Obituaries
Lorraine Scott Barnard
Apr 6, 2013
Lorraine Manderson Barnard, 94, of Decatur, died April 6, 2013. A native of Vidalia, Mrs. Barnard has been in the Atlanta area for almost 70 years. She was a charter member of Valley Brook Baptist Church in Decatur, and was its WMU director for 25 years. Mrs. Barnard retired from Rich's Department Store, where she worked as a sales associate...
Eugenia Evans Treadway
Apr 4, 2013
Eugenia Evans Treadway, born February 16, 1915 in Cordele, GA passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, T. Foley Treadway, Jr., and daughter, Linda Treadway Scarbrough. She is survived by daughter, Anne Treadway Goldstein and son-in-law, Mel A. Goldstein (Charleston, SC); grandchildren, Elizabeth Anne Hanie (Charlotte, NC), Patricia Claire Hanie...
Sara E. Chapman
Apr 4, 2013
Sara E. (Moore) Chapman, age 93, formerly of DeKalb County, GA passed away peacefully on April 4, 2013. She was born in Sharpsburg, GA on April 17, 1919 to Charles H. and Eleanor (Pitts) Moore. Sara lost her parents at a young age and was raised by extended family. She was a graduate of Georgia Baptist School of Nursing in...
Roger Wayne Skelton
Apr 4, 2013
Roger Skelton , 56, of Lawrenceville, GA., passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Skelton was the son of the late Robert and Emma Skelton. He was also preceded in death by his brother, David Skelton and sister, Annette Skelton. He is survived by his brother, Charles Skelton of Smyrna, GA. and niece Michelle Skelton of...
Cora Christine Staton
Apr 4, 2013
Mrs. Christine Austin Staton, 100, Budd Terrace at Wesley Woods in Atlanta, died April 4, 2013. Christine was born October 26, 1912, in Marshville, North Carolina, daughter of the late Ennis and Cora Austin. She was a graduate of Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, retiree of the Atlanta School System, and a very active member of the former West End...
Meriamme Rosalee Avent
Apr 3, 2013
Meriamme Rhodes "Dustie" Avent, 88, of Decatur, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, after a brief illness. Dustie was born in New Jersey in 1924, the only child of Ethel and Glenn Rhodes, and grew up in Perry, Georgia. In 1945 she received her degree in biology from Shorter College and was working on her Masters of Religious Education at...
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...
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