Deborah Atchison Hatley (“Debi”), passed away at her home in Mobile, Alabama on November 25, 2023. Debi was born to Roy Ralph Atchison and Joyce McKenna Atchison on May 12, 1950. After graduating from Vigor High School, she obtained a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree at the University of South Alabama, where she was a member of Phi Mu sorority and met her husband, Tony Hatley. As a young woman, Debi loved traveling to places like Aruba, Italy, and Austria; she enjoyed sailing with Tony on his catamaran; and she had the honor of representing the Mystics of Time Carnival Association as their queen.
Debi was always taking care of those around her. She became a social worker for the Department of Pensions and Security and, later, in perhaps her most challenging role, she became the mother of two children, Julia and Matt. As a mother, Debi could not have been more loving. She always put her family first, but she also never met a stranger. Her family will always remember her incredible charm, her beautiful smile, her warm sense of humor, and her quick wit.
Debi is survived by her loving husband, Tony; her children, Julia Hatley Fleming (Wade), and Matthew Hatley; her brother, Tony Atchison (Sylvia); and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and other close family and friends. She is preceded in death by her mother, her father, and her sister, Cynthia Julia Welch.
May 12, 1950 - November 25, 2023
Please join us in celebrating her life on Thursday afternoon, November 29, 2023, at the Mausoleum Chapel at Mobile Memorial Gardens, 6040 Three Notch Rd., Mobile, AL 36619. Guests are invited to join the procession in the parking lot at Mobile Memorial Gardens before it leaves at 2 PM for the Mausoleum Chapel onsite.
