Obituaries
Alexander D. (Al) King
Feb 6, 2009
Alexander (AL) D. King, 92, of Decatur passed away Friday, February 6, 2009. He served with the Corps of Engineers during World War II and was stationed in a map making unit in New Guinea in the South Pacific. His unit was responsible for mapping the various islands for the Marine Landings. After the war he returned to his beloved...
Margaret Fleming
Feb 6, 2009
Margaret Fleming, 86, of Decatur died Friday, February 6, 2009. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia F. Biggs and her husband Fred of Ashland City, TN; four grandchildren, Kaki Burd, Phil Anderson, Michael Anderson, Andy Anderson; eight great grandchildren; and several nieces. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, February 12th at Floral Hills Memory Gardens with...
Ronald L. Crowder
Feb 5, 2009
Ronald L. Crowder died Thursday, February 5, 2009. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Syd Cuningham of Clemmons, NC; nieces and nephews-in-law, Kellie and Mike Blizard and Kim and Billy Ridings, all of Clemmons, NC, four great nieces and two great nephews. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at...
Mary Whigham Harris
Feb 4, 2009
Mrs. Lavonia Whigham Harris of Decatur died Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 7, 2009 in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons with Mrs. Susan Rumble officiating. Interment Resthaven Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. at A. S. Turner & Sons.
Martha Mcclearen Mcdaniel
Feb 4, 2009
Martha M. McDaniel, devoted wife, loving mother, passed away on February 4, 2009. Born October 30, 1919 in Washington. GA. Married Horace E. McDaniel and moved to Clarkston, GA where they shared a wonderful life for 53 years. Mrs. McDaniel was employed as a secretary for Frigidaire Sales/Division of General Motors. She was an active member of The Clarkston United...
Samuel Spencer Swilling, Iii
Feb 4, 2009
Samuel “Sam” Spencer Swilling, III, jazz and blues music lover extraordinaire, and beloved son, brother, grandson, father, and grandfather, was suddenly called home to be with his Lord and Savior, on February 4, 2009. Sam was born November 13, 1957, in Atlanta GA, the city he loved so dearly, to Samuel Spencer Swilling, Jr. and Annelle Waller Swilling. His father...
John Stowe
Feb 3, 2009
John Stowe, teacher, linguist, healer and award-winning author, passed away February 3 at the age of 56. A native of Ambler, Pennsylvania, John lived in Atlanta since 1976, but his network of friends, family, clients, students and colleagues was global. At the time of his death, John was a lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University...
Jo Ann Smith Scanlon
Feb 3, 2009
Jo Ann Smith Scanlon of Atlanta died Tuesday, February 3, 2009. She was a free spirit, who loved people. She is survived by children, Tony Bruno, Donna and Melissa Henley; siblings, Alice Marion Taylor, Paul James Smith; nieces, Sandra Ward, Pam Smith McElroy; and nephews, Jim and George Wright. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, February 10th at 3...
Sophia Genevieve Langford
Feb 3, 2009
Sophia Genevieve Langford, age four, died Tuesday, February 3rd at her home in the loving arms of her parents. She is survived by her parents, Shirley and Wayne; her younger sister, Fiona; her grandparents, Jere and Wayne Langford, and Fe and Gary Simpkins, an unlimited, loving family and a community circling the globe which coalesced during her lengthy battle with...
Pete Mookas
Feb 3, 2009
Panagete (Pete) Mookas passed away on February 3, 2009, at his home in Atlanta, GA, with his family by his side. Pete was born on July 24th, 1932, in The Bronx, N. Y. His parents were Greek immigrants and he was very proud of his heritage. Known to most as, ‘Pete the Greek’. Pete lived in Atlanta for the past...
Olive Hudgins Cudd
Feb 2, 2009
Betty H. Cudd, 83, of Decatur passed away Monday, February 2, 2009. She was a homemaker and a beautician and a very active member of Avondale Estates First Baptist Church , helping in the food pantry, The Golden Age Club, Saints Alive Choir and WOW. She was preceded in death by a loving and devoted husband, Charles B. Cudd, Jr.;...
Mary Sue Cunningham Alley
Feb 1, 2009
Mary Sue Cunningham Alley, age 81, died on Sunday, February 1, 2009. Born in Bristol, Virginia, Mary Sue, better known as “Suzie” lived the majority of her life in Tucker, GA. She enjoyed her family and friends and especially playing bridge. Suzie was a member of Embry Hills United Methodist Church, and an active member of Atlanta Northlake Elks Auxiliary,...
Marjory Hinton Beard
Feb 1, 2009
Marjory H. Beard, of Decatur died Sunday, February 1, 2009. She served as an officer in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Mrs. Beard was a surgical nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital for 30 years. She attended Lakeview Baptist Church and was a master quilter. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edwin Beard, Sr. and...
Joann Dodson Scott
Jan 30, 2009
JoAnn Dodson Scott, died unexpectedly at her home on January 29, 2009. Born in Atlanta, she graduated from Decatur High School and attended Georgia State University. JoAnn married Charles Scott at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer June 14, 1957. They traveled the world, and had recently returned from a wonderful Hawaiian Vacation. JoAnn loved to garden, was active in...
Ruth Rowland Thomas
Jan 30, 2009
Ruth Rowland Thomas, 87, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away gently on January 30, 2009. She was the youngest daughter of the late Zeb and Dora Rowland, of Fayette, Alabama. She was pre-deceased by her husband and soul mate of 31 years, Roy Thomas. Her family includes her daughter, Lizanne Thomas and son-in-law, David Black; and grandsons, Roger and Riley Black,...
Elizabeth Catherine Johnson
Jan 29, 2009
Elizabeth Catherine Johnson of Covington passed away January 29, 2009. She is
survived by her son Ralph and Adaya Hawkins, daughter Andrea Joy Cox, ten
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter Rosalin Williams and son Lamont Hawkins. A graveside service will be held Saturday, January 31, 2008 at 2pm at Bay Creek Cemetery in Loganville, Georgia. ...
Lois Benton Carney
Jan 29, 2009
Mrs. Lois Benton Carney of Pomfret, CT, formerly of Lilburn, died Thursday, January 29, 2009. Mrs. Carney retired from Advertising Specialties in Decatur. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Walter Carney. She is survived by her son & daughter-in-law, Raymond P. and Elizabeth Carney of N. Franklin, CT; brother, Robert C. Benton of Steinhatchee, FL; and grandchildren,...
Pauline Gelep Dale
Jan 27, 2009
Pauline G. Dale, age 80, loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully January 27, 2009 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was born and raised in Fitchburg, MA June 2, 1928. She moved to Atlanta in 1951 as a stewardess for Eastern Airlines where she was introduced to her future husband, Frank, by Eastern’s physician and close family friend,...
John Bradford Gardner
Jan 27, 2009
John Bradford (“Brad”) Gardner, 88, passed away on Tuesday, January 27. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Olive Gardner, and his wife of fifty years, Helen Quinn Gardner, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Brad was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He earned an undergraduate degree from Boston University and, later, two masters degrees. ...
Rev. Dr. Gerhard Linz
Jan 27, 2009
Gerry Linz was a man of many interests and talents, both vocational and avocational. He was an electrical engineer, Episcopal priest, psychologist, instructor, cryptographer and fisherman. He touched many lives during his lifetime. The Rev. Dr. Gerhard David Linz, of Decatur, departed this life peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the age of 82. He was...
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