Obituaries
Brian Hoke Baker, Sr.
Mar 9, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Cathy Lou Barfield Holcombe
Mar 8, 2011
Cathy Lou Barfield Holcombe passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Hospice Atlanta after a long courageous battle with breast cancer. Cathy was born October 24, 1959, to James and Sue Barfield. She grew up in Hapeville, graduated from Georgia State with a Bachelor Degree in Economics. Cathy was a long term Vice President of Sun Trust Bank. Cathy...
Jane Firmin Saliers
Mar 7, 2011
Jane Firmin Saliers died peacefully on Saturday, March 5, 2011 following a lengthy struggle with frontal lobe dementia. She was born in Findlay, Ohio, June 5, 1937, the only daughter of Charles and Eloise Firmin, now deceased. After graduating from Findlay High School, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, majoring in French and English literature, graduating in 1959....
Martha Brumfield Fortenberry
Mar 7, 2011
Martha "Claudia" Brumfield Fortenberry embodied the image of a Steel Magnolia. As a child growing up on a Mississippi farm she stood on a box to make the family's morning biscuits, tended fields alongside her seven brothers and sisters, made soap, churned butter, put up food for the winter, knitted, quilted, and by necessity lived the farm-to-table lifestyle that is...
Marguerite Sims Goldsmith
Mar 6, 2011
Marguerite Sims Goldsmith, 89, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Marguerite was born on May 5, 1921 in Lawrenceville, GA where she lived with her parents the late Mary Beulah Sims and Henry Hill Sims and 10 brothers and sisters. Marguerite was married to Jim Goldsmith in 1946 and had three children whom she dearly loved, Elizabeth (Betty), Jim...
Anne Hosie Golden
Mar 6, 2011
Anne Hosie Golden, 76, recently of Alpharetta, Georgia and formerly of Belmont, Massachusetts and Eugene, Oregon, died on March 6, 2011. Mrs. Golden, daughter of the late James and Katherine Hosie, was predeceased in death by her sister Sally O'Neal. Mrs. Golden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, before moving to Belmont, Massachusetts where she lived until marrying Patrick Golden in...
Kathleen Helen Adams
Mar 6, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Sarah Lee (Nana) Davis
Mar 6, 2011
Mrs. Sarah Lee (Nana) Davis died Sunday, March 6, 2011. She was preceded in death by her son, David I. (Sonny) Davis. Sarah was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Lilburn, a resident of Lilburn and an active member of Tiny Stitches. She was born July 11, 1927 in Carnesville, GA in the Red Hill Community of Franklin County....
Marion Deshaun Jones
Mar 5, 2011
Mr. Marion Deshaun Jones, age 34, of Stone Mountain, GA died March 5, 2011. He was preceded in death by his father, Rexal Stephens. He is survived by his wife, Lena Jones; mother, Vallerie Allen; sister, Latoya Allen; brother, Andre Allen; 4 nephews; and 1 niece. The memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, March 12, 2011 in the...
Lucy Allen Dohn
Mar 5, 2011
Mrs. Lucy Allen Dohn of Atlanta, GA passed away on March 5, 2011. Mrs. Dohn, a native Georgian was born in October of 1924 in the town of Hoschton. She was the daughter of the late Dr. & Mrs. L. C. Allen. She graduated from the University of Georgia where she met her husband of 57 years, Philip H. Dohn,...
Bernie Norris Granger
Mar 5, 2011
Bernie Norris Granger passed away peacefully on March 5, 2011. She lived an extraordinary life of almost 98 years as she outlived her twelve brothers and sisters, and she was one of the three sets of twins in her family. Bernie was the daughter of Bernie and Henry Norris of Emanuel County where she was born on April 6, 1913....
Hoyt David Sweetin, Jr.
Mar 5, 2011
Mr. Hoyt David Sweetin, Jr. of Tucker, GA died March 5, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Gloria Jernigan Sweetin. Mr. Sweetin was employed by Plantation Pipe Line Company for 42 years. He is survived by his daughter, Karen & David Roth; son, Gary & Willa Sweetin; and grandchildren, Melissa Roth, Lindsay Bergener, &...
Allan E. Carter
Mar 5, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Kevin Hunter
Mar 4, 2011
Mr. Kevin Hunter of Ellenwood, GA died Friday, March 4, 2011. He was 55. Mr. Hunter, a long-time employee of DeKalb County, grew up in Memphis, Tenn. He graduated from Carver High School in 1973, and then went on to attend Tennessee State University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in science in 1982. A civil engineer by trade,...
Anne B. Winter
Mar 4, 2011
Anne B. Winter, 83, of Snellville, died March 4, 2011. She was a charter member and first pianist of Belvedere United Methodist Church where she attended for over 60 years. She also served as pianist for the Crusaders Sunday School Class for over 50 years. Anne was born April 10, 1927 to Wayland Tyree and Victorine C. Burgess. She was...
Col. Richard D. Mcfarland
Mar 4, 2011
Colonel Richard D. McFarland, U.S. Army retired, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on his 90th birthday, March 4, 2011. Born in Akron, Ohio, he graduated from Ellet High School in 1940, a star athlete and class leader. Soon after the declaration of World War II, he entered the U.S. Army graduating from Officer’s Candidate School at Ft Benning, GA, as...
Rebecca Helen Benz
Mar 3, 2011
Rebecca Helen Benz, 43, of Lula, Ga. Survived by mother, Peggy (Don) Benz Rawlins; siblings Steve (Cindy) Benz, Kathy (David) Vollaro, John (Donna) Benz, Joshua (Kashuna) Benz; nieces Julie Benz, Bethany Benz, and Miracle Benz, and nephew Malachi Benz. Private burial on Friday. Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Luther Herman Chambers
Mar 2, 2011
Luther Herman Chambers, of Decatur, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011. He was a member of Scott Boulevard Baptist Church for over 50 years, where he was a deacon and loyal servant to Jesus Christ. Luther was born in 1921 in Gainesville, Georgia, as an only child to the late Effie Chapman and Guy Chambers. When he was two years...
Edna I. Brown
Mar 1, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
Robert L. Froelich
Feb 28, 2011
Mr. Robert L. Froelich, age 85, of Decatur, GA died on Monday, February 28, 2011. He was born May 13, 1925 in Detroit, MI. He joined the US Navy in 1942 and served in the South Pacific during WWII on board the light cruiser St. Louis, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, and the USS Lexington. He was a member of...
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