Obituaries
Joan Goss
Aug 24, 2014
Joan Evans Goss of Decatur, GA peacefully passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. She was born on June 7, 1935 in Decatur to Thomas and Vera Evans. She was a devoted wife and loving mother with a generous heart. She graduated from the Georgia Baptist School of Nursing and worked most of her life as...
Martha Frances Daniel
Aug 24, 2014
Frances Daniel, 97, of Decatur, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014. She was born in Atlanta to Henry and Esther Schmid. After becoming a Christian at the age of 16, she joined First Alliance Church and has been an active member for 81 years. She's taught Sunday school, Children's Bible Clubs, Ladies Home Bible Studies and was a speaker...
Eleanor Harper Grimes
Aug 23, 2014
Eleanor Harper Grimes died in Stone Mountain, Georgia, on August 23, 2014. Mrs. Grimes was born in 1920 in Birmingham, Alabama, to Benjamin Gerald Harper and Pearl Dilworth Harper. She lived in Atlanta most of her life, primarily in the Decatur and Druid Hills areas and was a graduate of Decatur Girls High School. Her work experience includes two years...
Shirley Claire Mccormack
Aug 22, 2014
Shirley Clair McCormack, 78, of Lawrenceville, Georgia went to be with the Lord on Friday August 22, 2014. A celebration of her life, both old and new, will be held on Saturday Sept. 6, in the chapel of A. S. Turner and Sons, 2773 North Decatur Road, Decatur, Georgia. Visitation will begin one hour prior to her services. Funeral Home:...
Nickolaos Frank Baches
Aug 21, 2014
Baches, Nicholas F.Nicholas Frank Baches, 78, passed away peacefully at his home on August 21, 2014, after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis disease. Mr. Baches was born in the town of Megalo Chorio, Evrytania, Greece in 1935. During WWII his family lost their finances as most people did in Greece and in 1951 the family came to the United...
Yvette Kisil
Aug 20, 2014
Yevette Kisil, 71, died August 20, 2014. Born October 22, 1942, she is predeceased by her husband of 36 years, Walter Kisil, parents Henry and Edna Isabell, father and mother in-law Marfa and Ivan Kisil, brother Harvey Isabell, brother Edward Frola, nephew Joey Isabell and niece Renee Isabell-Dillon. Yevette was a devout Orthodox Christian and a communicant of St. Elias...
Matthew Brian Wallace
Aug 19, 2014
Matthew Brian Wallace passed away August 19, 2014. He is the son of Milton (Buck) and Louise Wallace. Matt graduated from Shamrock High School and enlisted into the Army Reserves with basic training at Fort Hood, Texas. After basic training he was assigned to a Medical Evacuation Helicopter Unit at Dobbins Air Force Base. He then went to Fort Rucker,...
Kevin Bernard Sellars
Aug 19, 2014
Kevin Bernard Sellars was born in Atlanta, Georgia on a cool, crisp March 6, 2004. When he came into the world, it was immediately evident to his mom, Angelice, that her little boy was going to be something very special. In his short life Kevin touched so many hearts, both young and old. He was the sweetest, most kind-hearted and...
Steven Perry Cook
Aug 18, 2014
Steve P. Cook, of Alpharetta died Monday, August, 18, 2014. He was a devoted father and husband and beloved brother and uncle. He will be greatly missed by his family who loved him very much. He was preceded in death by his parents; William and Marshall Cook and brother, Nelson Cook. Mr. Cook is survived by his wife, Jackie Cook,...
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...
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