Obituaries
Jeffery Brown
Mar 10, 2012
Jeffery Brown, 36, of Decatur, GA passed away suddenly on March 10, 2012. He is preceded in death by his mother, Marilyn Nash of Decatur, GA and step father, Tommy Nash of Atlanta, GA. Jeff is survived by his son, Bailey; his fiance, Adrienne; father and step mother, Thomas and Susan Brown of Blairsville, GA; grandparents, Robert and Annie Mae...
Montine Lavirtus Parton
Mar 10, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Rickey Dean Huley
Mar 9, 2012
Rickey Dean Hulsey, age 60 of Decatur passed away Friday March 9, 2012. Survivors include his wife Patricia Ann Hulsey, his sister Capi Long, a brother Ron Hulsey and several Nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Monday, March 12, 2012, in the chapel of the A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev Larry...
Harry Xenidis
Mar 9, 2012
Harry Xenidis passed away peacefully Friday morning March 9, 2012 from complications due to heart failure. He was born in Russia on February 10, 1930 to Johns Xenidis and Melania Vratsidou Xenidis. He moved with his family to Athens, Greece in 1939. He grew up in Athens, Greece where he worked as a cobbler to support his mother and 4...
Carl V. Rauschenberg, Sr.
Mar 8, 2012
Carl Vernon Rauschenberg, Sr., 96, formerly of Atlanta, died on Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Dalton, GA at the age of 96. He was the son of the late Malvin Lester Rauschenberg and Lillian Gobay Rauschenberg. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Iris Kerlin Rauschenberg; his brothers, Malvin Lester Rauschenberg, Jr. and Robert Lee Rauschenberg; and his...
Dorothy Witt Jackson
Mar 6, 2012
Dorothy Witt Jackson, age 101, passed away March 6, 2012. A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Jackson spent most of her married life there and was a member of First Baptist Church of Decatur. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Charles Henry Jackson, and their son, Phillip. Mrs. Jackson is survived by her daughter and son-in-law,...
Rose Marie Calkins
Mar 5, 2012
ROSE MARIE (SCHREIBER) CALKINS, 95, passed away March 5, 2012, after a short illness. Her youngest son and companion, Tim, was by her side. She was born in Ghent, Minnesota, February 22, 1917, in a family of three sisters and two brothers. She grew up in Ghent and Marshall. She graduated from the College of Saint Catherine in St. Paul....
Jean Snowden Turner
Mar 4, 2012
JEAN SNOWDEN TURNER of Decatur passed away on March 4, 2012 surrounded by her children. She was 91 years old. Jean was born in Washington, D. C. on December 13, 1920. She was the daughter of Grady W. Snowden and Anita Starling Snowden. She was a long-time member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church. She was married to her beloved...
Marvin Preston Leonard
Mar 3, 2012
Major M. Preston Leonard was born on May 14th, 1932, in Augusta, Georgia. Although raised in the Baptist Church, he and his brother, Everett, became Salvationists at an early age, winning their mother and father to the Army. An outstanding musician, he was invited to play with the Territorial Band, whose members were Salvation Army Officers, at the age of...
Ralph Edward Marshall
Mar 3, 2012
Ralph Edward Marshall, Sr. died on March 3, 2012 of complications from a traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall. Ralph was born on March 24, 1952 to Robert and Christine Marshall. He graduated from Druid Hills High School in 1970 and received his B.S. degree from Georgia Tech in 1975. Ralph was an entrepreneur who owned his own business...
Vera Mae Powell Wells
Mar 3, 2012
Vera Mae Powell Wells, age 91, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on March 3, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, William B. and Virginia Fair Powell; her nine siblings; her husband of 64 years, Carle K. Wells; and a grandson, Joel T. Conway, Jr. Born and raised in Buhl, Alabama, Vera Mae was educated in Tuscaloosa...
Corwin Everett Sperry
Mar 3, 2012
Corwin Everett Sperry, age 94, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Emory University Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Kansas, he and his wife Irene moved to Decatur, Georgia in 2000 and she preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, his son, Kris Sperry, M.D., of Senoia, Georgia and his daughter,...
Helen Munsch Milam
Mar 3, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Mildred Claire Bovaird
Mar 2, 2012
Mildred Claire Bovaird of Atlanta, died March 2, 2012. Miss Bovaird was a retired manager from Southern Bell, a graduate of Weselyn College where she graduated cum laude, an avid golfer and an active member of Shallowford Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her sister, Charlotte Bennett; one niece; one nephew; several grand nieces; several great grand nieces and a...
Mary Scott Roof
Mar 2, 2012
Mary Scott Roof, age 92, formerly of Decatur, passed on peacefully at Heritage Health Care in Blue Ridge, Ga., March 2, 2012. Mary Virginia Scott was born July 13, 1919 in Todd, North Carolina, one of eight children of Claude and Ethel Scott. She finished high school at the age of 16 and later enrolled at Lenoir Rhyne College, where...
Ruth Pressley Hyers
Mar 1, 2012
Ruth Pressley Hyers, 67 of Tucker, died March 1, 2012. Ruth was born into a rural farm family near Norcross in 1944. She attended Cross Keys High School and then Georgia Tech. She met and married Bob Hyers who had moved to Atlanta from northern Illinois a few years earlier. They went to Fort Rucker to serve his military obligation...
Richard H. Wood
Mar 1, 2012
Richard Hudspeth Wood, 97, of Ft. Gaines, GA passed away March 1, 2012 in Abbeyville, AL. Born and reared in Abbeyville, AL he was a long time resident of Avondale Estates and graduate of Auburn University College of Engineering. Having served his country in the U. S. Army during World War II he was a retired Electrical Engineer with Georgia...
Patricia J. Peters
Mar 1, 2012
Patricia Jeanne Stewart Peters passed on March 1st, 2012. She was at her home in Midlothian, VA, in the company of her loving son, Trey, and her mother, Elizabeth. Pat had courageously fought against M.S. and cancer for nearly 12 years, but sadly could not overcome her illness. She had many friends in VA and GA, and was a devoted...
Nancy Clair Krawitz
Mar 1, 2012
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
John Maxwell White, Sr.
Mar 1, 2012
Mr. John Maxwell White, Sr., age 84, died Thursday, March 1, 2012. A longtime resident of Decatur, he was born in Adairsville, GA on December 1, 1927, the youngest son of Claude E. White, Sr. and Sarah Maxwell White. John graduated from Model High School in Shannon, GA and attended GA Tech. He married Lou Ella Greer on July 2,...
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