Obituaries
Katherine Watkins
Jun 2, 2013
Mrs. Katherine Jones Watkins, 90, retired business owner, died on June 2, 2013. Visitation will be Friday, June 7th, from 6:00-8:00pm, at A. S. Turner and Sons in Decatur, GA. A memorial service will be held at Clairmont Presbyterian Church in Decatur, GA, on Sat, June 8th, at 1:00pm, reception following. Born in MS, she worked at the War Dept...
Virginia Anita Wheeler
Jun 2, 2013
Virginia Pope Wheeler, 93, passed away Sunday, June 2, 2013. She was born in Marietta, GA, August 16, 1919, the daughter of Madge Johnson and Harry Singleton Pope. She attended Girl's High in Atlanta, graduated high school from Young Harris Boarding School, and attended Georgia State College for Women. Mrs. Wheeler was the owner of Stratton's Tea Room in Buckhead...
Hubert Wayne Eley, Jr.
Jun 2, 2013
H. Wayne Eley, Jr. died at home on June 2, 2013. He was born on February 27, 1945 in Blakely, Georgia to Allene Newberry Eley and Hubert Wayne Eley, Sr. He attended grammar school in Attapulgus, Georgia and Decatur, Georgia at Knollwood Elementary School before graduating from Avondale High School as the star student in 1963. While at Avondale, he...
James Ross Henderson
May 31, 2013
James R Henderson Sr. passed away on Friday May 31, 2013. Jimmy was born on September 20, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan. He was the son of the late Ross James and Irene Rohde Henderson. In 1922 Jimmy, his mother, dad, and brother, Tom, moved to Atlanta since his father was being transferred here by the Packard Motor Car Company to...
Patricia Louise Umphrey
May 30, 2013
Patricia "Patty" Louise Johnson Umphrey, age 86, of Covington, died May 30, 2013. A native of El Paso, Texas, Mrs. Umphrey lived most of her life in the greater Atlanta area. A homemaker, she was a lifelong Southern Baptist with membership, recently , at Zion Baptist Church in Covington and, formerly, at Rainbow Park Baptist in Decatur and White Oak...
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...
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