Obituaries

Mary Lou Gray

Mary Lou Gray

Dec 20, 2014

Mary Lou Gray, 82, of Covington passed away December 20, 2014. She was a long time member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Never Too Old Group, active in AARP and was a long time employee of Regions Bank. Surviving are daughter and son-in-law, Robyn and Jimmy Knight; sister, Betty Hegner and grandchildren, Jason and Jessica Knight. Her memorial service will...

John Nathaniel Nelms

John Nathaniel Nelms

Dec 20, 2014

Mr. John Nelms, age 68 died Saturday December 20th 2014. He is survivedby his brother Tony Nelms and his wife Tonya. Funeral services will beheld in the chapel of A.S. Turners and Sons at 4:00 pm Saturday December27th, Pastor Russ Butcher officiating. The family will receive friendsfrom 5 to 8 pm Friday December 26 at A.S. Turner and Sons. Funeral...

Leo Lobel

Leo Lobel

Dec 19, 2014

Leo Lobel, age 95, of Decatur, Georgia died on Friday December 19, 2014 after a brief illness. His wife of 62 years, Marian, preceded him in death in 2007, as did his daughter Beverly in 2001. He leaves behind his sister Mildred of Green Valley, Arizona; grandchildren Jason, Amanda and Katie; numerous great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces. He will be buried...

Homer  Winson Holloway

Homer Winson Holloway

Dec 19, 2014

Violinist Homer Holloway, 79, died December 19, 2014 of heart failure. Born and raised in Atlanta, he attended Murphy High School and went on to graduate from the University of Georgia, then earned his Master's Degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. He met his wife, Doris, while playing in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, where she was...

Jarvaries Armour

Jarvaries Armour

Dec 19, 2014

Jarvaries Armour, 13, of Augusta died December 19, 2014. Survivors include his mother, Frances Armour; stepfather, Darrell Culpatrick; grandmother, Alfreda Royal; two brothers; Jadarius Armour and Sean Culpatrick; sister, Arianna Culpatrick; two special cousins, Deltavis Armour and Lenwood Colbert; and several cousins, uncles, and aunts. Services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday in the chapel of A. S. Turner and Sons...

Grace Taylor Knapp

Grace Taylor Knapp

Dec 18, 2014

Grace Taylor Knapp passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 18, surrounded by her family. She was 88 years old. A longtime resident of Decatur, GA, she was born in 1926 in Mooreland, IN. Grace is survived by her daughter Melinda (Mindy) Hale and husband Rick of Lawrenceville, GA, and son John Knapp and wife Kelly of Holland, MI, as well...

Theoharis Katsanos

Theoharis Katsanos

Dec 18, 2014

Katsanos, TheoharisTheoharis Katsanos, 85, of Sandy Springs died Thursday, December 18, 2014. He is survived by his daughter and son in law, Evanthia and Diamondis Papadopoulos; brother, George Katsanos; sisters, Irene Giorgio and Melpo Rimos and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Saturday, December 20, 2014 at the Greek Cathedral of the Anunciation in Atlanta. Interment will follow...

Beulah Joyce Chambers

Beulah Joyce Chambers

Dec 17, 2014

Beulah Joyce Johnston Chambers entered into eternal rest December 17th, 2014. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1933, the daughter of Edward R. Johnston, Sr. and Kathryn Walker Johnston. She moved to Decatur, Georgia in 1942 where she attended Glenwood Grammar School and Decatur Girls High School where she was a cheerleader. As a student of the...

Frances T. Greiff

Frances T. Greiff

Dec 17, 2014

She was a teacher in Atlanta and DeKalb County for 26 years, and was Druid Hills High School's Teacher of the Year in 1991. She was adviser to the newspapers in Cross Keys High School and in Druid Hills High, where she also sponsored National Honor Society. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, international honor society for educators;...

Lois Anne Huddleston

Lois Anne Huddleston

Dec 15, 2014

Lois Anne Huddleston Guzzardi, 58, died December 15 at home after a long and courageous fight with cancer. A native of Atlanta, Ms. Guzzardi was the daughter of James Daniel, III and Betty Dekle Huddleston. She was an artist and a tireless champion for the rights of special needs children. Lois was preceded in death by her father, James Daniel...

Charles Pulliam Adams

Charles Pulliam Adams

Dec 14, 2014

Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Claudia Wisdom Nations

Claudia Wisdom Nations

Dec 14, 2014

Claudia Wisdom Nations, April 22 1926 – December 14, 2014, 88 years young, of Brookhaven Georgia, originally (and proudly!) from Brooklyn, New York.Survived by daughters Barbara, Linda, Susan and son Robert Nations II, sisters Tillie Tedder of North Carolina and Josephine Fladager of California, grandchildren Warren Lacroix, Michael Lacroix, Jason Meney, Zak George, and Shannon Nations, great-grandchildren Michael Lacroix of...

Jerry Luverne Mullins

Jerry Luverne Mullins

Dec 13, 2014

Jerry "Jeremiah" Luverne Mullins, Jr, 38, of Snellville, GA died Saturday, December 13, 2014. He was at his home "watching" Kentucky basketball with his family. He battled esophageal cancer 2 ½ years. Jeremiah was born July 17, 1976 in Pensacola, FL to Jerry and Peggy (Kiper) Mullins. He and his younger sister, KarolAnn, moved around with their parents who are...

Hazel Pierce Chapman

Hazel Pierce Chapman

Dec 13, 2014

Hazel Inez Pierce Chapman, age 94, passed away on Saturday December 13, 2014. She was born January 3, 1920 in Falkland, NC. She was a resident at Arbors of Azalea Court in Smyrna, TN at the time of her death under the care of Alive Hospice and the loving staff of Arbors Assisted Living. After moving from her home in...

Hazel Pierce Chapman

Hazel Pierce Chapman

Dec 13, 2014

Hazel Inez Pierce Chapman, age 94, passed away on Saturday December 13, 2014. She was born January 3, 1920 in Falkland, NC. She was a resident at Arbors of Azalea Court in Smyrna, TN at the time of her death under the care of Alive Hospice and the loving staff of Arbors Assisted Living. After moving from her home in...

Georgia Skandalakis Vorvolakos

Georgia Skandalakis Vorvolakos

Dec 12, 2014

Mrs. Georgia Vorvolakos (née Skandalakis) died Friday, December 12, 2014 in Atlanta at age 82. Georgia is survived by her husband, John Vorvolakos, daughter Vicki Tucker and husband Richard, granddaughters Alexandra and Sophia Tucker, sister Matoula Drakakis of Ormond Beach, FL, sister Anastasia Vrettacos of Carnegie PA, brother Danny Skandalakis of Ormond Beach, sister Calliope Skoufis of Atlanta, and many...

Betty Jane Wilkins

Betty Jane Wilkins

Dec 12, 2014

Betty Jane Clewis Wilkins, age 88, passed away Friday December 12, 2014, at home at Clairmont Place, Decatur, GA. She was born on May 7, 1926 in Grapeland, Texas to Lillian McMurrey Clewis and Arnold Stephen Clewis. She graduated from Grapeland High School and then went on to earn a BBA from Sam Houston State University in 1946. She worked...

Jerry Emmitt Etheridge

Jerry Emmitt Etheridge

Dec 11, 2014

Jerry E. Etheridge, 72, died December 11, 2014. He was a lifelong resident of Atlanta, having graduated from Decatur High School in 1960, and later, Woodrow Wilson Law School. He spent 18 years at Kemper Insurance, developing lifelong friendships. He later worked at Ohio Casualty Insurance. He was married to Marianne (Cottle) for 35 years, with whom he had two...

Macon Holmes Clark

Macon Holmes Clark

Dec 8, 2014

Mrs. Macon H. Clark, of Atlanta, GA passed from this life at the age of 94 on December 8, 2014. Mrs. Clark was born September 12, 1920 in Limestone County, AL, the first child of Grace Owen Holmes and Milton Holmes. She retired from teaching after 40 years in Atlanta, GA and Auburn, AL. She was a graduate of Florence...

Wilma B. Delgado

Wilma B. Delgado

Dec 8, 2014

Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033