Obituaries

Margaret Whitley Combs

Margaret Whitley Combs

Dec 10, 2011

Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Frank  Woodrow Rogers

Frank Woodrow Rogers

Dec 9, 2011

Frank Woodrow (Woody) RogersNovember 20, 1919-December 9, 2011Frank Rogers was born in Asheville, NC. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Following the war he worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Asheville until his transfer to Atlanta in 1959. He enjoyed almost 35 years in retirement, making numerous international trips and talking with his many...

Henry  Rafael Chirinos

Henry Rafael Chirinos

Dec 8, 2011

Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Charles Edward Heinold

Charles Edward Heinold

Dec 8, 2011

Charles Edward Heinold, 85, of Tucker, died December 8, 2011. Mr. Heinold served his country during WWII in the U. S. Navy, having earned the Purple Heart for being injured in combat. He was retired after 36 years of service with the Nolan Company, where he was the credit manager. Mr. Heinold was a faithful member of Briarlake Baptist Church....

Madison Minor Lewis

Madison Minor Lewis

Dec 8, 2011

Madison Minor Lewis (19) a lifelong resident of Decatur, Georgia, was a sophomore athlete on scholarship at Southern Union College. Ms. Lewis was a 2010 graduate of Decatur H.S. and was a well known local softball player but more importantly an outstanding sister, daughter and member of the community. Madison's untimely death occurred while preparing to come home for the...

Judy Hayes

Judy Hayes

Dec 7, 2011

Judy Hayes, of Lithonia, GA, passed away on December 7, 2011. She was the creator and owner of Our Crafts 4 U. She had been sewing and creating crafts and dolls for over 40 years. Judy had received various awards from the Maryland State Fair and numerous other community recognition awards. Our Crafts 4 U, was created in 2001 after...

Nina Mae Hester Griggs

Nina Mae Hester Griggs

Dec 6, 2011

Nina Mae Hester Griggs, 79 years young, passed away December 4, 2011 at her home in Decatur, GA. She was born in Red Bay, AL, to the late Lother and Carrie Hester. She graduated from Auburn University and married Robert Brooks Griggs of Lagrange, GA in 1955. Nina worked for Firestone in Glendale, CA, then practiced homemaking and graduated to...

Jack E. Morgan, Sr.

Jack E. Morgan, Sr.

Dec 6, 2011

Jack E. Morgan, Sr. was born to Ethel Morgan and John Irby Morgan on January 19, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan. He passed away on Monday, December 6, 2011. Jack's early life was spent in Detroit where his fond memories included the fitness metals he won in grade school and his music appreciation that began when he learned to play the...

Sonya Sells Withers

Sonya Sells Withers

Dec 6, 2011

Sonya Sells Withers, age 78, died peacefully Tuesday morning, December 6, 2011. She was born in Del Rio, Texas to Hattie Lewis Ellis and John Kenneth Sells on December 5, 1933. Because her father was in the military, her family lives a somewhat nomadic life as an "Army brat". However, she did spend her teenage years in Santa Fe, New...

Luis Bismark Mola-Avila

Luis Bismark Mola-Avila

Dec 6, 2011

Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Mary Louise Holloway

Mary Louise Holloway

Dec 5, 2011

Mary Louise Holloway, 86, passed away December 5th. Louise was born in Rome, GA and moved to Atlanta as a young girl. She attended Girls High School and Georgia State University. She was still active in her sorority, Delta Lambda. She was a member of the DeKalb Jaycets, serving as President in the 1950's. Long active in the Red Cross,...

Dr. John William Fristoe, Jr.

Dr. John William Fristoe, Jr.

Dec 5, 2011

Dr. John William Fristoe, Jr., age 92, of Decatur, GA died December 5, 2011. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ruth Conner Fristoe and four children, Katherine Fristoe Tronco and husband, Joe of Charlotte, NC, John William Fristoe, III, of Athens, GA, Elizabeth Fristoe Kibler and husband, Bud, of Columbia, SC and Thomas Conner Fristoe and wife,...

Dolores Stanton White

Dolores Stanton White

Dec 5, 2011

Dolores Stanton White died Monday, December 05, 2011. Born March 5, 1930 in Cordele, GA, Dolores lived in Stone Mountain since 1969. She was the controller for International Marketing and Management based out of Denver, CO and retired in 1990 after 37 years of service. She was a loyal member of Avondale Estates First Baptist Church, where she and her...

Virginia Collar Clark

Virginia Collar Clark

Dec 4, 2011

Virginia Collar Clark died peacefully at home on Sunday, December 4, 2011 after a long illness. She was born in Austell, GA, was a long time resident of the Druid Hills area of Atlanta, and moved to Talmage Terrace in Athens, Georgia in 2000. She was the daughter of Virginia F. and William F. Collar, Sr. She was predeceased by...

Maj. Ronald Greene, S. A.

Maj. Ronald Greene, S. A.

Dec 3, 2011

Major Ronald Greene of The Salvation Army, 81, of Clearwater, FL, died on Saturday, December 3, 2011. He was a member of The Salvation Army Clearwater, Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and served in the USMC during WWII. Major Greene is survived by his wife Doris of 59 years; Children Donna (John) Jackson of Palm Harbor, FL; Ronald...

Peter Russell King

Peter Russell King

Dec 3, 2011

Peter Russell King, age 66, died December 3, 2011 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home. Peter died from complications of lung cancer. He fought cancer with determination, courage and humor, never losing his sense of humor and his zest for life. Peter was born in Hinsdale Illinois. He graduated from Bellhaven College. He was preceded in death by his...

James Conrad (Jim) Platt, Iii

James Conrad (Jim) Platt, Iii

Dec 2, 2011

Mr. James Conrad "Jim" Platt III, 63, of Sarasota, FL passed away on Friday December 2, 2011. Jim was born in Atlanta, GA to James Conrad Platt Jr. and Myra Warren Platt. He graduated from Darlington School, Rome, GA in 1966 and West Georgia College, Carrolton, GA in 1972. He was the owner of Healthy Living, a health food store...

John Carl Vining

John Carl Vining

Dec 2, 2011

John Carl Vining, 94, of Woodstock, Ga, previously of Decatur, GA died on Friday December 2, 2011. He was born on July 9, 1917 to John Chester and Annie Wicks Vining in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from Commercial High School in 1937 and went to work as a civil service clerk until the outbreak of WWII. In March of 1942...

Augustus Currie Monroe

Augustus Currie Monroe

Dec 1, 2011

Augustus Currie Monroe, who served his country and his community as a civil engineer, died Dec. 1. He was 93. Mr. Monroe was born in Eagle Springs, North Carolina, in 1918, to Fullar Monroe and Nina Currie Monroe. After graduating from West End High School, Mr. Monroe attended Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton NC, now part of St. Andrews College...

Richard Tyler Reynolds

Richard Tyler Reynolds

Nov 30, 2011

Richard Tyler Reynolds, 57, of Scottdale, Georgia died early Wednesday morning of complications from prostate cancer in Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Reynolds was a native of Gadsden, Alabama, the son of Helen Slade Reynolds, and the late Tony L. Reynolds. He was the grandson of the late John Gordon Slade and Mary Alma Barfield Slade; and Tony Reynolds and...