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B5 Dick Stout agreed to a life sentence for the woman who killed his wife and shot him in 1990. Dick Stout, forgave his wife's killer By KAY POWELL Nothing tested the kind and forgiving nature of Dick Stout more than the 1990 murder of his invalid wife by her nurse's aide. It was because of Mr. Stout's belief in redemption that he supported allowing the murderer to spend life in prison rather than being sentenced to death. Richard Arnold Stout, 94, of Powder Springs died of heart failure Sunday at Tranquility hospice.

The body was cremated. No service is planned. Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain, was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Stout and his wife of 42 years, Violet F.

Stout, had been assisted by Mary Susan Nash of Dallas for two months when he discovered she had forged checks on his account. Earlier, he had given the nurse's aide $350 for her daughter to make a school band trip to Washington and another $500 to keep her mother from being evicted. Even when he discovered the forgery, Mr. Stout made arrangements for the aide to repay the money. When she did not, he called his bank.

The aide shot him in the back and shot him again as he tried to call 911. As Mr. Stout pleaded for mercy, she got gasoline from the garage and set her patient's bedroom on fire, killing Mrs. Stout. Mr.

Stout used his Navy training to pull himself by his arms to safety. He could no longer ride the horses he had retired to his Cobb County ranch to enjoy. He had to get around with a walker, one bullet left near his spine. The nurse's aide pleaded guilty in return for a sentence of life plus 40 years, an agreement Mr. Stout supported.

"Confession of guilt is one of the first steps toward redemption," he told the court at sentencing. While hospitalized in critical condition, Mr. Stout decided to donate his 81-acre ranch to Cobb County as a park in his wife's memory, said Glen Henry of Mableton, his friend of 25 years. He arranged to live out his life on the ranch, which would become a park when he died. Mr.

Stout had enjoyed mending fences and exploring his property on horseback. Despite losing his hearing and eyesight, he took pleasure in the deer, creek and solitude. After the crime, he rebuilt the house, moved I back to the ranch and explored his property by tractor. "This is where I was happiest. This is where I feel closest to my wife," he said in a 1996 interview.

"I had to cure myself." Mr. Stout earmarked the proceeds from an out-of-court settlement with the nurse's aide's employer, American Home Health Care, to endow the park, said his trust manager, Christian Beyers of Woodstock. Mr. Stout also donated the park's development plan prepared by Mayes, Sudderth and Ethridge. Mr.

Stout was a Harvardeducated lawyer who worked for Hollywood movie studios before coming to Sandy Springs after World War II. For 25 years, he was executive director of Georgia Printing Industry Association. He played polo and hunted with Shakerag Hounds. In 1977, he retired to the ranch. As his body failed, his brilliant mind remained alert, said Mr.

Beyers, and his favorite books on tape topics were economics lectures and the great philosophers. "He was always a forgiving man, a good-hearted said Mr. Henry. There are no immediate survivors. OBITUARIES Our policy: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution strives to make this list a complete record of deaths in the metro area and of selected deaths elsewhere.

Please ask your funeral home or cremation society to call us at 404-526-5342, or fax us at 404- 526-7517. These listings are free. For a Family-Placed Death Notice, for which there is a charge, have your funeral home contact our advertising department at 404-526-5271. ON THE WEB: For more information about this topic: News obituaries at www.ajc.com; family-placed death notices at DEATHS AND Catholic Church; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. GWINNETT COUNTY EDNA MARY FLYNN VAN BUREN, 76, of Buford died Sunday.

The body was cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. today, Buford Presbyterian Church; Bill Head Funeral Home, Chapel. DANIEL HARRISON, 29, of Sugar Hill, a Fulton County native formerly of Snellville, died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

today, Flanigan Funeral Home. DARRELL LYON, 37, of Dacula died Saturday. Funeral plans will be announced by Wages Sons Funeral Home, Gwinnett Chapel. LINDA ANN HASWELL JONES, 49, of Lawrenceville died Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Bill Head Funeral Home, Duluth Chapel. DAN L. PHILLIPS 52, of Dacula, a native of Floyd County, died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Hebron Baptist Church; Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

DOROTHY G. ROLADER, 72, of Loganville died Sunday, Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ozora Baptist Church; Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel. HALL COUNTY JERRY PHILLIPS, 61, of Gainesville died Sunday.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Horis A. Ward, Stone Mountain Chapel. HENRY COUNTY CARMEN ELIZABETH HARDEN, 87, of Stockbridge died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

today, Horis A. Ward, Fairview Chapel, LOUISE MILFORD DEAN, 86, of Fairmount died Monday. Funeral plans will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home. GLADYS "BABE" DUFFE, 67, of Blairsville died Sunday, Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Cochran Funeral Home, Blairsville.

JOHN GRIER, 73, of Jackson died Thursday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Sims Russell Funeral Home. AGNES HEAD, 68, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday. Funeral plans will be announced by Sims Russell Funeral Home.

ONEL LITTLEFIELD, 80, of Commerce died Monday. The body was cremated. A private memorial service is planned; Little-Ward Funeral Home. MARY SUE SNIPES MOORE, 88, of Carnesville died Sunday. Funeral, 3 p.m.

today, Ginn Funeral Home. BARBARA SOMMERS MORROW, 70, of Big Canoe died Sunday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Big Canoe Chapel; Roper Funeral Home.

HENRY JOSEPH MUND, 88, of Blairsville died Saturday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. today, Union Memory Gardens; Cochran Funeral Home, Blairsville. ELLEN ELIZABETH LATTING ROGERS, 94, of Americus died Sunday, Graveside service, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Decaturville Cemetery, Decaturville, Greg Hancock Funeral Chapel, Americus.

VIRGINIA R. SANDERSON, 71, of Savannah died Monday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. THELMA TIDWELL, 80, of Eatonton died Sunday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Moreland United Methodist Church; McKoon Funeral Home. SEALS L. WATSON, 76, of Rome died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

today, West Rome Christian Church; Jennings Funeral Home. ELSEWHERE JOSEPH H. CROWN, mid-90s, of New York, a lawyer who was active in a legal group that questioned American policy in Vietnam during the 1960s, died Sept. 28. SIR JOHN PLUMB, 90, of Cambridge, England, a renowned historian who studied the 18th century, died Sunday.

EDWARD RADFORD, 79, of Haslemere, England, whose early warnings on the dangers of radiation exposure were largely ignored, died Oct. 12 of a stroke. BOBBY RUBINO, 70, of Fort Lauderdale, the founder of the chain of rib joints that bear his name, died Thursday. ELLEN MARTHA CLANCY STUART, 82, of Beatrice, who appeared in movies in the 1930s and 1940s, died Oct. 15.

Folk artist Howard Finster of Summerville rose from country preacher to media darling to art world phenomenon. D1, D14 DEATH NOTICES ON THE WEB: Family-placed death notices at www.ajcclassifleds.com; news obituaries at www.ajc.com 1876 Second Avenue, 404-371-0772-3 BURTON Lillian M. Burton, 92, died October 21, 2001 at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, FL. Lillian was born in Atlanta and lived in Florida since 1963. She was predeceased by her parents, Harve and Alice Price, husband, Linton E.

Burton and grandson, Linton A. Cooper. She is survived by son, Bob H. Burton, daughter, Betty C. McCormick, both of Scottsmoor, FL; sisters, Barbara Favors, Bertha Moon, both of Atlanta; grandchildren, Ernest Cooper, Deborah Lord, Sabrina Burton, Martin McCormick, Anthony McCormick, six great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held Thursday, October 25, 2001 at Arlington Memorial Park at 11 A.M. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. at Sandy Mt. Springs Chapel Funeral Directors, 136 Vernon Hwy. 404-255-8511 ARNOLD Mrs.

Margaret L. Arnold of S.E. Atlanta, passed October 22, 2001. Her funeral will be announced by Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home 404-768-2993-4. BAILEY Mrs.

Joyce LaMerle Hanners Bailey, age 73, of Cumming, died Monday October 22, 2001. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia Joyce Rivers. Mrs. Bailey had retired from Bank South in 1985. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Survivors include: husband, Mack Bailey Sr; son and daughter in-law, Mack Jr. and Phyllis Bailey, Cumming; grandchildren, Gretchen and Reece McAllister, Tallapoosa, Melissa and Tyler Jones, Dawsonville, Stephanie and Derek Cantrell, Oakwood, Jason and Robin Rivers, Gainesville, Kevin Bailey, Bryan Bailey, both of Dunwoody; six great grandchildren; brother, Robert Anderson, Cumming; cousin, Barbara Nelson, LaGrange; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday October 24, 2001, 2PM, Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Larry Vaughan officiating.

Interment Sawnee View Memorial Gardens. Ingram Funeral Home Cumming, Ga. BOLTON Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Bonner Bolton of 2551 Hightower Atlanta, will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2001, 12 noon at Radcliffe Presbyterian Church, 286 Hamilton E. Holmes NW, Rev.

Dr. Lloyd Green officiating. Interment Westview Cemetery. Body will lie in state from 11 a.m. until hour of service.

Family will assemble at above residence. She is preceded in death by husband, Richard P. Bolton Il. Survivors are daughter, Mrs. Cheryl Adrienne Bolton Flint, sons, Mr.

and Mrs. Richard P. (Kay) Bolton II1, Mr. and Mrs. Larry B.

Bolton Sr. (Barbara), Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bolton Sr.

(Beverly), grandchildren, Cecille Nicole Bolton, Larry Bernard Bolton Camille Francine Bolton, Richard Pinson Bolton IV, Lancin Adrian Flint, Darleen Shalaye Bolton, Christopher Bonner Bolton Tiffany Cheryl Bolton, Anjeria Chrijea Bolton, brothers, Ed Leon Bonner of Decatur; Timothy Crane Bonner of Rialto, CA; aunt, Hettie Lee Johnson of Los Angeles, CA; brother-in-law, Clarence (Carolyn) Bolton of Brown Deer, WI; sisterin-law, Gloria Bolton William of Calumet, IL; cousins, Amanda Jean Duckett of Los Angeles, CA; and Rosa Lee Henderson of Atlanta; and a host of other relatives and friends. Sellers Bros. Inc. BURLEY Homegoing Services for Mrs. Della H.

Burley, of 5732 Rockingwood Trace, College Park will be held TODAY, Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 12:30 PM. at the Church of Atlanta Lighthouse, 1380 Boulevard NE, with remains placed in state at 10:30 AM. Bishop M.D. Spires, Pastor, Rev. Charles Smith officiating.

Interment, Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors are two daughters, Linda (Harvey) Boyd, Velma (Johnny) Roundtree, four grandchildren, Qwana, Nicole, Joshua, Emmanuel, two sisters, Lizzie May, Janie Water, one brother, Arthur Lee Howard, nieces, nephews, host of other relatives and friends. Family and friends will assemble at the church, 1380 Boulevard NE, Atlanta at 12 noon (TODAY). Donald Trimble Mortuary, LAW AND ORDER Ex-club worker is sentenced A former Gold Club manager pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to serve two years' probation. Lyle Goodman admitted to knowing certain crimes had been committed at the Atlanta club but never reporting them.

The crimes were credit card and tax violations. Goodman, who now works at an adult entertainment club in Philadelphia, also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Willis Hunt to pay a $2,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service. COBB COUNTY Missing girl last seen on Friday Police are looking for a 19-year-old girl who was last seen at a Marietta store Friday. Nefertiti Strothers, described by her family as mentally challenged, was last seen at the Value City Store on Cobb Parkway, police said.

"There is no foul play suspected at this time, but because of her mental capabilities we need to find her and reunite her with family," said Cobb County police spokesman Brody Staud. Strothers is black, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds. She wears braces and, at the time she disappeared, her hair was braided back, police said. Anyone with information should call 770- BAGLEY Funeral services for Hattie D. Bagley of 1350 Mayson Turner N.W., Apt.

E-3, will be held Wednesday, October 24, 20001, 1:00 p.m., Sellers Bros. Chapel, 889 M.L. King Jr. N.W. Rev.

Judge B. Blair, Jr. officiating, interment, Lincoln Cemetery. Survivors, son, David Bagley, daughter in-law, Mary A. Bagley, granddaughter, Olivia D.

Bagley, grandson, Kenya W. Bagley, granddaughter, Putrina E. Bagley, great-grandson, Antonio D. Bagley, great-granddaughters, Olivia S. Bagley and Tyrica Bagley and a host of other relatives and friends.

Cortege will assemble at the residence at 12:00 noon. Sellers Bros. BLOODSAW Mrs. Willie Mae Bloodsaw, the wife of the late Rev. J.W.

Bloodsaw passed away on October 21, 2001. Funeral to be announced. The family may be contacted at 404-344-8539 or 404-378-6025. Donald Trimble Mortuary 1876 Second Ave. 404-371-0772-3.

CARTER Mary Thrasher Carter, 83, of Vinings died Sunday, October 21, 2001. Graveside services will be at 3 P.M., Tuesday at Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery in Marietta, GA, with Rev. Mike Faulkner officiating. A charter member of Vinings Historical Preservation Society, she attended Vinings Baptist Church and retired from Shell Oil Co. Surviving are one sister, Sue Morrison of Marietta, GA; two nieces, Carol Burgess of Dunwoody and Connie T.

Jones of Charlotte, NC; nephew, Jessie Lee Morrison of Lawrenceville. Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta, GA is in charge of arrangements. CHECHELE Mr. Paul L. Chechele, age 69, of Cumming passed away Sunday, October 21, 2001.

Funeral Mass for Mr. Chechele will be 10:30 A.M., Friday at Good Shepherd Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his son, Paul L. Chechele, Ill. Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Judy Chechele, son and daughter in-law, Chris and Terri Chechele of Alpharetta; daughter and son in-law, Kim and Lee Snider of Gainesville; sister, Mrs.

Jasmine Mikita of West Pittston, Pennsylvania; brother, Mr. Robert Chechele of Woodbridge, Virginia; six grandchildren. Mr. Chechele was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church and was an Avid Golfer and a Veteran of the Air Force. He was a very active member of the Lanier Golf Club.

He will be missed by his family, relatives and friends at the golf course. In lieu of flowers, the family request contributions to The Society, 2625 Cumberland Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339 770-438-6006. For further information please contact L.W. McDonald Son Funeral Home, 770-886-9899 COKER Graveside Services for Mrs. Betty Joe Cocker of Locust will be held Wednesday 3PM at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens.

Rev. Doug Lawson officiating. Survivors: daughters, Pamela and Dennis Robinson, Locust Grove, and Angela Rob Papalia, McDonough; son, Joe Elaine Coker, Forest Park; brother, Leon Mixon, Eatonton, GA; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild. The family will receive friends Tuesday 2-4 and 6-8PM. Thomas L.

Scroggs Parkway Garden Chapel, Forest Park. 404-366-3522 DAVIS Mr. John Davis of Marietta passed, October 22, 2001. Hanley-Shelton, Marietta. 770-428-6333.

DAVIS Mrs. Joyce F. Crane-Davis, the wife of Mr. Edward Davis died October 21, 2001. Funeral announced later by Hines Home of Funerals.

404-792-2400. DUKES Graveside Service for Baby William Mackenzie Dukes will be held TODAY October 22. 2001, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Rev. Josie Bright officiating.

He is survived by a loving mother and father, Mrs. Cheryl Dukes and Hermon Keith; grandmother, Mrs. Linda Dukes; grandfather, William Dukes; aunt, Regina Dukes; uncle, William P. Dukes; great grandmother, Mrs. Bernice Whitsey of Nashville, TN; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Family and friends are asked to assemble at the cemetery. Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home Inc. 404-768-2993-4. FOSTER Homegoing service for Mr. Gene Foster of 2296 Boulder Road, S.E., Atlanta, Ga.

will be held TODAY, October 23, 2001 at 11:30 a.m. in our South Dekalb Chapel. Bro. Wyman Milligan, officiating. Family and Friends are asked to assemble at the Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m., TODAY.

Gregory B. Levett Sons South Dekalb Chapel, 4347 Flat Shoals Pkwy. Decatur, Ga. (404) 241-5656. GILBERT Ms.

Sabrina Gilbert (Smiley) of 935 Wilkes Cir. No. 614. Celebration of Life today, 6:00 p.m. at Watkins Westend Chapel.

Survivors, daughter, Tietta Goodman, mother, Jonsi Lester, father, Robert Lee Gilbert, step-father, Robert Lester, siblings, Towana, Robert, and Kirby Moses, grandmothers, Fredrica Montgomery, Annie Mae Brodder, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces and dear friends. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, 1003 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd. 404-758-1731.

GRANT Mr. Richard Grant, of Atlanta, GA passed October 22, 2001. Funeral announced later. Sellers Inc. GRUBB Sara Jean Cole Grubb, 87, of Atlanta, Georgia, died Saturdayd, October 20, 2001 at Nurse Care of Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia.

She was born November 16, 1914 in Barnesville, Georgia, daughter of Wiley T. and Effie Lee Cole. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Atlanta and sang in the choir. She was also a member of the Atlanta Women's Club. Mrs.

Grubb was the wife of the late Dr. Homer V. Grubb who preceded her in death in 1978. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 24, 2001 in the chapel at Patterson's Spring Hill Funeral Home.

Interment will follow at Crestlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Spring Hill from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. Wednesday. Surviving is a daughter, Ann G. Betzold and her husband Paul of Charlotte, NC, two grandsons, David Betzold and his wife Melanie and Scott Betzold, sisters, Lucy Mae Black and Frances St.

John and brother, Tom Cole. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to the American Diabetes Association, 1 Corporate Boulevard, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. Arrangements by H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill Chapel. 404-876-1022.

GUPTILL Mrs. Elizabeth "Tibby" Guptill, age 80, of Decatur died Saturday, October 20, 2001. A member of the Episcopal Church, she worked as a saleslady at Macy's for 25 years. She was the widow of Stillman C. Guptill, whose parents were missionaries to the Belgian Congo when he was born.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Marlene B. Coats, Decatur, GA, Mrs. Catherine B. Parker, Milton, FL; and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 10 A.M. Wednesday morning in Crest Lawn Memorial Park. The Very Reverend Claiborne Jones will officiate. A.S. Turner Sons.

HALL Minnie Hail of Atlanta, GA, will be held Homegoing October Celebration 24, Services 2001, 1:00 for Mrs. P.M Tuesday, Wednesday, at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, Oct. 2340 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur, GA, with remains placed instate at 12:00 Noon. The Reverend Jerry D. Black, Pastor, offici- 23, ating.

Interment, Kennedy International Memorial Gardens, Ellenwood, GA. The family will receive friends this evening. Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at the chapel from 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. She is survived The by Donald (Ann) Hall, Detroit, MI; Billy (Sandra) Hall, Bonnie Hutcherson, Lizzie Hall, Elder Jerry Hall, Robert Jackson, Attanta Elder Tony (LaToya) Hall, Adrick (Crystal) Hall, Susan (Dave) Newborn, Everette Hutcherson and Bryan Hutcherson, all of Atlanta, GA; twenty grandchildren, six great grandchildren, three brothers, five sisters, one brother in-law, The Revernd Edward Hall, a special relative, Rosanna Turner, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence, 1879 Sahara Drive, S.E.

at 12:00 noon. Donald Trimble Mortuary, 1876 Second Avenue, 404-371-0772-3 ATLANTA ELIZABETH TOMPKINS HEALEY, 79, died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, H.M. Patterson Son, Arlington Chapel.

INA JONES, 92, died Saturday. The funeral was Monday; H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. DELIA SKEEN, 95, died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

today, H.M. Patterson Son, Oglethorpe Hill. CARROLL COUNTY MARY FRANCES of Carrollton died Sunday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. today, Almon Funeral Home.

CLARA LOUISE CASSADY JONES, 70, of Villa Rica died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Concord United Methodist Church; Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa Rica. JULIETT ELIZABETH RHODES, 87, of Carrollton, a native of Quitman, died Sunday, Funeral, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Almon Funeral Home.

CALHOUN, 68, CLAYTON COUNTY JOAN CHAMPAGNE, 69, of Jonesboro died Friday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. MARION A. THOMPSON, 53, of Morrow died Thursday.

The body was cremated. A private memorial service is planned; National Cremation Society. LOUIS E. WATTS, 47, of Conley died Monday. The body will be cremated.

A private memorial service is planned; National Cremation Society, COBB COUNTY MARY THRASHER CARTER, 83, of Vinings died Sunday. Graveside service, 3 p.m. today, Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery; Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home. NELLIE L. THOMPSON COCHRAN, 89, of Mableton died Monday.

Funeral, 1 p.m. Wednesday, White Columns Chapel, Mableton. ANNETTE E. HERC, 54, of Marietta died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Hay-Gantt Funeral Home. JAMES THOMAS MINTER, 64, of Marietta died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, White Columns Chapel, Mableton. MARY LOUISE PHILLIPS PAYNE, 85, of Marietta died Sunday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home. RICHARD ARNOLD STOUT, 94, of Powder Springs died Sunday. The body will be cremated. No service is planned; Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain Chapel.

COWETA COUNTY JOANN THOMPSON, 71, of Newnan died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, McKoon Funeral Home. DEKALB COUNTY ROBERT N. CASON, 55, of Stone Mountain died Saturday.

The body was cremated. Memorial service, 2 p.m. today, Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain. SYBIL W. MABEE, 74, of Stone Mountain died Monday.

Funeral, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Snellville Chapel. DOUGLAS COUNTY LUCY L. CAMPBELL, 67, of Joppa, formerly of Douglasville, died Saturday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Fellowship Baptist Church; Hightower Funeral Home, Bremen. FAYETTE COUNTY CARRIE LOUISE HANSON, 88, of Tyrone died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, McKoon Funeral Home.

FORSYTH COUNTY JAMES H. CHADWICK, 64, of Cumming died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home. PAUL L.

CHECHELE 69, of Cumming died Sunday. Funeral Mass, 10:30 a.m. Friday, Good Shepherd Catholic Church; L.W. McDonald Son Funeral Home. FULTON COUNTY JOE DOUGLAS 111, 45, of Alpharetta died Thursday.

Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. JOHN R. HANCOCK, 83, of Roswell died Sunday. Funeral, 4 p.m.

today, Roswell First Baptist Church; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. MIRIAM SIEWERT, 56, of Alpharetta died Friday. Funeral Mass, 2 p.m. today, St. Thomas Aquinas HANCOCK Nelle Honker McDaniel Hancock, (88), passed away October 22, 2001 after a brief illness.

Born in Atlanta, GA, July 18, 1913, of parents, Charles D. Honiker and Lola Blanche Honiker. She was a resident of Thomaston, GA for 50 years and had returned to Decatur in recent years. She was employed by Thomaston Mills as Store Manager of The Thomaston Mills Retail Stores. She is survived by brother, Armand R.

Honiker (Elizabeth) of Decatur; sister, Ada Dean Sjostrom of Tucker, GA; aunt, Mary Leila Honiker of Decatur; stepdaughter, Mary Louise Hancock of Americus; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in Thomaston at 2:00 p.m. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 23, 2001 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or make donations to the First United Methodist Church of Thomaston.

HARVEY Gabrielle Laflamme Harvey, age 85 of Lawrenceville, GA, died October 20, 2001 She was the widow of Edwin Wright Harvey who died in 1981. She is survived by daughter and son in-law, Suzette and Robert Mancini, sister and brother in-law, Louise and Robert Muehlhausen, sister, Germain Dozois, all of Lawrenceville; grandchildren, Allison Mancini of Chicago; Drew Mancini of Lawrenveville. A private family service will be held Thursday, October 25, 2001. In lieu of flowers, make donations to the Greater GA Chapter Alzheimer's Association, 1925 Century Suite 10, Atlanta, GA. 30345.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Lawrenceville Chapel, 770-963-2411. HEALEY Elizabeth Tompkins Healey, 79 of Atlanta, died Sunday, October 21, 2001. Mrs. Healey was a graduate of Girls High and the University of Georgia.

She was a member of the Radiant Sunday School Class at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Mark and his wife Valerie Healey of Marietta; daughter, Ann and her husband, Steve Wallace of Atlanta; and 9 grandchildren. A funeral service will be held today, October 23rd at two o'clock at Arlington Chapel with Rev. Paul McNeil officiatng. Interment to follow at Arlington Memorial Park.

The family prefers that in lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Assistance League of Atlanta or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by H.M. Patterson Son, 173 Allen Road Sandy Springs, 30328. 404-851-9900 HERBERT WILLIAM C. HERBERT JOURNALIST Mr.

William C. Herbert of Atlanta, a journalist of more than 50 years died October 21 at Canterbury Court. He was 91 years old. He was born February 11, 1910 in Pelzer, SC. The son of Annie Laurie McGee Herbert and Andrew Alexander Herbert.

His father was a four year veteran of the civil war, born in 1842. Herbert graduated with an A.B. Degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina and subsequently worked as a reporter for The State, The Columbia Record, The Spartanburg Herald, The Spartanburg Journal and in 1937 joined the Associated Press as the Capitol reporter in Columbia. He served three years in the United States Navy including two years service in the Mediterranian Sea where he was on the invasion of North Africa and Sicily in the Amphibious Forces. He returned to the AP Bureau after leaving the Navy as a Lt.

Commander serving as Capitol Reporter in Atlanta. He resigned from the AP in May 1946 to become Editor of Southern Automotive Journal, a post he held for 28 years until his retirement. The Journal was one of the W.R.C. Smith Publishing Business Papers published in Atlanta. He belonged to the Society of Professional Journalist, Sigma Delta Chi and Omricon Delta Kappa.

Survivors include his daughter, Diane Gunter, granddaughter, Charlotte Conway Gunter, both of Rock Hill, SC. He was a member of St. Anne's Episcopal Church In Atlanta. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. October 24 at St.

Anne's Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Anne's Church. National Cremation Society in charge of arrangements. HIGGS Mr.

Marion L. Higgs of Peachtree City died October 20, 2001. Survived by his wife of 50 years, Dorothy Higgs of Peachtree City; children, Christel and Gary Roberge of Cleveland, TN, Beth and Kim Babcock of Long Valley, NJ, and Bradley and Raven Higgs of Dacula; sister, Janet Thomas of Ames, IA; brother, Harold Higgs of Clive, IA, and Jim Higgs of Ankeny, IA; 6 grandchildren. Memorial services Wednesday October 24 at 2 PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Peachtree City with Dr. Donald W.

Smith officiating. Those who desire may make contributions to Southwest Christian Hospice, 7225 Lester Road, Union City, GA 30291, or the American Cancer Society, 135 Bradford Square, Suite Fayetteville, GA 30215. Metro Crematory, Peachtree City. 770-631-4101. HILL Col.

Alton A. Hill, U.S. Army age 96, of Roswell, died October 20, 2001. Surviving are wife, Lillian Collins Hill. Daughter, Patsy Hill, Roswell.

Sisters, Clara Miller, Jackson, MS and Grace Lee, Ocala, FL. Brother, Robert G. Hill, La Grange. Nieces and nephews. Graveside services with full military honors will be held Wednesday, October 24, at 2 p.m.

at Green Lawn Cemetery. Northside Chapel Funeral Directors, 770-645-1414 HURST Dr. Clyde James Hurst, age 91, of Fairburn, died Sunday, October 21, 2001. He is survived by brothers, Coy Hurst and Hugh Hurst and sister, Ozella Gilbert. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 2:00 P.M.

at the chapel of Higgins Son Funeral Home, with Rev. Glenn Stringham officiating. Interment, Holly Hill Memorial Park. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Higgins Son Funeral Home, Fairburn, 770-964-7833 Obits continued on B6.