Obituaries
Alice Mae Becker
Mar 6, 2013
Alice Mae (Joiner) Becker, age 92, of Decatur, GA passed away peacefully on March 6, 2013. She was born on April 7, 1920 in Hawkinsville, GA to John Larkin and Sophie Elizabeth (Bennett) Joiner. She married Richard G. Becker on July 2, 1942 in New Orleans, LA and he passed on March 3, 2009. Alice was a loving mother and...
Robert Burns Deadwyler
Mar 6, 2013
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Stephen J. Stone,, Jr.
Mar 5, 2013
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Lizzie Agnes Lemcke
Mar 3, 2013
Lizzie Agnes Lemcke of Tucker, Ga. went to be with the Lord Sunday evening March 3, 2013. She was born in Columbia County Florida to the late Guy Hill and Lula Belle Chambers.She had a fulfilling career in the nursing field starting at Grady Memorial, where she met her future husband William, and retiring as Director of Nursing at Shallowford...
Hiran Vila
Mar 3, 2013
Rev. Hiran Papi Vila, 82 of St. Petersburg, FL passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. He was born in Habana, Cuba and moved to St. Petersburg in 2009 from Doraville, GA. He is survived by his wife, Gudelia Gudy Vila; 2 sons, Hiran Vila, Jr. of Rego Park, NY and Rev. Miguel A. (Janice) Vila of Jonesboro, GA; 2 daughters,...
Dorothy Eunice Anderson
Mar 2, 2013
Dorothy Dot Eunice Johnson Anderson passed away March 2, 2013, after an acute stroke. She passed peacefully and comfortably under Hospice care. Dot was born on May 24, 1927 in Atlanta to the late Clint Thomas Johnson and Ida Aileen Jordan Johnson. She was the oldest of three children. Dot was predeceased by her brother, Tommy Johnson. She was a...
Curtis Gene Baker
Mar 2, 2013
Curtis Gene Baker passed away on March 2, 2013 at age 85 after a long battle with colon cancer. A native of Ft. Smith Arkansas, he was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and spent 22 years as a copy editor with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Curtis was an active volunteer with St. Vincent DePaul Society at IHM. He...
George Victor Pryles
Mar 2, 2013
Dr. George Victor Pryles was hard-pressed to say which of his careers he enjoyed the most: serving as a U.S. Navy Captain or teaching dental school at Emory University. His hard-charging personality and disarming sense of humor served him well in both. Dr. Pryles, 90, a native Atlantan, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his wife and children....
Gordon Eliot Robbins
Mar 1, 2013
Gordon E. Robbins, 81 of Atlanta passed away March 1, 2013. He was born in Oakland, California in 1931 and was raised in Berkeley, California. He received a B.S. degree from the School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley in 1953. After being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, through the ROTC at the University,...
Cyrene Corley
Mar 1, 2013
Cyrene Corley, 90, of Lithonia passed away on Friday March 1, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday March 3rd at Union United Methodist Church, Stockbridge, GA. She was a former secretary with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Waymon Corley. She is survived by several nieces and...
Charles Lamar Parrish
Feb 27, 2013
Charles Lamar Parrish, 68, of Clarkston, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013. He is survived by a daughter, Rebecca Parrish; brothers, Frankie and Billy Parrish; sister, Jackie Bennett; granddaughter, Angela Terry; sister-in-laws, Annette Self, Shirley Parrish, and Violet Gunter and brother-in-law Clyde Garrison. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm March 3, 2013, from the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons...
Judith Elaine Burel
Feb 27, 2013
Judy Burel, 63, of Atlanta, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. An Atlanta native, Mrs. Burel was the daughter of William James and Mary Elaine Sims. She was a retired teacher from the DeKalb County School System. Preceded in death by her father, she is survived by her husband, Kent Burel; mother, Elaine Howard Sims; sons, Kevin James Burel...
Virginia Elizabeth Tuggle
Feb 27, 2013
Virginia Elizabeth Tuggle, of DeKalb County, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2013, following a short illness. She was born July 24, 1915, the daughter of Roy Slaton Tuggle, Sr. and Lessie Evaline Jones Tuggle. Child of a dairy farmer, Virginia graduated from Druid Hills High School and also studied piano at the conservatory level. She was preceded in death...
Ann Edith Vella
Feb 26, 2013
Ann Bove Vella, 84, of Decatur, died February 26, 2013. Bon February 1, 1929, in Newark, New Jersey, to Carmine and Nicolina DeCaprio Vella, Mrs. Vella was the youngest of five children. She devoted her entire adult life to her family, church, work and community, while residing in Newark NJ, Union NJ, Sunrise FL, The Villages of Lady Lake FL,...
William Sparks Mcginnis
Feb 24, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Xavier Charles Harris
Feb 23, 2013
Xavier Zay Charles Harris of Stone Mountain, GA, was born January 20, 1987 and died Saturday, February 23, 2013. In addition to attending Coralwood School and Heritage, Zavier graduated from Margaret Harris High School with honors. Xavier was baptized at 7 years old at the Union Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia and was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Mary Ellen Lawson Graham
Feb 22, 2013
Mary Ellen (Lawson) Graham, age 89, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2013 in Decatur, Georgia. Ms. Graham was adopted by the late Edward and Hazel Lawson of Ladoga, IN. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Graham, and her youngest son Keith T. Graham. Surviving is her older son, Ed Graham, of Tallahassee, FL and many nieces...
Virginia Lillian Faust
Feb 20, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
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