Obituaries
Donald Lanier Wise
Feb 12, 2013
Donald Lanier Wise, 76, of Tucker, died February 12, 2013. A native of Porterdale, Mr. Wise served his country in the U. S. Army during the late 1950's as an MP in Germany. He was a retired district manager for the DeKalb County School System's Special Needs Transportation Department, where he was employed for over 24 years. He is survived...
Marjorie Hall Freer
Feb 12, 2013
Marjorie Hall Freer departed this life on February 12, 2013, at the age of 93. She was born in Washington, D.C. on June 8, 1919. Her father's career as an officer in the United States Army required the family to move frequently, and she traveled extensively, including several years of her childhood in Hawaii. An outstanding student, she earned a...
Ted Howard Pickens
Feb 11, 2013
Mr. Ted Pickens, 63, of Loganville, GA died February 11, 2013. Dad, Pawpaw, brother, son, friend- he was a great man with a big heart. He was always there to help anyone in any way that he could. He will be dearly missed by all of those that had the pleasure to know him. He was preceded in death by...
Josephine Graves Desana
Feb 10, 2013
Funeral Home: A.S. Turner 2773 N. Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Ignacio Aramburu
Feb 10, 2013
Ignacio "Enos" Aramburu, age 83, passed away on February 10, 2013. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 58 years, Aurora; children, Lisa and Steve Morse, Laura and Steve Frohwein, Scott Aramburu; grandchildren, Christopher, Scottie, Alexander, Aidan, Asher, Jack, and Mackie, and great grandson Nathan. Enos was born in Brooklyn, NY and was a graduate of CCNY's...
John Holt Parham
Feb 7, 2013
John Holt Parham Jr, originally of Columbus Georgia, went home to be with His Lord and Savior Feb 7, 2013. He is survived by son Larry, daughter Marsha and missionary sister Ann Collins. His Grandchildren: David and John Dickson, Melissa Maughan, Julie Duggar, Stefanie Parham, Hannah and Emily Parham and 10 Great grandchildren; cousins Ray and Sissy and family. He...
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...
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