Obituaries
Vernell Holmes
Aug 18, 2014
Vernell "Nell" Holmes, 70 of Atlanta, passed away on Monday August 18, 2014. She is survived by two sisters; and a host of loving and caring friends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday August 21st at 2:00 PM in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to The American Cancer Society...
Eugenia Hinton
Aug 17, 2014
EUGENIA HENRY HINTON was born August 4, 1941 in Waycross, Georgia and died August 17, 2014 in Dekalb County, Georgia. In 1973, she married Charles Ronald Hinton of Dekalb County. Genie, as she was known to friends and family, worked most of her life in administration for hospitals and doctor's offices. Upon retirement, she fulfilled her lifelong dream of being...
Mary Tierney
Aug 17, 2014
Mary Tierney Ms. Mary McCord Tierney, 90, a lifelong resident of Atlanta died Sunday morning August 17, 2014. Mary was a graduate of Wesleyan College and a career elementary classroom teacher in the DeKalb County Public schools. She was a devoted supporter of Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Action Ministries Atlanta, and Habitat for Humanity. Mary was preceded in death...
Patricia Josephine Schindler
Aug 17, 2014
Patricia Josephine Schindler, 83, of Stone Mountain, died August 17, 2014. A native of Medford, MA, she was the daughter of Theodore Russell and Dorothy Knox Coyle. Ms Schindler had been an educator of early childhood education at Tulane University. She is survived by a son Daniel Schindler of Stone Mountain; two daughters: Lore Elaine Schindler of Pasadena, CA and...
Stephen Morrell Baker
Aug 17, 2014
Stephen Morrell Baker, Lilburn GA, formerly of Jacksonville, FL, died Sunday, August 17, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, August 19, at A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home, 2773 North Decatur Road, Decatur, GA 30033, with Rev. Jerry Pickard officiating. Steve was born in Jacksonville on November 9, 1946. He graduated from Ribault High...
Mary Alma Parker
Aug 16, 2014
Mary Alma Cole Parker a resident Decatur, Georgia, and formerly a long-time resident of Charleston, South Carolina, died August 16, 2014. She was born September 4, 1932, in Memphis, Tennessee, the oldest child of Samuel Francis Cole and Mary Elizabeth Law Cole. She was a graduate of the Mississippi State College for Women (now Mississippi University for Women) in Columbus,...
Gordon Ellis Garrett
Aug 16, 2014
Gordon Ellis Garrett, age 85, died August 16, 2014. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Garrett was U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was retired from Western Union Telegraph. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gordon Durrell and Bessie Beryl Ellis Garrett. He is survived by a sister, Fay Garrett Bellah of Stockbridge; sister in law,...
Jesse Purvis Purcell
Aug 16, 2014
Jesse Jess Purvis Purcell of Lawrenceville passed away on August 16, 2014 at the age of 93. Jess and his twin brother Carroll were born in Atkinson, Georgia in Brantley County to the late Carrie Hires Purvis and Jesse Greene Purvis. When their mother died at their birth, the twins were adopted by their mother's sister, Mollie Hires Purcell and...
Vina Mattie Wahle
Aug 16, 2014
Vina Calfee Wahle, Stone Mountain, GA, passed away August 16, 2014. Born in Blakey, KY, October 24, 1938, she was preceded in death by her parents, George and Ritter Calfee, brothers, Wayne, Wendell, and Ben, sisters, Velma, Broma, Ruby, and spouses. She is survived by her husband, Jim and sons, Christopher and Jonathan; brothers, Weldon, Mack and Jack; sisters, Dana...
Jon Mccullough
Aug 15, 2014
Jon McCullough, Paralympian, disability rights advocate and executive director of Blaze Sports America, died Friday August 15, 2014, at the Veterans Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, of esophageal cancer. He was 48. Born November 29, 1965, in Bremerhaven, Germany, he graduated from Rappahannock County High School, Washington, VA, in 1985, and served in the U.S. Coast Guard. A disabled veteran, Jon...
Rebecca Elaine Pickett
Aug 14, 2014
Rebecca (Becky) Crews Pickett of Decatur, GA passed on to the Lord after a two year battle with cancer on Thursday August 14, 2014. She is survived by her husband Jeffrey Pickett, children Jennifer Pickett Holt (Tom) of Griffin, GA and Brian Pickett (Kelly) of Tyrone, GA. She is also survived by six beautiful grandchildren: Caroline Holt Aiken (Thomas) of...
Thomas Eugene Woodcock
Aug 13, 2014
Major Thomas Eugene Woodcock, 89, (Retired Salvation Army Officer), Liberty Session 1944-1945, was promoted to glory while sleeping the morning of Wednesday August 13, 2014.He is preceded in death by his wife, Joy Woodcock; and daughter, Karen Sue Flores. He is survived by his sons, Thomas and Mark Woodcock; son-in-law, Hermilo Flores; and their families. Graveside services will be at...
Marc Garrett Matthews
Aug 13, 2014
Marc Garrett MatthewsMarc Matthews, 43, formerly of Tucker, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Survivors include his wife, Natalie Matthews; his father, Jack Matthews; his siblings, Linda Matthews-Murray, Thomas Matthews, and Richard Matthews; and his nephews, Brian Matthews, Michael Matthews, Christopher Griffith, and Cody Griffith. Graveside Services will be held 2PM Saturday at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Tucker. The family...
Dr. Jackie Woodall Johnson
Aug 12, 2014
JOHNSON, Jackie Wooddall, Ph.DIt is with great sadness that the family of Dr. Jackie Johnson announces her death from her battle with ovarian cancer and the side effects of protracted treatment. Jackie died on August 12, 2014. She was a native of Atlanta born on November 25, 1941. She graduated from Southwest High School in 1959 and earned both her...
Doris Caroline Pruitt
Aug 11, 2014
Doris Patterson Pruitt, age 95, died on Monday, August 11, 2014 of complications from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. She was born on December 10, 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama. Doris was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Floyd M. Pruitt Sr. Doris was a 50+ year member of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, member of the Dunstan...
Martha Wiley Welsh
Aug 8, 2014
Martha Wiley Welsh, age 89, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away August 8, 2014 with her husband by her side. Martha was born in Orlando, Florida to Lorenzo Wiley and Marie Shelverton Wiley and grew up in Austell, Georgia. She was a truly beautiful and refined lady who loved life and her family. Martha is survived by her devoted husband of...
Miriam Stephens Christy
Aug 7, 2014
Miriam Christy, age 89, of Decatur passed away August 7, 2014. Miriam was born and raised in LaGrange, GA and spent her adult life living in Atlanta and Decatur and finally residing at Briarcliff Oaks in Atlanta. She spent the majority of her work career as a bookkeeper for Fireman's Fund Insurance and Nations Bank. She had many interests including;...
Foye Frances Chapman
Aug 6, 2014
Foye Redd Chapman, age 92, of Decatur, GA passed away peacefully on August 6, 2014. She was born in Mt. Pleasant, AL to the late John Henry and Eva Thompson Redd, the fourth of six daughters. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Bonnie Boone, Lucille Mosely, Agness McDuffie, Johnnie Pressley, and Wynell Thames. She is survived by her...
Christine Goumenis
Aug 6, 2014
Christine Goumenis, age 83 of Atlanta, passed away August 6, 2014 to join her beloved husband; Father Homer P. Goumenis in eternal life. She was born to George and Anastasia Coleman (Carvouniatis), who were Greek immigrants, in Oklahoma City OK. She was a graduate of Central High School in OK. She married Homer Goumenis in 1950 who was soon to...
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