Obituaries
Thomas Glenn Hill
May 15, 2014
Dr. Thomas Glenn Hill III, passed away Thursday May 15, 2014 following a short illness. Dr. Hill was a prominent surgical dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon in the Atlanta area, who truly enjoyed serving his patients, family and community for 37 years. Dr. Hill was born in Atlanta and attended Riverside Military Academy and Emory University, where he was a member...
Audrey Christine Raffa
May 14, 2014
Audrey Christine Raffa, 93, of Decatur passed away on Wednesday May 14, 2014. A native of Belleville, Ontario she graduated as a Registered Nurse from Toronto General Hospital and also graduated from Toccoa Falls Bible College in 1948. She served as a missionary 1948 to 1949 in Chattanooga, TN and nursed at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City from...
Diane Jones Amis
May 13, 2014
Diane Jones Amis, 71, a longtime resident of Decatur passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 13th, at Emory University Hospital. Diane was born on Sept. 18, 1942 in Roanoke, Virginia. She attended Murphy High School (Atlanta) and spent most of her professional life at two of Atlanta's best-known companies, Turner Broadcasting and Coca-Cola. She also worked for a time at...
Cheryl Virginia Cole
May 13, 2014
Cheryl Virginia Cole passed away May 13,2014. Cheryl was born March 11, 1955 to Virginia Green Cole and William W. Cole, Jr. Due to birth injury, we often called Cheryl our littlest angel. When 5 years old, Cheryl went to live at Gracewood in Augusta, Georgia for several years, then moved to Brook Run, and her last years at Skilled...
Charlene Davis
May 12, 2014
Malya Charlene Christopher Davis, 75, of Athens, GA passed away on May 12, 2014, after an extended illness. Charlene was born on August 4, 1938, in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, to Charles Arthur Christopher and Margaret Pearl Hudson. Mrs Davis was preceded in death by her husband Robert Charles Davis, her sister Charlie Saluel Christopher League, and brother Alan Burton...
William Sidney Pruett
May 12, 2014
William Sidney Pruett of Atlanta, GA, beloved husband, father and brother, passed away May 12, 2014 at the age of 86. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anne Maret Pruett, his parents Ernest and Loma Pruett; and sister Nedra Pruett Ethridge. A native of Atlanta, he attended Grayson High School. He served in the army as a sergeant...
Henry Herndon Morris
May 11, 2014
Herndon Morris, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, May 11th, following a brief illness. He was born August 15, 1919, in Floyd County, Georgia, Wax Community. He was the youngest of nine children, and grew up working hard on farming chores, hunting in and exploring the surrounding woods, fishing in nearby lakes, and learning reading, writing and 'rithmatic at...
William Franklin White
May 10, 2014
William Franklin White, 84, of Atlanta, died May 10, 2014. A native of Atlanta, Mr. White was a graduate of Georgia State University. He served his county in the U. S. Army during the war in Korea. An accountant in the credit department at General Electric, Mr. White retired after 38 years of dedicated and faithful service. His community activities...
Jennifer Michale Clark
May 10, 2014
Jennifer M. Clark, 48, of Stone Mountain passed away on Saturday May 10, 2014. Jennifer graduated from Berea College where she earned her Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration. A former employee of UNUM Insurance Co. she was currently co-owner of Clark Interiors. Jennifer was a member of Mountain Park United Methodist Church and served on the Administration Board...
James Edmund Carson
May 8, 2014
James Edmund Carson, Sr., 81, of Atlanta died peacefully Thursday morning, May 8, 2014 at Budd Terrace Nursing Home. For 20 years prior to retirement in 1999, Mr. Carson was vice-president of development, Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory University. Born September 5, 1932 in Bristol, Tennessee, he was pursuing a career in sports journalism when he joined the staff of...
Caroline Johnson Benefield
May 8, 2014
Caroline Johnson Benefield, age 86, of Decatur, died Thursday, May 8th, 2014. Caroline wasborn on May 7, 1928, in Atlanta. She graduated from Girls High in 1946, and married Judge Joseph Johnson in1951. They resided in Decatur with their children, Ellen and Susan. She was an active member of Decatur First Baptist Church since 1952 and was part of the...
Evelyn Elizabeth Peters
May 6, 2014
Evelyn Elizabeth Reese Peters, 93, of Decatur, Georgia passed away on May 6, 2014 at Hospice Atlanta. Mrs. Peters was born in McCormick, South Carolina and was raised in Augusta Georgia but spent most of her adult life as the wife of a career Navy man making a home for her family far from her Southern roots but wherever Uncle...
John Robert Kubitz
May 5, 2014
John Robert Kubitz, Retired (Army), age 84, of Decatur died on Monday, May 5, 2014. John was a proud US Army veteran having served in the Korea and Vietnam Wars. He also retired for the US Penitentiary Atlanta and had been a hostage in the 1987 uprising at the USP Atlanta. He lived life to the fullest and enjoyed spending...
Donna Pauline Nash
May 4, 2014
Donna Pauline Nash, 98, of Decatur passed away peacefully on Sunday May 4, 2014 following a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Frederick Larkin Nash. Known by some as Donna, Pauline was born in Ball Ground, Georgia on October 22, 1915 to Arthur and Jessie Ray. She was baptized at Harmony Grove Primitive...
Frances Evelyn Griffin
May 4, 2014
Frances Evelyn Griffin was called home on May 4, 2014. Born on April 23, 1929, one of eleven children to Walter and Irene Dorsey of Cleveland, Georgia. Evelyn was a lifelong residence of Decatur, Georgia. She was a past member of Wesley Chapel UMC and long time member of Avondale Pattillo UMC. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she was...
Constantine Leon Campbell
May 3, 2014
Constatine (Costa) L. Campbell fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday May 3, 2014. He was born in Atlanta, GA on September 12, 1917. He was the son of the Late Leonidas and Joana Campbell. He is survived by his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. He was educated in Greece and the United States. He was a veteran of...
Martha Augusta Gay
May 1, 2014
Augusta Hixon Gay, 95, of Decatur passed away peacefully with her children at her side on Thursday, May 1. Born in Miller County, Georgia on October 27, 1918 while the pecans were falling from the trees, and raised in her beloved Cuthbert, Georgia. She was one of five children to H. Brooke Hixon and Cleo Swann Hixon. She had four...
Rebecca Chambers Lang
Apr 30, 2014
Rebecca Chambers Lang, 72, of Tucker passed away on Wednesday April 30, 2014. She was born in Augusta, GA on March 19, 1942. Rebecca was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Mary Chambers, as well as her eldest sister, Jacqueline Broome. She is survived by her two sons, Mark and Jeffrey, three sisters, Evelyn Woodard, Frances Dillon, and...
Anita Shackelford Ross
Apr 29, 2014
Mrs. Anita Shackelford Ross, 71, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Mrs. Ross graduated from Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Florida and attended Florida Southern University in Lakeland, Florida. Married in 1966 she worked to help her husband Glenn complete his graduation from Jacksonville University. After moving to Atlanta in 1969 she was an office manager several...
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