Obituaries

William Keith Jernigan, 1St. Lt. Us Army
Nov 24, 2008
1st Lt. William Keith Jernigan, 35, beloved son of Bill and Toni Bishop Jernigan of Doraville, GA and beloved brother of Wade Jernigan of Arlington, VA passed away Monday, November 24th while serving in the US Army stationed in Baquba, Iraq. Lt. Jernigan was born November 16, 1972, in Atlanta. He attended DeKalb County Oak Grove and Evansdale Elementary Schools...

John Mecaslin Burke
Nov 24, 2008
Mr. John Mecaslin Burke of Decatur died Monday, November 24, 2008. He served his country during World War II with the U. S. Army. He was the retired owner of Atlanta Mailing and Printing Co. with over 40 years of service. Mr. Burke was a 30 year member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and a member of the choir....

Leland Ashley Moore
Nov 23, 2008
Leland Ashley Moore of Doraville, Georgia passed away at Emory Hospital on Sunday, November 23, 2008. He was born in Register, Georgia into a family of 13 children. He proudly served his country over five years in the Signal Corps in North Africa and Italy during World War II. After his military service, he attended the University of Georgia and...

Charles Thompson
Nov 22, 2008
Charles S. “Sam” Thompson passed peacefully on November 22, 2008 at home among his family. Sam was born March 30, 1927 in College Park, GA to Homer and Flora Mae Thompson, raised in Luthersville, GA and lived in Atlanta and Tucker, GA. He was preceded in death by a brother Homer Thompson, Jr. and survived by his loving wife of...

Hazel Evelyn Terry
Nov 22, 2008
H. Evelyn Terry passed away peacefully at home with family Saturday, November 22, 2008. Memorial services will be held Monday, November 24th at 1:00 P.M. at A. S. Turner & Sons with viewing from 11:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. She was survived by two sisters, Dorothy Terry and Nell Maxey; several nieces and nephews. The nephews will serve as pallbearers. ...

Joe Travis Dye
Nov 21, 2008
Following declining health for several years, Joe Travis Dye, age 82, passed peacefully from natural causes on Friday, November 21, 2008, in Atlanta, GA. A long time Atlanta resident, Mr. Dye was born in Elberton, GA, in 1925. He served honorably in the Pacific with the U. S. Navy during World War II, and graduated from the University of Georgia...
Wynne S. Christensen
Nov 21, 2008
Wynne S. Christensen, age 76, passed away Friday, November 21, 2008, at Wesley Woods. She was born on February 11, 1932, in Missoula, Montana, daughter of the late Colonel Viggo and Marian B. Christensen. The U. S. Forest Service transferred them from Montana to Atlanta, GA, in 1934. After graduating from Druid Hills High School and a business school, she...

Annie Frances Barton Stansell
Nov 21, 2008
Frances Barton Stansell, age 86, of Atlanta, GA, entered the Church Trimphant on November 21, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Robert W. Stansell, Sr. Mrs. Stansell was a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother. Gentle, loving, and generous in spirit, she was a blessing to all who knew her. Intelligent and tenacious...
Sylvia Winslett Horan
Nov 21, 2008
Sylvia Winslett Horan, formerly of Clarkston, GA, died Friday, November 21, at her home in Missouri City, TX. She was born July 26, 1947, to W. J. and Jeanette Winslett. Sylvia was a graduate of Clarkston High School and Emory University, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. She was preceded in death by her father. Sylvia is...

Mildred Hammack Cavette
Nov 20, 2008
Mrs. Neil Cavette (Mildred) of Avondale Estates died Thursday, November 20th in her home. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Neil M. (Hawk) Cavette on November 17, 1998 and her daughter, Donna C. MacConnel1 on May 24, 1999. Mildred was born November 28, 1920 in Washington, D.C. to Gertrude and Ira Hammack but spent most...

William Calvin Weeks, Jr.
Nov 19, 2008
William Calvin Weeks, Jr. of Decatur died Wednesday, November 19 at the age of 90. He was born March 31, 1918 in the family home on Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Weeks attended Savannah High and Tech High Schools. He received a degree in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech. A member of the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame, he...

Mildred Westlund Montgomery
Nov 19, 2008
Mrs. Mildred Westlund Montgomery, age 90, of Decatur, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. She was the oldest child of Marie Alina ("Lena”) Williams Westlund and John Westlund, Finnish immigrants who settled in Bakersfield, California. Mrs. Montgomery worked for Pacific Bell Telephone during World War II in San Francisco, where she met her husband, Spencer Virgil Montgomery. While...

Kate Wiggins
Nov 19, 2008
Kate Wiggins, 80, a longtime resident of Decatur died Wednesday, November 19, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Morris V. “Moe” Wiggins. Surviving her are her daughter, Donna Camp; two grandsons, Phillip Todd Camp and Brian Lee Camp; great granddaughter, Timber Groover; one sister, Elaine Harwell; and nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be...

Mrs. Frances M. Jobson Eastall
Nov 18, 2008
Mrs. Frances M. Jobson Eastall, 74, of Lilburn, GA died November 18, 2008 after an extended illness. Mrs. Eastall, a native of Anniston, AL, graduated from Oxford High School and Jacksonville State University, both in Alabama. She lived in Stone Mountain, GA and was an active member of Briarlake Baptist Church in Decatur, GA where she taught pre-school Sunday School...
Agnes M. Mulvihill
Nov 18, 2008
The funeral for Agnes M. Mulvihill will be held at 12:30 p.m. on November 25, 2008 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Briarcliff Rd., NE, Atlanta. The Rosary and visitation will be at 12 noon on this day. Agnes died on November 18, 2008 at the age of eighty seven years old. She was a member of the Immaculate...
Larry Lee Mcmichael
Nov 18, 2008
Larry Lee McMichael, an Atlanta native and son of Lee and Benjamin McMichael, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning November 19, 2008 at Emory University Hospital, where he was born 59 years earlier, May 26, 1949. A Vanderbilt University graduate, Larry viewed life as an on-going opportunity to explore and master far-ranging interests. As a fledgling oenophile, he began working at a...

Lillian Mccain Bruin
Nov 17, 2008
Mrs. Lillian McCain Bruin passed away peacefully at her home in Decatur on Monday, November 17, 2008. She was originally from Sanford, NC and was preceded in death by her husband, Nicholas William Bruin, Sr. She was a member of Peachtree Christian Church. Lillian is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Helena and Len Perry of Cincinnati, OH, Cathy and...

Ferry W. Rhodes
Nov 17, 2008
Mr. Ferry W. Rhodes, 57, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, died November 17, 2008, after a short battle with cancer. Born in Savannah, he was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Mary Rhodes. A graduate of Stone Mountain High School and the University of Georgia, he was President of George A. Teck Machine Tool Company. An avid golfer, he...

Lorry Eugene Moser
Nov 17, 2008
Mr. Lorry Eugene Moser went to Heaven on Monday, November 17, 2008. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 9, 1913, the son of Walter A. and Gertrude B. Moser. He attended the University of Utah and graduated in 1938 with a degree in Engineering. Aviation was just growing to an important role in transportation and he...

Betty Mccollum Foster
Nov 16, 2008
Mrs. Betty Foster, an Atlanta native, died Sunday, November 16, 2008. She is survived by her husband, Hal; daughters, Cappi Arneson of Tucker, GA and Alisha Foster of Albuquerque, NM; son, Patrick Foster of Decatur, GA; mother, Elizabeth Hutcheson of Dunwoody, GA; sister Gail Crommelin of Dunwoody, GA; and granddaughters, Sophia Fox Foster, Penelope Jane Foster, Reagan Elizabeth Arneson, Morgan...
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