Obituaries

Lilyc Bee-Jin Lau

Lilyc Bee-Jin Lau

Dec 4, 2020

Lilyc Bee-Jin (Lee) Lau was called to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on 4 Dec 2020 at age 87. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Rev Kuok Ding Lau. Lilyc was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, as the eldest of 7 children, 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Her sisters are Bee Im Lee, Bee Yong...

Ruth Warren Symington

Ruth Warren Symington

Dec 4, 2020

Ruth Warren Symington died peacefully at her home in Atlanta, GA on December 4, 2020. She was born at Fort Sheridan in Lake Forest, Il and was the youngest of four children – June, John, Bill, and Ruth. Her parents were Colonel and Mrs. John Wesley Warren, USAF. Ruth grew up on various Air Force bases as her father was...

Willy Dean Bagwell

Willy Dean Bagwell

Dec 4, 2020

BAGWELL, Willy “Dean”, 85, recently of Decatur GA, died Friday, December 4, 2020. He was born in 1935 to the late Robert L. Bagwell and Ivoris M. Bagwell in Fayette County Alabama. A strong provider for his family, he worked as a tile setter for over 50 years and was a member of the Brick Layers Union. He was known...

Maryjean Voegtlin

Maryjean Voegtlin

Nov 29, 2020

Let us celebrate the life of MaryJean Childress Voegtlin, beloved daughter of Ted and Colleen Childress, elder sister of Sherri Anne [Childress], and beloved mother of two children, Stewart and MaryBeth Withers (Voegtlin). MaryJean’s many interests found ways into her work, first as a real estate agent, then as an interior decorator, and finally as a careful and curious genealogist...

Justice George H. Carley, Sr.

Justice George H. Carley, Sr.

Nov 26, 2020

Justice George Holmes Carley, Sr. of Decatur, GA passed away on November 26, 2020. He died 34 years to the day after his father and will be buried next to his parents at Decatur Cemetery. Justice Carley was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1938, the only child of George L. Carley Jr. and Dorothy Holmes Carley. His family moved to...

Pat Minor

Pat Minor

Nov 26, 2020

Pat Minor of Decatur, Georgia was 86 years old when she passed away on November 26, 2020. She was the daughter of “Miss Aut” and Luther Shore and grew up in Baldwin, Georgia. She graduated from North Georgia College and while at Grady Memorial School of Medical Technology met Dr. Don Minor. They were married and spent the next 58...

Randall Joseph Smith

Randall Joseph Smith

Nov 26, 2020

Randall “Randy” Joseph Smith of Atlanta, Ga. passed away on November 26, 2020 from Lewy Body Dementia. Randy grew up in Lansing, MI, attended Union H.S. in New Jersey and earned a Marketing degree at Central Connecticut State College. He worked 37 years in the paint business with Sanders Paint, Porter Paint, DeVoe & Raynolds, ICI Dulux & Benjamin Moore...

William Crosby Galvin

William Crosby Galvin

Nov 25, 2020

William Crosby “Bill” Galvin, DDS, 75, passed away peacefully at his John’s Creek home on November 25, 2020. Bill was born on June 1, 1945 to Dr. William and Alberta Galvin in the Presidential Suite of the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulfur Springs, WV. After WWII, his family moved to Atlanta, where his Dad was an Anesthesiologist at Emory University...

Polly Joan Fain

Polly Joan Fain

Nov 22, 2020

Polly "Joann" Fain, age 90, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 22, 2020. Joann was born May 21, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia. She married her fast friend and lifetime love of 62 years, Joe Wheeler Fain, who preceded her in death in 2010. Joann was an active member of Rehoboth Baptist Church for over 50 years and she was very involved...

Margrit Nash

Margrit Nash

Nov 21, 2020

Margrit W. Nash, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020, at the age of 83. Margrit was born in Hamburg, Germany, on September 5, 1937. She attended school in Germany and in Belgium. After competing her university studies, she met and married John Nash, an Englishman, and moved with him first to London, then later to Atlanta...

James Rawls Ivey

James Rawls Ivey

Nov 21, 2020

James Rawls Ivey, Jr., age 98 of Atlanta passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020. Jim was preceded in death by his father and mother, James and Pauline Ivey, his parents in-law Frank and Bertie Lou Jones, and his brothers, Kenneth and Tom. Jim is survived by his wife of almost 72 years, Charlotte Jones Ivey; his children Elaine and her...

David Daniel Greene

David Daniel Greene

Nov 21, 2020

Mr. David Daniel Greene Jr. of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away on November 21, 2020. David was reared in Jacksonville, Florida. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. He then attended the University of Florida where he was pledged to Phi Delta Theta. Mr. Greene was retired from NCR Corporation. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Hudgins Greene,...

Bonnie Jean Lowery

Bonnie Jean Lowery

Nov 18, 2020

Bonnie Jean Erwin Lowery (aka Sugar) age 64 of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on Wednesday November 18, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband Jeff Lowery and her parents, Clara Belle Erwin and Robert G. Erwin. She is survived by brothers and sisters-in-law Robert and Malinda Erwin of Commerce, GA, Van and Millie Erwin of Sandy Springs,...

Joyce Martin

Joyce Martin

Nov 16, 2020

Joyce Ruus Martin passed away after a brief illness on Monday, November 16, 2020. She was preceded in death by her only sibling, Edwin Ruus, and her granddaughter Krista Marie Springs. Born in Charleston, SC on January 21, 1933, she was the product of strong German Lutheran roots. Her parents, Edwin Ruus and Lucille Buck Ruus, were second generation German...

Elizabeth "Betty" Allen

Elizabeth "Betty" Allen

Nov 14, 2020

Elizabeth Sanders Allen, 90, wife of Hiram C. Allen III, passed away peacefully at home on November 14, 2020. Betty grew up in Culloden, GA, graduating from Mary Persons High School then attending GSCW and Georgia Business College for business skills. She was a secretary for McCampbell and Company when she met and then married Hikie Allen. They have been...

John William Poe Ii

John William Poe Ii

Nov 14, 2020

It is with great sadness that we announce that John William Poe II, a loving son, brother, and uncle, passed away on November 14, 2020. He was 16 years old and was a sophomore at Decatur High School in Decatur, GA. John was born on December 12, 2003 in Columbus, OH. Visitation services will be held Friday, November 20, 2020...

Carol Diane Neese

Carol Diane Neese

Nov 12, 2020

Carol Diane Neese, age 80, of Decatur, passed away Nov. 12, 2020. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, her parents were Henry Edward DeVincent and Mildred Alice (Moran) DeVincent. She was the first child of ten siblings. She moved to Decatur in 1967 with her first husband Michael Spinks. Mr. Spinks died in 1999. She later married Samuel G Neese. Carol Neese...

Mary Beverlyn Harris Stewart

Mary Beverlyn Harris Stewart

Nov 11, 2020

Services will live streamed on A.S. Turner and Sons Facebook page. (Mary) Beverlyn Harris was born in Griffin, GA in August of 1927 to Henry Chester Harris, a dairy farmer and Leona Marcelene Gillespie Harris, a school teacher. She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings Janelle Harrris, who died as an infant, Anice Swofford, and Hilton Harris...