Obituaries
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...
Richard Charles Spiller
Mar 19, 2013
Richard Charles Spiller, 89, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013. A native of Westbrook, ME, he was born November 1, 1923, the son of Arthur and Nellie Spiller. He was a graduate of the University of Maine, a WWII army veteran and was retired from Travelers Insurance Co. He is survived by his wife, Adele Carswell Spiller; sons and...
Mary Elizabeth Manley
Mar 18, 2013
Mrs. Manley was a much beloved mother, grandmother, and sister who was dedicated to her family. Her talents as a seamstress and excellent southern cook were legion. She was active in her church, Snellville United Methodist. Over the years, she sang in church choirs and served as a Sunday School teacher. Also active in various communities in which she lived,...
Peter Frank Zervakos
Mar 17, 2013
Peter Zervakos was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 8, 1957, to Frank and Nicolette Zervakos. He began his career as an educator in Fulton County in 1979, upon graduating from University of Georgia. In his thirty year career as a high school band director and principal, he impacted countless lives and became a legend in the field of education....
Harry Pirkle Johnson
Mar 16, 2013
Harry Pirkle Johnson, 87, of Atlanta, died Saturday, March 16, 2013. An Atlanta native, Mr. Johnson was born December 13, 1925 to the late Harry and Marion Pirkle Johnson. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree and retired from Georgia Power where he worked as an electrical engineer. Mr. Johnson served in the Navy during WWII. He loved...
Vaness Adams
Mar 13, 2013
Vaness Adams, of Lithonia, GA, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013. She was born on October 26, 1931 in Oglethorpe County, GA to James Power and Coreen Maddox-Power. Mrs. Adams was married on July 17, 1972 to Oscar Adams, Jr., who died in 1999. Surviving her are one daughter and two sons: Betty Pittman, Randall "Randy" Power, and Terry Adams; A...
George Richard Headley
Mar 13, 2013
George Richard Headley, 89, of Stone Mountain, died March 13, 2013. A native of Burden, Kansas, Mr. Headley served his country during World War II in the South Pacific as a U. S. Marine. He received his theological degree from Southwestern Theological Seminary, and served his entire 35 year career at First Baptist Church of Avondale Estates. Mr. Headley is...
Frederick August Klumpp, Iii
Mar 12, 2013
Frederick August Klumpp, III, 49, of Lilburn passed away on Tuesday March 12, 2013. A native of Beacon, NY he was VP of Operations for Food Ingredient Sales, Inc. Mechanically inclined by nature, he enjoyed working with computers. He is survived by his wife, Carol Klumpp; daughter, Lauren Klumpp; parents, Fred and Mary Klumpp; sisters, Theresa Klumpp, Denise Gangwish, Kathleen...
Geraldine Reynolds
Mar 11, 2013
Geraldine Lee Reynolds, 99, of Atlanta passed away peacefully on Monday March 11, 2013 following a short illness. A native of Atlanta, she was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 64 years, John L. Reynolds. She is survived by her sons and their spouse, John (Sharon F.) Reynolds, Jr. and Robert C. (Margaret J.) Reynolds and...
Ree Dunn
Mar 11, 2013
Ree Lloyd Dunn, age 83 of Decatur, GA died March 11, 2013. She is survived by her sons Randall and John Dunn and her daughters Cathy Freeman-Masters and Shelia Dunn Sharian and 9 grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held Thursday March 14, 2013 at 2:00 pm at North Decatur United Methodist Church with Rev. Arthur Wainwright and Pastor Angelo Mante...
Ruth Breed
Mar 11, 2013
Ruth Joyner Breed, age 87, died peacefully on March 11, 2013 at her home in Cobblestone - Park Springs located in Stone Mountain Georgia. She was a proud mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Ruth was born and raised in East Point Atlanta and was the youngest of a family of nine. She was a southern belle with a keen sense of...
Tamra Lyn Leslie
Mar 11, 2013
Tamra Lyn Leslie passed away on March 11, 2013, after a very long battle with brain cancer. Tamra was 49 years old, and died in her home in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, Tamra was surrounded by many of her immediate family, and she passed as peacefully into the hands of God as she had lived her extraordinary life. Tamra...
Joanna Poolos
Mar 11, 2013
Joanna Poolos of Atlanta died Monday, March 11, 2013. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Ted and Linda Poolos and George Nick Poolos and Phyllis Poolos; grandchildren, Nick Poolos, Maria Fausett, Ted L. Poolos, Tony Poolos and Katy Perrotta; and nine great grandchildren. The funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the Greek...
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