. Dieterle, age 85, died on May 5, 2015 in West Jordan, UT .He was born August 6, 1929 in Rexburg, Idaho, to Joseph Hyrum Dieterle and Nora Lavern Rudd. He grew up on a farm in the foothills of the Sawtooth Mountains about nine miles northeast of Carey, Idaho,...
Robert Fulton Bland, Iii
May 3, 2015
Robert Bland, age 77, of Duluth, Georgia passed away on May 3, 2015. He was born on February 13, 1938 to Robert F. and Carolyn Bland. He graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology. He proudly served his country for 28 years as a Commander in the US Navy. He married Carole F. Skinner on September 7, 1997 and she survives....
Cornelia Jane Patrick
Apr 30, 2015
Cornelia Jane Patrick, 72, of Atlanta passed away Thursday April 30, 2015. She is survived by her mother, Betty Bosely Hurst, her son, Chris Patrick and her grandchildren, Sean, Shannon, and Jennifer Patrick. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday May 9 at The Church of Our Savior with the Reverend Zachary R. Thompson officiating. Burial will be...
Rosann Rivellese
Apr 29, 2015
Rosann Rivellese of Canton Georgia, formerly of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Robert Rivellese, her daughter, Diane Witkowski, her sons, Robert and Mark Rivellese and her grandchildren, Amanda, Jack, Isabella and Aidan. A memorial service will be held in the chapel at A.S Turner and...
Mary Anne Pickens
Apr 29, 2015
PICKENS, Mary CookMary Anne Cook Pickens of Atlanta died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at the age of 87. The youngest of five children, she was born in Atlanta on October 24, 1927, to Charles Warren Cook and Esther Jane Hunter Cook. She graduated from Girls High in 1944 at age 16 and went to work at C&S Bank. In 1947,...
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