Obituaries

Jerry L. Benefield

Jerry L. Benefield

Sep 4, 2005

Jerry L. Benefield, 58, of Tucker, GA died Sunday, September 4, 2005. Services will be held in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 7th with Rev. James Gunderman, Jr. officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in the College Park Cemetery in College Park, GA. Mr. Benefield was a mortgage banker who for...

Florence S. Ratterree

Florence S. Ratterree

Sep 3, 2005

Mrs. Florence S. Ratterree of Decatur died Saturday, September 3, 2005.  She was a life long resident of DeKalb County.  Mrs. Ratterree retired from Southland Corporation. She is survived by her husband, George Ratterree; daughter, Cynthia Ratterree, both of Decatur; brother, Raymond Shrader of Oxford, GA; one grandchild; and two great grandchildren.  Memorial services will be held Wednesday, September 7th...

Carolyn Kilmer Trotter

Carolyn Kilmer Trotter

Sep 3, 2005

Mrs. Carolyn Kilmer Trotter died Saturday, September 3, 2005.  She was born in Millbury, Massachusetts and graduated from Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing in 1950.  She moved to Atlanta, GA in 1951.  Carolyn is survived by her husband, Dr. John F. Trotter of Atlanta, GA; her children, J. Scott Trotter of West Memphis, AR, Martha C. Guerra of Atlanta,...

Dorothy Louise Collier

Dorothy Louise Collier

Sep 3, 2005

Mrs. Dorothy Louise Collier of Atlanta died Saturday, September 3, 2005.  She was employed with the Veterans Administration Hospital for many years.  Mrs. Collier is survived by her devoted son, David Collier of Atlanta; daughters, Carol Gilbert of Norcross, Linda Hines of Alpharetta; brother, Jack Peteet of Griffin; loving daughter-in-law, Donata Collier of Dayton, OH; and seven grandchildren.  Graveside services...

Nona Early Randall

Nona Early Randall

Sep 2, 2005

Mrs. Nona Early Randall, a native of Roswell, GA died Friday, September 2, 2005. She was a graduate of the Bell-Carroll School of Music with further study from the St. Louis Institute of Music. In the early days, she had a weekly radio program on WSB. She was an active piano teacher and served as President of the Decatur Music...

William Walker (Bill) Motley

William Walker (Bill) Motley

Sep 2, 2005

William Walker Motley-Musician and Educator-Bill Motley, Age 93, passed away peacefully September 1, 2005 at his residence in the Wesley Woods Towers in Atlanta, GA.. Mr. Motley was preceded in death by his loving wife of 69 years, Ellen L. Motley. He was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and moved with his family to Miami, Florida in the 1920's. He graduated...

Sara Elizabeth Mcburnett Climer

Sara Elizabeth Mcburnett Climer

Sep 2, 2005

Mrs. Sara Elizabeth McBurnett Climer, age 82, of Atlanta, GA died Friday, September 2, 2005.  She was preceded in death by her husband, of 52 years, Norman Turner Climer.   She is a member of the First Christian Church of Atlanta.  Mrs. Climer is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jeannie and Pete Adamson of Decatur; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and...

Pat Chappell

Pat Chappell

Sep 1, 2005

Mrs. Pat Chappell of Decatur died Thursday, September 1, 2005.  She retired in 1993 as an executive assistant with Georgia Federal Bank.  She is survived by her mother, Arabelle (Mom) Poole of Decatur; daughter and son-in-law, Donna Chappell and Ed Roberts of Roswell; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Margaret Chappell of Woodstock; grandchildren, James Roberts, Angie Studstill, Carey McElroy, Christopher...

Sybil Cowart Frizzelle

Sybil Cowart Frizzelle

Sep 1, 2005

Mrs. Sybil Cowart Frizzelle, age 96, of Birmingham, Alabama, left this life for her Heavenly home on September 1, 2005. A native of Dalton, Georgia, she spent her childhood years in Marietta before moving to Decatur, Georgia, where she lived until moving to Birmingham in 1996. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Lee and Myra Green Cowart;...

Adeline Henderson Lenhardt Foster

Adeline Henderson Lenhardt Foster

Aug 31, 2005

Adeline Henderson Lenhardt Foster died Wednesday , August 31, 2005 at DeKalb Medical Center. Born in Toccoa, Georgia, September 12, 1916, she lived in Atlanta most of her life. She retired from C & S Bank in 1976. She was preceded in death by parents, Adeline Turner and Arthur Henderson, brother, Turner Henderson, daughter-in-law, Brenda Lenhardt, and husbands, Edwin Lenhardt...

Lollie Mae Puckett

Lollie Mae Puckett

Aug 31, 2005

Mrs. Lollie Mae Roberts Puckett of Redan Road, Stone Mountain, Georgia died Wednesday, August 31, 2005.  She was born in Hall County to William Marion Roberts and Fannie Cleo Kimbro Roberts.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Fred Puckett; son, Otis Etzil Puckett; and four brothers and six sisters.  She completed her cosmetology course in November 1966...

Eleanor Banks

Eleanor Banks

Aug 31, 2005

Mrs. Eleanor Banks, age 84, of Decatur died Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3rd , Rev. Tavye Morgan officiating. Interment Resthaven Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at A. S. Turner & Sons

Col. Paul H. Carpenter, Us Army Ret.

Col. Paul H. Carpenter, Us Army Ret.

Aug 30, 2005

Adeline Henderson Lenhardt Foster died Wednesday , August 31, 2005 at DeKalb Medical Center. Born in Toccoa, Georgia, September 12, 1916, she lived in Atlanta most of her life. She retired from C & S Bank in 1976. She was preceded in death by parents, Adeline Turner and Arthur Henderson, brother, Turner Henderson, daughter-in-law, Brenda Lenhardt, and husbands, Edwin Lenhardt...

Bertha Roberts Moseman

Bertha Roberts Moseman

Aug 30, 2005

Mrs. Bertha Roberts Moseman of Atlanta died Tuesday, August 30, 2005.  Mrs.Moseman was born in Lawrenceville, GA, the youngest of eight children.  Her parents died soon after her birth and she was raised by her Aunt Frances Waiter.She was educated in the public school system, she loved politics, was an avid reader and was raised in the Methodist Church.  She...

Paul H. Carpenter

Paul H. Carpenter

Aug 30, 2005

Lt. Col. Paul H. Carpenter, U. S. Army retired, of Clarkston, died Tuesday, August 30, 2005.  Lt. Col. Carpenter served in the Airborne during World War II in the Philippines.  After the war in 1947, he was stationed in Honshu, Japan, as a Technician 5th Grade.  Four years later in 1951, he was in Japan in the 187th Airborne Division.  ...

Frank M. Faso

Frank M. Faso

Aug 30, 2005

Mr. Frank M. Faso of Decatur died Tuesday, August 30, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Faso; daughter, Gale Montgomery of Dawsonville, GA; son, Mark Warren Faso of Decatur, GA; sister, Mary Delia of New Jersey; grandchildren, Michele Jones, Jeremy Weatherford; and great grandsons, Brandon Jones and Connor Jones. A funeral mass will be held 8 p.m....

Katherine Kilgore

Katherine Kilgore

Aug 29, 2005

Mrs. Katherine Kilgore of Decatur died peacefully on Monday, August 29, 2005 from the return of kidney cancer. Kay grew up in Atlanta and attended Druid Hills High School.  She went on to the University of Iowa where she majored in Speech and Radio. She was a wonderful mother and homemaker, a past President of the Briarpatch Garden Club, an...

Mary Stipe Eyles

Mary Stipe Eyles

Aug 29, 2005

Mary Stipe Eyles died on Monday, August 29, 2005, beloved by many. Mary was born Mary Steed Stipe on March 7, 1917 in Oxford, Georgia, the third child of John Gordon Stipe and Annie Zuleika Dillard.  Her father was at that time a professor of Spanish at Emory College.  The family moved to Atlanta in 1919 after Emory University was...

Evelyn Feckoury

Evelyn Feckoury

Aug 29, 2005

Evelyn Feckoury of Tucker died Monday, August 29, 2005.  She was a member of St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church.  During World War II, she worked for Bell Aircraft in Marietta.  Later as an entrepreneur, she was in the ice cream business, the travel business, and real estate.  She is survived by her brother, Mr. George Feckoury and his wife Grace...

Thomas W. Chandler

Thomas W. Chandler

Aug 29, 2005

Mr. Thomas W. Chandler of Birmingham, AL, formerly of Decatur, died Monday, August 29, 2005. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U. S. Army Signal Corps. He was a member of Avondale First Baptist Church and retired from General Motors - Lakewood. Mr. Chandler was preceded in death by his wife, Eva W. Chandler. He...