Obituaries
Eric Jon White
Feb 7, 2013
Eric Jon White, age 67, of Acworth, Georgia, formerly of Madison, West Virginia died Thursday, February 7, 2013.Jon was born October 20, 1945, in Madison, WV. He was the only child of Denver Edmund and Oma (Miller) White. He attended South Charleston High School and graduated in 1963 from Scott High School in Madison and Marshall University in 1970. He...
Maymie Elizabeth Perkins
Feb 7, 2013
Mrs. Maymie (Mazie) Elizabeth Blalock Perkins, former Bell South Telephone Company employee, died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the age of 87. Mrs. Perkins was born in Decatur, Georgia on August 1, 1925 to the late James E. Blalock and Lois Shepard Blalock. She grew up in Avondale, Georgia and graduated in the Avondale High School class of 1942. After...
Walter Dan Stinson
Feb 6, 2013
Dr. Walter Dan Stinson died of heart failure Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Dan was a loyal family man committed to the end. He was a renowned dentist involved in community service and his church. He is survived by his wife Barbara Stinson; daughters: Cherie Schroth, Susan Stinson, Martha McGinnis and Catherine Stinson; grandchildren: Ansley, Will, Kelsey, Lydia, Patrick and Marisol....
Richard Junior Crowell
Feb 6, 2013
Richard (Dick) Crowell, 86, passed away on Feb. 6, 2013 in Panama City Beach, FL., where he and his wife, Terrie, moved to in 2001 from Lawrenceville, GA. Richard was born Apr. 28, 1926 in Bedford Co., TN. and grew up in Nashville. He was a WWII veteran. He retired from Western Electric and Northern Telecom. He was preceded in...
Jean Bodin Ray
Feb 4, 2013
Jean Christine Bodin Ray, age 85, died peacefully surrounded by her daughters at the place of her birth, Emory University Hospital, on Monday morning, February 4, 2013, after a brief battle with lung cancer. She was raised in Druid Hills on Springdale Road, NE Atlanta, in the family house designed by her father, Swedish-born Architect Daniel H. Bodin of Frazier...
Eftihia Michael Stewart
Feb 3, 2013
Eftihia Michael Stewart, 79, of Atlanta passed away on Sunday February 3, 2013. A native of Crete, Greece and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles T. Stewart a veteran of the U S Air Force. Prior to becoming a homemaker she was a tailor. She is survived by her children, Jerry and Margaret Stewart, Mary and Keith Druffner...
William Jackson Hamilton
Feb 3, 2013
Lifelong Atlantan William Jack Hamilton, Jr. (93) passed away Sunday February 3rd, 2013. He was born in Griffin, Ga, the son of the late William J Hamilton, Sr and Myrtie Bell Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton served in the US Armed Forces from 1941 to 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious duty. Jack was a Realtor and Mortgage Banker...
Billy Leroy Lowry
Feb 3, 2013
Billy LeRoy Lowry, of Atlanta, died February 3, 2013, one day short of his 90th birthday, at the V. A. Medical Center in Atlanta. A native of the town he loved, Billy was a graduate of Atlanta Boys High. He served his country during WWII as a Aerial Gunner of the 96th Heavy Bombardment Group of the Army Air Force...
Mary Helene Williams
Feb 3, 2013
Mary Helene Sandow Williams, age 93, formerly of Decatur, passed away in Peoria, Arizona on February 3rd, 2013. She is survived by brother Jack Sandow of Stone Mountain, Ga and daughters, Diane Armistead and husband, Roger of Mt. Pleasant, NC and Jackie Gilbert and husband Larry of Phoenix, Arizona. She is also survived by grandchildren, Lisa Armistead, Mark and Anne...
Wilma Hinnant
Feb 2, 2013
Wilma Byrd Hinnant, 85 of Decatur, passed away February 2, 2013. A native of Banberg, SC, Mrs. Hinnant was a longtime resident of Decatur. She retired after more than 20 years from Rich's Department Store at North DeKalb Mall. She was preceded in death by husbands, Alvin Byrd and Harold Hinnant and son, Stanley Alvin Byrd. Surviving are her daughter...
Sipo Elijah Mzimela
Feb 2, 2013
Sipo Elijah Mzimela died on February, 2, 2013 at Odyssey Hospice following a 5 month illness. Sipo (Zulu for a "gift from God") was born June 19, 1935 in Durban, South Africa to Allison & Maria Mzimela. He had 3 sisters, Miriam, Josephine and Brigid. The family was raised in the Anglican Church and as a child he always wanted...
Ralph Felton Holland
Feb 2, 2013
Mr. Ralph Felton Holland a resident of Bradenton, FL since 1997 formerly of Stone Mountain went to be with the Lord peacefully on February 2, 2013 in Sarasota, FL. He was predeceased by Hazel A. Holland, his loving wife of 74 years in 2010. He is survived by his granddaughter, Julie Wyatt and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. His funeral...
Thomas Spencer Ladd
Feb 1, 2013
Thomas Spencer Ladd III passed away peacefully on the February 1, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 30, 1938, to Francis MacMillan Ladd and Thomas Spencer Ladd, Jr. While in high school at Bolles School, Mr. Ladd met Ann Carrier, who became his wife in 1959. Spencer attended Washington and Lee University, where he...
Melissa Penland Burg
Feb 1, 2013
Melissa Penland Burg was born in Miami Springs, Florida on March 15th, 1956. After attending high school, she earned her associates degree of Nursing at Miami-Dade Community College while working three jobs. Melissa worked over 30 years as a nurse mostly at Veterans Hospitals because she loved serving those who served their country. She was a loving mother and wife...
Betty Eve Higgs
Feb 1, 2013
Betty Barber Higgs was born in the Kirkwood section of Atlanta on Dec. 24, 1929 and passed away on Feb. 1, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. Howard Higgs, her mother, Olive Powell Barber and sister, June Barber Bell and brother, Jimmy Barber, and son David Higgs. Betty is survived by her son Donald Higgs of...
Christa Antoinette Alfaro
Feb 1, 2013
Christa Ahrens Alfaro passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013. Christa was born in Neumunster, Germany on June 6, 1936. She is survived by her husband, Zosimo (Sammy) Alfaro, from Chile, as well as her family in Germany, including her sister and brother-in-law, Ingrid and Gerhard Gatke, her nieces and nephews, Maren and Tobias Beelitz and Suzanne and Volker Clausen,...
Robert Emory Givens
Jan 30, 2013
Robert Emory "Bob" Givens of Decatur, GA, died January 30, 2013 after a valiant battle with leukemia. He was born in Citronelle, Alabama on August 6, 1937.He is survived by Jacque, his wife of 52 years, their four children; Robert Givens, Erin and son-in-law Clay Walker, Jennifer and son-in-law Jason Roberts, and Timothy and daughter–in-law Belinda Givens, five grandchildren; Sarah,...
Marie Dolores Doppelheuer
Jan 30, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
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