Obituaries
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...
Sheila Ann Siffri
Apr 29, 2014
Mrs. Sheila Woody Siffri, 76, of Atlanta, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014. She was a native of Spruce Pine, NC and was the daughter of Paul and Nelle Woody. Mrs. Siffri was employed by DeKalb County School System from 1981-1997 and was a member of Peachtree Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her daughter, Alexandra Smith of Marietta, GA;...
Barbara Ann Steadman
Apr 28, 2014
Barbara Ann Caughman Steadman passed away Monday, April 28th after a wonderful life of 89 years. She was the widow of Henry Hane Steadman of Waynesboro, GA, a former executive of John H Harland Company. He preceded her in death on September 6, 1998. Barbara was born on October 27, 1924 in Rajahmundry, India of Lutheran missionary parents. Her family...
Ouida Francis Allison
Apr 28, 2014
Ouida Keating Allison, 94, died on April 28, 2014. Born July 28, 1919 in Batesville, Miss., to Boyce and Byrd Towles Keating, she was preceded in death by her sister Laverne, her brother Boyce, and her beloved husband of 41 years, Hugh Byron Allison. She is survived by her brother Ralph Keating of Batesville; her son Michael Allison and his...
Marion Carl Clement
Apr 27, 2014
Marion Carl Clement, age 79, of Decatur, Georgia passed away April 27, 2014 after struggling with Congestive Heart Failure and COPD and Diabetes for many years. Marion Clement was born on June 8, 1934 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Carl Marion Clement and Lois Lena Cornett Clement. He was preceded in death by his son Timothy Andrew Clement. Marion...
Lorena Schell Vaughn
Apr 25, 2014
Lorena Schell Vaughn passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014, at the age of 91. She lived her life in a way that exhibited the most wonderful and best qualities of a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Lorena was a sweet, loving person and showed tremendous grace, dignity, charm and humor through all phases and transitions...
Joan Loranger Mcgibeny
Apr 25, 2014
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Jack Rexford Umphrey
Apr 24, 2014
Jack Rexford Umphrey, age 85, of Covington, died April 24, 2014. A native of Douglasville, GA, Mr. Umphrey lived most of his life in the greater Atlanta area. Retired Southeast Parts Manager of Tri State Tractor Company, he was a lifelong Southern Baptist with membership at Zion Baptist Church in Covington and formerly at Rainbow Park Baptist in Decatur, and...
Johanne Sorensen Dalbo
Apr 23, 2014
Johanne Sorensen Dalbo, 82, of Atlanta, formerly of DeLand, FL died April 23, 2014. She was born in Palatka, FL, the daughter of the late Emil and Ruth Dalbo. She served in the Air Force and graduated from Stetson University. After moving to Atlanta in 1965, she taught in the Gwinnett County School System, retiring from Norcross Elementary in 1989....
John Earl Newhard
Apr 22, 2014
Mr. Jack Earl Newhard, age 84 of Lilburn, Georgia, died Tuesday, April 22, 2014. He was born April 23, 1929 in Allentown, Pennsylvania to J. Earl Newhard and Grace Strauss. Mr. Newhard was a 1947 graduate of Allentown High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Cornell University in 1952 with a bachelor's in civil engineering degree and served four...
Melvine T. Clarke
Apr 21, 2014
Melvine T. Clarke, age 92, of Atlanta, GA passed away peacefully on April 21, 2014. She was married to J. Caleb Clarke, Jr. and he preceded her in death. Melvine was a homemaker. Surviving are her children Mimi Clarke; Rev. J. Caleb Clarke III; 6 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Thursday at A.S. Turner and...
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