Obituaries
Dorothy Randall Oxford
May 30, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Larry Allen Grose
May 30, 2013
Larry Allen Grose, 74, of Clarkston, died May 30, 2013. A native of Buckhannon, West Virginia, and raised in Akron, Ohio, Mr. Grose served his country in the U. S. Army during the 1960's. He was a retired attorney for the U. S. Department of Defense. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Joyce Grose; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Martha, Virginia,...
James Madison Broom
May 28, 2013
James Madison (Jim) Broom, 77, beloved husband of Connie Pafford Broom and a lifelong resident of Decatur, Ga., passed away peacefully in the arms of his family on Tuesday, May 28, at Hospice Atlanta. He was co-founder and retired president of Southern Champion Construction, a leader in the construction of water and waste treatment facilities throughout the southeast. Born on...
Marjorie Frances Campbell
May 26, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Alice Roberta Ayliffe
May 26, 2013
Alice Roberta Ayliffe, 67 passed away May 26. She was born Oct 19, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia. Her family moved to Avondale Estates where she attended high school (1963 graduate) and was an alumni and graduate of North Georgia College (1967). Alice was preceded in death by her father, David Day Ayliffe and mother, Dorothy Roberta Brooks Ayliffe. She is...
Willard Garrett
May 26, 2013
Willard Garrett, Jr.,69 of Atlanta, died May 26, 2013, at his home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 11:00 am from the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons with Rev. Jimmy Slick officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 pm in Salem Missionary Baptist Church #2 Churchyard in Mineral Bluff, GA. Friends will be received on Friday...
Roy Richard Bowman
May 25, 2013
Roy Richard Bowman, 78, of Decatur lost his battle with cancer on Saturday May 25, 2013 while at home. Born in Charlotte, N.C. on May 15, 1935, the family moved to Atlanta in the late 1930's. Mr. Bowman was a 1954 graduate of Roosevelt High School, earned his law degree from John Marshall Law School, and served his country honorably...
Alton Irwin Reddick
May 25, 2013
Alton Irwin Reddick of Tucker, Georgia went to be with his Savior Saturday May 25th at the age of 86. He was born in Arlington, Georgia, but moved to Bainbridge, Georgia at an early age. After graduating from Bainbridge High School, he entered Mercer University. He later enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. After 2 1/2 years he was honorably...
Medora Elizabeth Ginn
May 24, 2013
Elizabeth (Bess) Talbert Ginn died May 24, 2013 at Cobblestone at Park Springs after a long illness. She was born November 5, 1927 in LaGrange GA, the daughter of Jefferson Davis Talbert, Jr. and Irene Lovelace Talbert. She attended Wesleyan College and graduated from Auburn University, as well as earned a Master's Degree from Emory University as a Media Specialist....
Anne Walker West
May 24, 2013
Anne Harvill West, 89, of Atlanta, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Little Lot, Tennessee, on April 17, 1924, Anne was a graduate of Columbia High School in Columbia, Tennessee, and Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois. After receiving a degree in speech therapy, she moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. There she met the...
Cathy Daniels Hudgins
May 23, 2013
Cathy Jane Daniels Hudgins of Decatur, Georgia, born July 11, 1952 in Newport News, Virginia ascended into heaven on May 23rd, 2013. She died from a heart attack following a scuba dive in Cancun, Mexico. In her passing, this precious soul, referred to by a select few on earth as a "walking angel," was transformed into an actual angel. In...
Cathy Daniels Hudgins
May 23, 2013
Cathy Jane Daniels Hudgins of Decatur, Georgia, born July 11, 1952 in Newport News, Virginia ascended into heaven on May 23rd, 2013. She died from a heart attack following a scuba dive in Cancun, Mexico. In her passing, this precious soul, referred to by a select few on earth as a "walking angel," was transformed into an actual angel. In...
William Lassiter Kirksey
May 22, 2013
William Lassiter Bill Kirksey, 71, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at his home. Bill is survived by his devoted wife of almost 50 years, Nancy Smith Kirksey and is also lovingly remembered by his two sons, Craig (Allison) and Patrick (Pansy) Kirksey and his two daughters, Christa (Dan) Huggins and Joanne (Jeff) Markey; six grandchildren, Rachel and Sarah...
Alice Smalling
May 22, 2013
Alice Colquitt Smalling, 87, died peacefully Wednesday May 22 at Wesley Woods Center in Atlanta. She had recently entered nursing care there after living for the last 10 years at John-Wesley Villas in Macon. Alice Otelia Colquitt was born in Spalding County on July 2, 1925, to Paul and Ethel Akin Colquitt and spent part of her childhood in Americus....
Diane Louise Washam
May 21, 2013
Diane Washam, age 65, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, after a long and brave battle with ovarian cancer. She was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 15, 1948. For the past twelve years she has been a vital employee of The Quinn House , a non-profit Outreach Operation in Lawrenceville. She dedicated her life...
Margaret Evelyn Cravey
May 20, 2013
Margaret Evelyn (Davis) Cravey, 81, of Decatur, GA passed away peacefully on Monday May 20, 2013 at Emory University Hospital. She was born on February 29, 1932 in Hiltonia, GA to Alonza Jerome and Wilma (Smoak) Davis and they preceded her in death. She married Gilbert Lester Cravey Sr. on May 3, 1953 and he passed in 1995. Ms. Cravey...
Helen Jean Koch
May 19, 2013
Helen Jean Ford Koch, 86, died peacefully at home on Sunday, May 19 in Greenville, SC. She was the beloved wife of Paul Frederick Koch, and an adored mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Born April 23, 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clifford Ford. She was predeceased by her parents, as well as her...
Frederick Alexander King
May 19, 2013
Frederick Alexander King, 87, Emory University emeritus professor and director emeritus of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, died at his home in Atlanta, GA, on May 19, 2013. A memorial service will be scheduled and announced at a later date by A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home and Crematory. Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur,...
Dr. D. Perry Ginn
May 17, 2013
Dr. D. Perry Ginn was born just in time for Christmas in Athens, GA on December 21, 1928. Later his family moved to Atlanta where he grew up. Dr. Ginn graduated from Boys High, attended Brewton Parker Junior College, the University of Georgia, and entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, earning his Ph.D. in Old Testament Studies...
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