Obituaries

Roberta Claire Gorey

Roberta Claire Gorey

Feb 12, 2014

Roberta Claire Edmundson GoreyRoberta Claire Edmundson Gorey, 74, of Decatur, Georgia, died February 12, 2014. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, daughter of the late Stephen Grier and Mary McKenzie Edmundson.She was married to James Lawrence Gorey, Jr. for 38 years, who preceded her passing in May 2000. She attended Mt. Sterling High School and Saint Joseph's Nursing School in...

James Ralph Everett

James Ralph Everett

Feb 10, 2014

James Ralph Everett, age 86 of Decatur, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2014. He was born in Kingston, GA to Edgar and Claudia Everett and lived in Shannon, GA until 1964 when he moved to Doraville, GA. In 2007, he moved to Clairmont Place in Decatur, GA and became an active member of the community there, where he had...

Robert Edward Sisson

Robert Edward Sisson

Feb 9, 2014

Robert (Bob) Sisson, age 84, of Tucker passed away peacefully at his home on February 9, 2014. He was a kind, loving man and was devoted to his family and friends. He spent many years with the Tucker youth football program, mentoring and coaching the youth at Fitzgerald Field. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War....

Harold Smith Williams

Harold Smith Williams

Feb 9, 2014

. Harold Smith Williams, 97, of Decatur, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2014. He was born in Atlanta to Novia and Nettie Williams. Harold graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor's Degree in textile engineering. He went on to retire from U.S. Civil Service and was a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his...

Hattie Lois Townsend

Hattie Lois Townsend

Feb 9, 2014

Lois Powell Townsend was born in Corydon, Kentucky November 8, 1924 to Ruby Faulkner Powell and Samuel Ray Powell. Lois passed away peacefully Sunday morning February 9, 2014. She was one of eleven children and grew up on her family's farm. She had an affinity for and loved animals all her life and was in her element taking care of...

Perry Mercer Scott

Perry Mercer Scott

Feb 5, 2014

Mr. Perry Mercer Scott, 78, of Stone Mountain, passed away on Tuesday February 5, 2014. He is preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Scott and son, Perry M. Scott Jr. He is survived by his daughters, Darla J. Scott, Debbie Green and Donna Gail Conn; brothers, Bobby, Dill, Mike and Gary Scott; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A memorial...

Martha  Leaota Walls

Martha Leaota Walls

Feb 2, 2014

Martha Leaota Walls, 77, of Decatur, Ga, passed away February 2, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga. Martha was born in Cocoa, Florida to Lester Lee Johnson and Martha D Milton on March 19, 1936. She attended Clarkston High School and is credited with organizing and being their first Majorette. Over the years she worked for Sears Roebuck, Food Lion and started...

Minnie Launia Robie

Minnie Launia Robie

Jan 31, 2014

Minnie Robie, 84, of Tucker passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association or the Fountainview Center for Alzheimer's. Her funeral services will be held on Monday, February 3rd at 2:00 pm in the chapel of A. S. Turner and Sons with Rev. Larry Robert officiating. Interment will follow...

Richard Victor Johnson

Richard Victor Johnson

Jan 31, 2014

The family of Richard V. "Rick" Johnson is saddened by his passing on January 31, 2014, after a prolonged illness. He will be remembered for his love of family, open-wheeled car racing, music and photography. A 40 year resident of Decatur, Georgia, Rick was born in Chicago, Illinois, in April 1947 to Carl and Kathryn Wey Johnson. He grew up...

Matthew Tucker Cole

Matthew Tucker Cole

Jan 30, 2014

Matthew Tucker Cole, 20, passed away peacefully on Thursday January 30, 2014. He was born on May 18, 1993 in Atlanta and he was a Junior attending Auburn University studying geology. His hobbies included baseball, basketball, hiking, cooking, the outdoors, dogs and spending time with his family. Surviving are his parents, Jim and Barbara (Celani) Cole; sister, Abby; brother, Harry;...

Lillian Estelle Brown

Lillian Estelle Brown

Jan 29, 2014

Lillian Binion Brown, 93, of Snellville passed away Wednesday January 29, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Brown of Snellville. She is survived by two children, Rebecca Keener and Graham Mobley of Atlanta, along with 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Graveside service will be held Saturday February 1st at 1:00 pm at Decatur Cemetery....

Marianne Whitfield Roper

Marianne Whitfield Roper

Jan 29, 2014

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

Mary Jo Mccoun

Mary Jo Mccoun

Jan 28, 2014

Mary Jo McCoun, known affectionately by her family as "Jody," reunited with her beloved husband and the Lord on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Born in Micco, West Virginia, October 13, 1923, Jody lived a marvelous and blessed life. Moving to Florida in the 1930s, she met the love of her life, Tom. After relocating to Decatur in 1968, they were...

Gus John Caras

Gus John Caras

Jan 28, 2014

Gus John Caras, 85, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Mr. Caras was born in the village of Karitsa in Evrytania Greece on January 20, 1929. He came to the United States in 1947 at the age of 18, living with his aunt and uncle in Gainesville Georgia, where he attended Riverside...

Doris L Burdine

Doris L Burdine

Jan 28, 2014

Doris was born February 18, 1925, in Thomasville, NC, to the late James C. and Icie C. Lykins. She was a longtime resident in Decatur, GA and over the last eleven years, Stone Mountain, GA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Essley B. Burdine, Sr., daughter Carol Ann Burdine and brother Jack W....

Clinton Bowen Bastin

Clinton Bowen Bastin

Jan 27, 2014

Clinton Bastin, 86, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away Monday January 27, 2014. Clinton was born June 4, 1927, in Lancaster, Kentucky, son of Clinton Bowen and Adelaide Klingman Bastin. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during and immediately after World War II, he earned a degree in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech in 1950. He worked for the Atomic...

Forrest Esh Mcmahan

Forrest Esh Mcmahan

Jan 27, 2014

Forrest Esh McMahan passed away Monday, January 27, 2014. Mr. McMahan, also known to many as Butch, was born on December 31, 1949 in Decatur, the middle son of John Oren McMahan and Mary Esh McMahan. Survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Libby Earnhardt McMahan, Mr. McMahan also leaves behind his daughter and son-in-law, Emily and Trip Williamson...

Joanne Dillard Laffoday

Joanne Dillard Laffoday

Jan 27, 2014

Mrs. Joanne Andrews Laffoday passed away January 27, 2014 at Hospice Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born Joanne Dillard Andrews on June 24, 1930 in Columbia, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newell Zebulon Andrews. She was united in marriage to Dr. Samuel Kanada Laffoday on June 3, 1950 in Columbia, South Carolina. Mrs. Laffoday...

Mary Blanche Brown

Mary Blanche Brown

Jan 27, 2014

Mary Blanche Brown, 91, 0f Decatur, GA passed away at the Gardens of Roswell of Monday January 27, 2014. Blanche was born to the late John and Maude Grimes, October 22, 1922 in Milledgeville, GA. She graduated from Peabody High School in 1939 and attended Georgia State University for Women in Milledgeville, GA. She married the late Henry Mitchell Brown...

Marvene Frazier

Marvene Frazier

Jan 27, 2014

Mrs. Marvene C. Frazier of Hoschton died Jan. 27, 2014. She was born April 25, 1933 to William Crowe and Arttie Davidson Crowe. She was preceded in death in 2007 by her husband, Lloyd Frazier and in 2003 by her daughte,r Loretta Frazier. Mrs. Frazier was a homemaker and member of the Leland Chapter #235 order of the Eastern Star....