Obituaries

Clyde Wheeler Faulkner, Jr.
Apr 9, 2011
Clyde Wheeler Faulkner Jr. was born in Wake County, North Carolina, the only child of the Reverend Clyde Wheeler Faulkner Sr. and Hazel Wall Faulkner. He graduated from High Point College and the Duke University Divinity School, and received his PhD in Sociology from Emory University. He had a distinguished career as professor and administrator at Georgia State University, and...

Brenda E. Peters
Apr 8, 2011
Brenda E. Peters, passed away April 8, 2011, she is survived by 4 sons, 4 sisters, 2 brothers and 11 grandchildren. Services will be held Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 4:00 pm in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons, With Dr. Frank Crumpler officiating, the family will receive friends from 3:00pm till 4:00pm. A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home,...

Josephine C. Mitchell
Apr 8, 2011
Josephine C. Mitchell, 88 of Atlanta, died April 8, 2011. She was born to James Franklin Clark and Janie Dawson in Paulding County. She is survived by her husband of 65 years Kontz L. Mitchell; son Franklin Mitchell; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2:00PM Friday April 15, 2011 at Oak Grove United...

Lora Antoinette Tyson
Apr 6, 2011
Lora Hopkins Tyson, 90, of Decatur, died April 6, 2011. A native of Meriwether County, Mrs. Tyson was retired from Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, where she worked for over 40 years. She was a long time member of Scott Boulevard Baptist Church. Mrs. Tyson was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Tyson, and is survived by her...

John Thomas Williams
Apr 6, 2011
Mr. John Thomas Williams, 67, of Avondale Estates, GA died April 6, 2011.He is survived by his wife, Patricia "Pat" Williams; brother in law and his wife, Jack Donahoo (Bobbie); three nieces, Vicki Mabrey (Wayne), Kim Butler (Brit), Gina Erwin and 6 great nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, April 16, 2011 in...

Warren Roberts
Apr 5, 2011
Warren Lester Roberts was born August 4, 1920 in Red Oak, GA to Mack Lester Roberts and Frances W. Warren, now deceased. Warren was named for his Maternal Grandfather, Dr. William Allen Warren. His family moved several times during his early years to College Park, Augusta and Savannah, GA. During the Depression he lived for awhile in Tallassee, AL with...
Warren Lester Roberts
Apr 5, 2011
Warren Lester Roberts was born August 4, 1920 in Red Oak, GA to Mack Lester Roberts and Frances W. Warren, now deceased. Warren was named for his Maternal Grandfather, Dr. William Allen Warren. His family moved several times during his early years to College Park, Augusta and Savannah, GA. During the Depression he lived for awhile in Tallassee, AL with...

Hubert Buice
Apr 4, 2011
Hubert Buice, 94, went home to be with the Lord April 4, 2011. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle and friend. He is survived by his wife Doris Buice of 73 years, daughter Betty Glazener, granddaughter Stephanie Randall (George), grandsons Mark and Adam (Teresa) Glazener, great grandsons Andrew (Stephanie), Matthew and Christopher Randall and Dylan Glazener....

Harvey R. Burch
Apr 4, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Sara Frances Pickens
Apr 4, 2011
Mrs. Sara Frances Pickens, age 92 of Loganville passed away Monday, April 4, 2011. She was born in Redan, GA to the late Cleola E. New and Herman M. Blalock. Sara worked for many years for the DeKalb county schools in the cafeteria. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.T. (Tom) Pickens; son Donald and daughter Juanita. She...

Betty Jean Melton
Apr 4, 2011
Mrs. Betty Jean Melton, of Decatur, GA died Monday, April 4, 2011. She was born August 16, 1934 in Ringgold, GA to Charles Philip Greene and Mary Elizabeth Greene. She graduated from Druid Hills High School in Decatur, GA and was a long-time member of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church. A wonderful mother and loving wife, Mrs. Melton was preceded in death...

Leon Homer Mullins, Jr.
Apr 3, 2011
Leon Homer Mullins, Jr., of Decatur, died April 1, 2011. An Atlanta native, Mr. Mullins graduated from Tech High and attended Georgia Tech. He served his country in the U. S. Army Air Corps during WWII, where he flew combat missions all across Europe and northern Africa earning the Air Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal with Silver Star...

Agnes Morgan Akin
Apr 3, 2011
Mrs. Agnes Morgan Akin, 85 of Tucker died on April 3, 2011. The family will receive friends on Wednesday April 6, 2011 from 5:00PM-8:00PM at A.S. Turner and Sons. Funeral services will be held on Thursday April 7, 2011 at 11:00AM at Rehoboth Baptist Church with interment to follow at Floral Hills Memory Garden. A.S. Turner and Sons is in...
James Edward Brown
Apr 3, 2011
James Edward (Ed) Brown, age 82, died on Sunday, April 3rd in Atlanta, GA. Ed was born November 30, 1928 in East Orange, New Jersey. He was the youngest of three boys born to George F. and Margaret Mackay Brown. He served in the Korean Conflict from February 1951 to January 1953. He was assigned to the Army security agency....

Doris V. Hammond
Apr 2, 2011
Doris V. Hammond, 90, of Cordova, Tennessee passed away peacefully on April 2, 2011. Long time resident of Atlanta, GA and one of the oldest members of East Lake Baptist Church (Stone Mountain Baptist Church, Heritage Baptist Church) While living in Cordova, Tennessee, she was very active at Bellevue Baptist Church and was the Prayer Chairman of her Sunday School...

Wanda Rheuark Baker
Apr 1, 2011
Wanda Rheuark Baker knew the world. She lived in Africa, Taiwan and California in her childhood, as a member of a family that served the United States government, and she traveled as an adult to Europe and elsewhere. Friends valued her as a talented artist and performer with an enthusiastic passion for culture wherever she found it.Wanda was born January...

Barbara W. Shadix
Mar 31, 2011
Barbara W. Shadix, originally of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on March 31, 2011 after a long illness. She came to Atlanta in 1943 where she worked at various clerical jobs for many years. Much of her early adulthood was so lovingly and kindly devoted to caring for her son and only remaining relative, John Williams Shadix. Her death cannot still...

Dorothy Louise Tuttle
Mar 30, 2011
Dorothy Louise Tuttle (84) of Decatur, GA, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Earl J. Tuttle, Jr. She is survived by her 3 children, Bill Tuttle (Kimberly) of Gainesville, GA, Jeanne Schumaker (Wally) of Decatur, GA and Steve Tuttle (Anita) of Jackson, MS; 7 grandchildren, Rhys, Rebecca, Kurt,...

Joseph Daniel Ryder, Jr.
Mar 30, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033

Roland Joseph Albert Maclure
Mar 30, 2011
Funeral Home: A. S. Turner & Sons 2773 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
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