Obituaries

Carolyn Tuten
Feb 7, 2015
TUTEN, Carolyn FranncisCarolyn Francis Tuten, age 78, of Atlanta, GA went Home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 7th, 2015 after a lengthy illness. She was born on December 14, 1936 to the late Irene Welborn Boling and the late Rayford Boling of Greenville, South Carolina. Mrs. Tuten retired from Kroger after 25 years of service as a...

Opal Hall
Feb 6, 2015
Mrs. Opal Hall, a loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother, passed away February 6, 2015. Opal was born in Snellville, GA on September 17, 1926. She enjoyed her friends, her family, cooking, travel and flower arranging. A member of the Antique Car Club, she was also active in Sunday School at Briarlake Baptist Church and loved to read about Georgia....

Brinton Bizzelle Gay
Feb 3, 2015
Dr. Brinton (Brit) B. Gay, Jr., former Director of Radiology at Egleston Children's Hospital from 1963-1985, died of natural causes on February 3rd in Nashville, Tennessee, where he moved in 2011 after spending nearly his entire life in the Emory area of Atlanta. Born on August 25, 1921, Dr. Gay was the son of the late Dr. Brinton Bizzelle Gay,...
William Dale Hawes
Feb 3, 2015
William Bill Dale Hawes, 79, residing in Tucker, Georgia, passed, February 3, 2015. He was born to the late Edmund and Bonita Hawes, July 11, 1935, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Bill graduated from high school at Tabor Academy in Marion, MA in 1954, and from Williams College in Williamstown, MA in 1958, and received a BA in Economics. He married...

George Robert Bennett
Feb 2, 2015
George Robert "Bob" Bennett, 82, of Atlanta passed away on Monday February 2, 2015. A native of Norfolk, VA, he was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Ward & Mary Oglesby Bennett; a sister, Lucille Zeek; and a brother, Charles Bennett. An Air Force Veteran, he worked as a loan officer with the Small Business Administration. He is survived...

Bienvenida Gonzalez
Jan 30, 2015
Bienvenida Gonzalez, 88, of Decatur, died January 30. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mrs. Gonzalez was the daughter of the late Antonio and Bienvenida Naranjo Bana. She had retired as a drapery seamstress from Rich's. Survivors include her husband, Ricardo M. Gonzalez; two daughters, Isabel Wagner and Miriam Gonzalez; two grandsons, Steven Wagner and Corey Wagner; and a granddaughter, Ashley Callis....

Warren Louis Cantrelle
Jan 30, 2015
Warren Louis Cantrelle, Sr., age 90, passed away on January 30, 2015. He was a native of Lutcher, LA. He is survived by his son Warren Louis Cantrelle, Jr. and daughter, Jacqueline Ann Peterson and husband Stephen Peterson. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Michael Peterson and Deborah Peterson and wife Katie Felton Peterson. He was preceded in death...

James Newton Owen
Jan 28, 2015
James (Jimmy) Newton Owen, Jr. of Decatur, passed away on January 28, 2015 at the age of 88. An Atlanta native, he was the son of the late James Newton Owen Sr. and Hattie Maybelle King Owen. Jimmy graduated from Tech High School in Atlanta and Atlanta Law School, and was stationed at Great Lakes Naval Station in Wisconsin during...

Annie Claud Marbury
Jan 28, 2015
Anne Marbury, wife of the late Junious Lake Marbury passed away January 28, 2015 after a brief illness. Anne was born June 22, 1915, and lived more than half of her 99 years on Drewry St. in the Virginia Highlands area of Atlanta, Ga. She was a true Southern Lady, a historian of all things Atlanta. She was active through...
Antonia Zachos Savopoulos
Jan 28, 2015
Antonia "Toni" Zachos Savopoulos of Charles Town, West Virginia, passed away on January 28, 2015 at the age of 80. Mrs. Savopoulos was a long time resident of Atlanta moving to West Virginia in November of 2014 to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Born in 1934 in Mavromati, Greece to Michael and Eleni Vlassis Zaharogiannis, Antonia immigrated with her...

David Wallace Gunn
Jan 27, 2015
David W. Gunn was born December 9, 1937, to Frank Carlton Gunn and Easter Thornton Gunn in Meridian, MS, and was raised in Greenville, MS. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1961with a BA degree in political science. Upon graduation, Mr. Gunn was hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a management intern. After thirty-three years...
Henry Jackson Hemphill
Jan 27, 2015
One of the last Great Ones:Is how Henry Jackson Hemphill, Jr. was referred to by most all of his family and friends. Born on June 18, 1924 in Franklin County, GA to Henry Jackson Hemphill, Sr. and Ellis Fullbright Hemphill, Henry was the youngest of 11, consisting of 6 brothers and 4 sisters. Henry grew up on a farm in...

Jeanne M Lowe
Jan 26, 2015
Jeanne McWilliams Lowe, born in Selma, AL passed away at age 85 on Monday, January 26, 2015. She was a life-long member of the Seventh-Day Adventist church and her entire career was spent working in their southeast regional headquarters located in Decatur, GA. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Morris. Visitation will be at 2:30 pm with funeral services...
Stephen Russell Solomon
Jan 25, 2015
STEPHEN RUSSELL SOLOMON of Atlanta passed away on January 25th at Emory Hospital, from heart failure. He was 24 years old and is survived by his parents, Tim and Sandy Solomon, his brother Geoffrey, and a host of extended family including paternal grandmother Edna Solomon of Glen Carbon, IL, and maternal grandparents Harvey and Sammie Gray of Georgetown, TX. A...

Stella Sawicki
Jan 25, 2015
Sawicki, Stella Z.Mrs. Stella Z. Sawicki of Decatur died Sunday, January 25, 2015. She was a homemaker and longtime member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Mrs. Sawicki was active in her community with volunteer work for her church and several charities. She is preceded in death by her husband, Chester W. Sawicki. She is survived by her daughter,...
Rowena Renn-Hicks
Jan 21, 2015
Rowena Laura Simpson Renn-Hicks , age 85, died on Thursday, January 21 after midnight in Atlanta, Georgia while convalescing from hip surgery. Born July 14, 1929 in Roanoke, Virginia to the late Hugh Hammond and Mabel Gross Simpson, Rowena attended Warwick High School, Warwick, Virginia and graduated from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia (now University of Mary...

Margaret Elizabeth Jordan
Jan 20, 2015
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Graham Smith Mothershead
Jan 20, 2015
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
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