Obituaries
Jean Powers Sparks
Apr 2, 2013
Jean Powers Sparks, 67, died April 2, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Leander Powers, a graduate of Savannah High School, Armstrong Junior College and the University of Georgia, although she became an enthusiastic Auburn University fan after marrying Auburn alum Roy Sparks. Jean taught high school English in Atlanta before she had two daughters...
Marjorie Eloise King
Apr 1, 2013
Marjorie Self King passed quietly away in the wee hours of the morning of April 1 in the Lawrenceville Area of Atlanta. She had been a resident of Sunrise at Five Forks for twenty seven months. Born in Greensboro, NC in 1925, she was the second of four children of Luther and Annie Self. At nineteen, Marjorie married her childhood...
Joyce Bond
Apr 1, 2013
Mrs. Joyce Daniel Bond of Avondale Estates died Monday, April 1, 2013. Mrs. Bond was a former resident of Elberton and Mountain City, GA. She graduated from Elberton High School in 1954. Mrs. Bond was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who was a creative seamstress, crafter and artist as well as an avid reader and genealogist. She enjoyed making...
Hugh Anderson Price
Mar 31, 2013
Hugh A. Price, Jr. of Avondale Estates, GA passed away peacefully at his home on March 31, 2013 at the age of 91. He was born in Gainesville, Texas to Hugh A. Price, Sr. and Virginia Price on April 23, 1921. In his formative years, his family moved about in several states, settling in Milledgeville, GA. He attended High School...
Evelyn Virginia Jackson
Mar 31, 2013
Evelyn Virginia Baker Jackson, 93, of Decatur passed away on Sunday March 31, 2013. She was born in Lincoln County, GA on November 19, 1919, to George Frank and Nannie Baker. Mrs. Jackson grew up in Augusta GA and graduated from Tubman High School in 1938. She married William Arthur Jackson, Jr. on December 23, 1938, and during WW II...
Sarah Elizabeth Grizzle
Mar 30, 2013
Sarah Elizabeth Grizzle, 86, of Atlanta, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2013. She was born in Norcross to Robert and Lula Stapler Hall. Sarah was a longtime secretary for Cokesbury United Methodist Church. She is survived by her loving husband, Charles Grizzle; daughter; Carol Grizzle; son, Thomas Grizzle; two grandsons; Ian and Lindsey Trimble and a granddaughter; Lily Grizzle....
Luther William Crews
Mar 29, 2013
Dr. Luther William Crews left us on Friday, March 29, 2013, surrounded by his large, loving family. Bill was born February 28, 1922 in Morris, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Norma Conley Crews, their children, William Carey, (Pam), Mary Ida Worthen, (Lynn) and Daniel Crews. The eleven grandchildren are Philip Worthen, Timothy Crews-Anderson, Ryan, Mary...
Martha Annette Eidson
Mar 28, 2013
Martha Annette Wood Eidson, 70, of Dacula, died Thursday March 28, 2013. Her courage and grace in her final battle with cancer were an inspiration to family and friends. Born on May 1, 1942 in Rome, Georgia, Annette was the oldest daughter of Wallace Eugene Wood and Martha Rooks Wood. She married David Arthur Eidson of Stone Mountain on March...
Sara Ann Costello
Mar 27, 2013
Ann Costello, 58, of Atlanta passed away Wednesday March 27, 2013 of complications from a fall. She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas J. Costello; grandparents, James J. Costello, Annie Fox Costello, Thomas Eila Abercrombie, and Ruth Estelle Martin Abercrombie. She is survived by her mother, Aligene A. Costello and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services...
Gladys Patrick Marshburn
Mar 26, 2013
Gladys Grier Marshburn, a godly woman whose life was a testimony of sacrifice, service, and love died March 26, 2013 at home after a long period of declining health. Born on March 22, 1923 in Due West, South Carolina, Gladys was the second daughter of Dr. Robert Calvin Grier and Gladys Patrick Grier who served Erskine College as President for...
Mae Berkeley Gregory
Mar 26, 2013
Mae Hawkins Gregory of Dekalb County died March 26, 2013. Born in Lynchburg, Va. April 19, 1918, Mae was a graduate of William and Mary College. She married Edward W. Gregory in 1941, and they moved to Georgia in 1953. Mr. Gregory preceded her in death in 1987. Mae served as president of the United Methodist Women of the Druid...
Eldridge Gilbreath
Mar 26, 2013
Eldridge A. Gilbreath, age 88, of Stone Mountain passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Gil was born March 25, 1925 in Double Springs, Alabama. His parents were Calvin Avery Gilbreath and Jewel Dora Persall. He married Hazel Lorraine Glover of Double Springs on May 30, 1943. He and Hazel were married almost 70 years. Gil was in the finance business...
Agnes Leon Rey
Mar 25, 2013
Agnes Rey, ageless, of Atlanta, died Monday, March 25, 2013. A native of Lithonia, Mrs. Rey was born to the late Samuel and Cora Reagin McCook. She was past Vice President of the Elks Aidmore Auxillary State Association, past State Aidmore Chairman, past President of the Elks Atlanta - Northlake Auxillary and was a homemaker. She was a long time...
Dr. William Derwood Allen
Mar 24, 2013
Dr. William Derwood Allen, DVM, 80, passed away on March 24, 2013, at home on Saint Simons Island, Georgia, having resided in Gwinnett County, Georgia prior to his retirement. Bill was born on November 30, 1932, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Charles H. Allen and Mary Frances Gober Allen Compton. He grew up in DeKalb County, Georgia, graduating from Lithonia High...
Mary Evelyn Tomlin
Mar 24, 2013
Mary Evelyn Tomlin, 65, of Stone Mountain, died March 24, 2013. She was born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, just south of Natchez. Her parents were Viola and Delos Day. They, and their ancestors, have lived in this area since the early 1800s—before Mississippi became a state. She was educated in the public schools in Wilkinson County and Natchez. She graduated...
Robert James Whaley
Mar 22, 2013
Mr. Robert J. (Bob) Whaley of Stone Mountain died Friday, March 22, 2013.Bob was born in Lithonia, GA to the late William Whaley and Elizabeth Still Whaley. He was a Deacon at Valley Brook Baptist Church. He was an avid golfer. Bob attended Georgia Tech and graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Furman University and served three years in the...
Holly Leigh Howard
Mar 20, 2013
Holly Leigh Howard, age 43 of Valrico, FL died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born August 5, 1969 in Nashville, TN she was a loving, thoughtful and loyal daughter. She is survived by parents, Mayes and Julie Howard; brothers, Glenn and Gloria Howard and Scott and Melanie Howard; aunts and uncles, Ray and Barbara Cozart,...
Frank Harris Jones
Mar 20, 2013
Mr. Frank Harris Jones, 89, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Frank was born in Macon, to Joseph John and Lillie Odessa Parker Jones and was an Army veteran of WWII from November 1942 until January 1946. He served in the Pacific Theatre with the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore HQ Boat Battalion and was stationed in Indonesia, Philippines...
John Charles Findlan
Mar 20, 2013
Mr. Findlan was born December 20, 1916 in St. Paul, MN. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and was a WWII veteran serving in the Navy on a mine sweeper as a lieutenant. After a long successful career in chemical sales, in retirement, Jack was a literacy volunteer, a Winship Cancer Institute volunteer, and a tireless advocate for the...
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