Obituaries

Adam Michael Mewherter
Nov 3, 2009
Adam Michael Mewherter, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009. He was born May 26, 1965 in Greensburg, PA. Adam was a 1983 graduate of Derry Area High School and a former trombonist in the United States Army Band. He graduated from the Georgia State University with a bachelor’s degree in music education and a master’s degree in...

Martha Quinn Cain
Nov 2, 2009
Mrs. Martha Quinn Cain of Covington and formerly of Phillips Towers in Decatur, died Monday November 2, 2009. She was a native Atlantan and a 1940 graduate of Rhinehart College. Mrs. Cain was a member of Decatur Heights Baptist Church and a longtime member of Grant Park Baptist Church. She was later a member of White Oak Hills Baptist Church....

Josephine Rosemarie Hutchinson
Nov 2, 2009
Mrs. Rosemarie J. Hutchinson, age 84, of Stone Mountain, GA died Monday, November 2, 2009. She is survived by her husband, Edward T. Hutchinson; daughters, Jane Watts and Linda Rader; and four grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P. M. Saturday, November 7, 2009 in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons with Dr. Frank H. Crumpler...
Carl Vernon Rauschenberg, Jr.
Nov 2, 2009
Carl Vernon Rauschenberg, Jr., died on November 2, 2009, of complications from gall bladder surgery at Emory University Hospital. He was born January 12, 1943, to Iris Kerlin Rauschenberg (deceased) and Carl Vernon Rauschenberg, Sr. Carl was a native Atlantan who grew up in the Druid Hills area and attended Druid Hills High School. He retired from practicing real estate...

Mary Hopper Helton
Nov 1, 2009
Mrs. Mary Rose Helton, age 70, of Decatur passed away November 1, 2009. She was a longtime member of the Crossroads Bible Church in Decatur. She was preceded in death by brother, Troy Hopper and is survived by her husband of 44 years, Hoyt Helton; daughter and son-in-law, Mary Carol and Percy Hurtado; grandchildren, Percy Hurtado III, Michael Hurtado, Andrew...

Mary Alverta "Bertie" Bond
Oct 31, 2009
Mary Alverta “Bertie” Bond, 77, of Decatur, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 31. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, in Gaines Chapel of Presser Hall on the campus of Agnes Scott College. A reception will follow in the Katharine Woltz Reception Room of Rebekah Scott Hall. A Virginia native, Ms. Bond graduated from Agnes Scott...
Carl William Kitchens
Oct 31, 2009
Mr. Carl William Kitchens, 83, of Atlanta, GA, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009. He was a graduate of Eastman High School, Eastman, Georgia. Mr. Kitchens graduated from Emory at Oxford in 1944 and received an appointment from the U. S. Congress to the Naval Academy. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. After his discharge,...

Emory J. Barker
Oct 29, 2009
Mr. Emory J. Barker, 73, of Decatur died Thursday, October 29, 2009. Surviving are his wife, Mary Alyce Barker; daughter, Charlotte Mathews; brothers, Reverend Russell Talmadge Barker, Luke Barker; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 PM at A. S. Turner & Sons with Reverend Ralph Easterwood officiating. Interment Haw Creek Baptist Church Yard,...

Nydia Glass
Oct 29, 2009
Nydia Glass, beloved mother and adored friend went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 29. She is survived by her son, William E. Glass; daughter Margie Glass-MacDonald; Grandchildren, Brian Glass, Allison Glass, Christopher Glass, Hannah Glass; and two siblings residing in Panama . A memorial service will be held in the Chapel at A.S. Turner and Sons on...

Marcia Fishman
Oct 29, 2009
Marcia Fishman of Atlanta died Thursday, October 29, 2009 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Ms. Fishman worked as an attorney for the Atlanta Public Schools and was a life long advocate for peace and justice. She is survived by her son, Paul Katzman of Atlanta; parents, Al and Marge Fishman of Detroit, MI; and brother, Dan Fishman of...

Lola A. Parker
Oct 28, 2009
Miss Lola Allene Parker, a resident of Avondale Estates since 1946, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009. She was a secretary for the Civil Service during World War II. A beautician by trade, Miss Parker had 2 shops in the Atlanta area and worked at Sharian, Inc. in Decatur for 25 years. She was of the Baptist faith. Miss Parker was...
Charles E. "Charlie" Grim
Oct 28, 2009
Charles Edward Grim, 91, passed away peacefully on October 28, 2009. He was born on June 12, 1918 in Brooklyn, N. Y., and raised in Summit, N.J. He graduated from New York University. He was employed by U. S. Steel, and then worked as a sales trainee for the Monroe Calculating Machine Company, all in New York City. Charles was...

Joe Frank Morrison
Oct 27, 2009
Mr. Joe Frank Morrison, of Tucker, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009. He was born November 25, 1918 to Winfield Scott and Katie Morrison. He was one of five children, which included two sets of twins. Joe loved playing sports of all kind, but had a particular love for tennis in his younger years and later moved to golf. He and...

Rosenda Olema Ramirez
Oct 27, 2009
Mrs. Rosenda Ramirez, age 101, of Atlanta died Tuesday, October 27, 2009. She is survived by her daughter, Odalina Ramirez; sons, Oscar Ramirez, Otilio Ramirez; grandchildren, Ofelia, Oscar, Marisel, Francisco, Orlando, Mari Cristina, and Osmundo; great grandchildren, Maggie, Enrique, Alejandro, Michelle, Orlando, Janelli, Jelacy; and great great grandchildren, Marileysis and Santos. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of...

Betty Jo Fallis
Oct 26, 2009
Betty Perry Fallis, of Tucker, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 26, from complications following surgery. Mrs. Fallis was born to Greer Perry and Della Croft Perry in Crested Butte, Colorado. She graduated from Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, earned a Bachelor’s degree from Arkansas State Teachers College (now the University of Central Arkansas), and obtained a Master’s...

Addie Mae Veatch
Oct 26, 2009
Mrs. Addie Mae Veatch of Stockbridge, formerly of Decatur, died Monday, October 26, 2009. She was a past member of Columbia Drive Baptist Church and a present member of the First Baptist church of Decatur. She loved mission work with her church and loved to sew, garden and cook. Mrs. Veatch was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother....
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