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BS Monday, October 18, 1993 LOCAL MEIVS The Atlanta Journal The Atlanta Constitution ELECTION 93: THE ATLANTA MAYORAL RACE Funeral Notices OBITUARIES Candid. ates woo Jewish vote Bil (Dare) Sells of Loganville; brothers, Mr. Ed Butler of Lake Havasu City, Arizona; Mr. and Mrs. Mack (Margaret) Butler of Clifton.

New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. John (Floy) Butler of Loganville; 17 grandchildren and several nieces 1 and nephews. Mr. Butler, a native of Gwinnett County, was a veteran of Work) War ft, 1 graduate of the Univeristy of Georgia, a former teacher in Gwinnett County, a retiree of Seymour Foods, and 1 member of the First Baptist Church of Loganville.

Funeral services wiU be held Tuesday. October 19, at 11 00 a.m. at Wages Oak Lawn Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Kendall and Rev. Dan Burton officiating.

Interment Gwinnett Memorial Park. Family will receive friends Monday from 2:00 p.m. wttJ 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

at tht funeral home. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Lawrenceville, 963-241 1. Sunday's forum, which drew more than 200 people, found all three candidates making special appeals to win fewish votes. 3 top hopefuls squabble during forum at temple By Ken Foskett STAFF WRITER Appearing at a historic Atlanta synagogue, the three major candidates for mayor vowed Sunday to oppose prayer in school, prohibit Christmas trees and other religious symbols at City Hall and give a cold shoulder to Louis Farrakhan, the fiery Nation of Islam leader who once called Judaism a "gutter religion." But the candidates who debated at The Temple on Peach-tree agreed on little else.

They accused each other of negative campaigning, distorting their records and even of stealing each other's yard signs. "I would like to know if my opponents will vow to leave other candidates' yard signs alone," said Councilwoman Myrtle Davis, who has made no secret of her belief that campaign workers from other camps were destroying her purple and white signs. Michael Lomax retorted that his signs had twice been swiped from his own front yard. "No one should take down yard signs," said Councilman Bill Campbell. "We live by that in our campaign." "There must be a sign munchkin out there someplace," Lomax said.

Later, Lomax apologized to Campbell for having wrongly accused him of distorting a newspaper headline that Campbell used in a television commercial. Campbell had been pressing Lomax to apologize since he produced the original headline a week ago. "This is a special moment, so I just want to savor it," Campbell said. "I accept the apologyand I hope the campaign will move forward." But Lomax defended his decision to run a television spot attacking Campbell and Davis for their support of two pay raises for City Council members and increases to their expense accounts in the past 12 years. Lomax rejected Campbell's suggestion that he abandon negative campaigning.

"I will focus my campaign on my record," Lomax said. "But 1 will also examine your record and Mrs. Davis's record as well I think those are legitimate issues." Sunday's forum, which drew more than 200 people, found all three candidates making special appeals to win Jewish votes. Campbell and Davis said the city never should have issued a special welcome letter to Farrakhan when the black leader came to the city last October. "The mayor must be particularly careful not to welcome visitors to our city that represent divisive attitudes toward any group," Davis said.

Lomax drew heavy applause Davis: 'Politician is not my style Davis's velvet-glove style at odds with rivals' bare-knuckles brawl Beula K. Shirley Retired piano teacher Beula Kay Shirley of Cum ming, a retired piano teacher and church musician, died Saturday at Northside Hospital. She was 90. The funeral will be at 4 p.m today at Louie E. Jones Funeral Home, with burial at Alpharetta City Cemetery.

No immediate family mem bers were among the survivors. Emily A. Puree!) Retired schooiteacber Emily Archer Purcell of Snellville, a retired Atlanta schoolteacher, died Sunday at Snellville Nursing Center. She was 84. The funeral will be at 2 p.m Tuesday at Tom Wages Snellville Chapel, with burial at Crestlawn Memorial Park.

Surviving are two sons, Bob Purcell of Snellville and Alan Purcell of Lilburn; two daugh ters, Jane Bain of McDonough and Carol Reaves of Snellville; a sister, Bena Hammer of Union City; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. R. Berkeley Whitman Retired district manager St Simons Island, Ga. The memorial service for Berkeley "Berk" Whitman of St. Simons Island, a retired district manager for General Electric's Medical Systems Division, will be at 4 p.m.

Tuesday at Edo Mill er Sons Funeral Home in Brunswick. Mr. Whitman, 82, died Saturday at his home. Surviving are his wife, Ruth MacGeoch Whitman; three daughters, Carmen E. Bohn of Marietta and Pamela J.W.

Mer edith and Judith A. Whitman of Atlanta; a brother, F. Burton Whitman Jr. of Brunswick, Maine; two sisters, Carola Taylor of Washington and Jame V. Blar- con of Sherbon, and two grandchildren.

Funeral Notices ANGE Funeral services for Mrs. Sandra Ange will be held today at the graveside, Holly Hill Memorial ram at i p.m. with Fr. James Cattery officiating. Higgins ft Son Funeral Home, 964-7833.

ARNOLD Mr. Joe Arnold of 6571 T.A. Davis Union City, passed October 16. 1993. His funeral will be announced by Gus Thornhill's Funeral Home, bB-Z393-4.

ARNOLD Mr. Russell Arnold of 431 Mary Erna Fair- oum, ua nusDana ot Mrs. Mary Ann Arnold, entered into eternal rest October. 16, 1993. Plans later.

Murray Bros. Funeral Home, 688-4680. BALDWIN Mrs. Lillie Baldwin of 2718 Amelia Decatur, Ga. passed October 16, 1993 funeral announced later Quinton and Carol-Hazel Ed-wards and Sons Mortuary 289-8601 BARGE Mrs.

Belle Bowden Kelly Barge, widow of Otis Alvin Barge, died October 16, 1993 at her home at the age of 100. Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. William H. Schroder and Mrs. Thorwald Eros; son, Mr.

Otis Alvin Barge, Jr. all of Atlanta; 9 grandchildren and 24 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday October 18 at 2 o'clock at Spring Hill with Dr. Donald Harp officiating. Interment Westview.

Serving as pallbearers are William H. Schroder III, Jonathan Timothy Schroder, Robert P. Voyles, Otis Alvin Barge, III, John Barge, Kelly S. Barge, John C. Weitnauer, Henry D.

Green, Dr. David W. Barnes. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Peach-tree Road United Methodist Church, 3180 Peachtree Rd. N.E., 30363.

H.M. Patterson Son. BENNIS Jeffrey Lyle Bennis, 13, of Duluth, died October 17, 1993. Jeffrey was a student at Holcomb Bridge Middle School in Fulton County. He is survived by his parents, Kevin and Carol Bennis, Duluth; grandparents, Robert and Emily Bennis, Alta Monte Springs, Fla.

and James and Margaret Ritchie, McLean, Va. Funeral will be 1 1 a.m. Tuesday at Crowell Brothers Peach-tree Chapel. Entombment, Peachtree Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.

at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, 1001 Johnson Ferry N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30363. The family will also receive friends Tuesday after the funeral services at St. Ives Country Club from 12:30 until 2 p.m.

Crowell Brothers Funeral Home. 448-5757. BROWN Mr. Willie Brown of Powder Springs. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 19, 1993 at 2 p.m.

from Shiloh Baptist Church, Anderson, S.C. Rev. Young officiating. He Is survived by one daughter, one son, one sister. Hanley-Shelton, Marietta, 428-6333.

BUTLER Mr. David A. Butler, age 67, of loganville, Georgia, died October 17, 1993. He is survived by wife, Mrs. Martha Garner Butler, 8 children, Mr.

and Mrs. Allan (Lydia) Anderson of Con-yers; Mr. and Mrs. Steve (Connio) Butler of Felda, Florida; Mr. and Mrs.

Tim (Marcia) Butler of Oneonta, Alabama; Mr. Mike Butler of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Jeff (Candee) Butler, Mr. and Mrs.

Charlie (Susan) Mr. and Mrs. Charlie (Melanie) Bul-mer, Mr. Todd Butler, all of Loganville; sisters, Mrs. Jewell Reynolds of Tinker; Mr.

and Mrs. when he told the audience that he had been asked to issue a similar letter on Farrakhan's behalf at Fulton County, and refused. "I reject anti-Semitism in all its forms as absolutely unacceptable behavior," Lomax said. On the issue of school vouchers, which would help parents pay to send their children to private schools, all three candidates said vouchers would undermine the public school system. OBITUARIES John J.Reynolds, 70, MasterCard developer John J.

Reynolds, the developer of the MasterCard, died Thursday at Winthrop-Universi-ty Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. He was 70 and had lived in Garden City, N.Y. Mr. Reynolds died of heart failure, said his daughter, Dianne Reynolds. A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Mr.

Reynolds served in an Army engineer and supply unit in Belgium during World War II, then became a clerk with the First National City Bank of New York, which later became Citibank. He worked his way up to assistant vice president by 1957, then vice president four years later. In 1967 he was named a senior vice president in charge of all domestic branches. In that capacity, he was responsible for coordinating the development of Citibank's Everything Card, later renamed the Mastercharge Card. After leaving Citibank in 1973, Mr.

Reynolds was named president and chief executive officer of the Interbank Card Association, now known as MasterCard International, the organization that licenses MasterCard to thousands of banks. During his 10-year tenure with the association, MasterCard membership expanded to more than 120 nations, including the former Soviet Union. In 1979, Mr. Reynolds oversaw the reformulation of Master-charge into MasterCard. Edna B.B.

Post Homemaker The funeral for Edna Blanche Bennett Post of Mableton, a homemaker, will be at 11 a.m Tuesday at White Columns Mableton Funeral Chapel, with burial at Mount Harmony Gardens. Mrs. Post, 69, died of a stroke and a heart attack Saturday at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center. Surviving are four sons, Harold Post and Larry Post of Mableton, Michael Post of Austell and Greg Post of Douglasville; a daughter, Peggy Voyles of Mableton; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Ruth B.

Fleshner Homemaker The graveside service for Ruth Brown Fleshner of Atlanta, a homemaker, will be at 10 a.m. today at Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Fleshner, 67, died of cancer Thursday at home. Surviving are two sons, Andrew Fleshner and Richard Fleshner of Atlanta; a brother, Jack Brown of Boca Raton, and a sister, Thelma Lesser of Lake Worth, Fla.

John A. Hurst teUred radio announcer The funeral for John A. "Jack" Hurst of Smyrna, a retired radio announcer and a Navy veteran of World War II, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Car-michael Funeral Home, with burial at Marietta National Cemetery. Mr.

Hurst, 69, died of heart failure Saturday at Austell Health Care Center. He was the announcer for Georgia Tech football from 1959 through 1965, and was the voice of the Atlanta Falcons from 1966 through 1975. Surviving are his wife, Jody Purtee Hurst; a son, John B. Hurst of Tucker; two daughters, Jill Jones of Powder Springs and Janet H. Welch of Smyrna; and seven grandchildren CALLAHAN Mr.

J. Alexis Callahan of Atlanta, a retired Postal Inspector In Charge of the Atlanta who retired in 1973 (after 45 years), died October 16, 1993. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mrs. Grace Callahan of Atlanta; 2 daughters, Mr. and Mrs.

V.H. (Charleen) Steed of Fairburn, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. (Marilyn) Dooley of Florence, S.C; brother, Mr.

Eugene Callahan of Lake Ariel, 4 grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Ron (Roxanne) Steed of Norfolk, Mr. Kevin Steed of Fairburn, Mr. and Mrs.

David (Jennifer) Steed of Fairburn, Mr. Craig Dooley of Columbia, S.C; 2 great-grandchildren, Chelsea and Heather Steed of Norfolk, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock from McDaniel's Chapel with interment at Holly Hill. Herschel McDaniel Fairburn. CARRERO Funeral services for Mrs.

Georgina V. Carren) of 1650 Sugar Creek were held Sunday, October 17, 1993 at First Spanish Baptist Church of Metro Atlanta at 5:00 p.m. Rev. Samuel A. Aleman, pastor.

Remains Final disposition Dominican Republic. Survivors are, Husband, Mr. Alfredo Carrero, son Mr. Naval Sandoval and daughter Ms. Martha Sandoval.

Quinton and Carol-Hazel Edwards and Sons Mortuary 289-8601 COLEY Mr. Willie J. Coley of 1627 Snapfinger Road, Decatur, passed away October 17, 1993. Funeral services will be announced by DONALD TRIMBLE MORTUARY, INC 1876 Second Ave. 371-0772-3.

DAVIS Graveside funeral services for John Jackson Davis, Sr. will be held Monday, October 18, 1993 at Westview Cemetery at 11 a.m. with Dr. Ted B. Boland officiating.

Carl J. Mowell ft Son, Fayetteville. DICKENS Mr. Charles Shannon Dickens, Sr. of Atlanta, a retired Southern Bell employee and Navy Veteran of WWII, died at home of apparent congestive hear failure, October 16, 1993.

Surviving are his wife Dorothy; daughter, Carol Owmby, Smyrna, Hazel Swanson, Knoxville, son, Charles (Chip) Dickens, Atlanta, Grady York, Watkinsville, grandchildren, Matt and Katie Swanson, Zack Sisters, Nell Atkins of Saugerties, N.Y., Ginny Copertino, Red Bank, NJ. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 20, at 11 o'clock at Oglethorpe Hill. Rev. Mark Forsythe officiating. Interment, Arlington Memorial The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 at Oglethorpe Hill.

A native of High Shoals in Oconee, Mr. Dickens saw action in 11 major battles in the Pacific during WWII, as an anti-aircraft gunner on the battleship Alabama from 1942 to 1945. After his service career he was a Southern Bell em-, ployee for 37 years and during his retirement served as a school crossing guard and little league football referee. Mr. Dickens was an elder of Northside Alliance Church.

H.M. Patterson Son, 4550 Peachtree Rd. FAGAN Funeral services for Dorothy Looney Fagan, age 78 of Loch Arbor Flowery Branch, 2 o'clock Monday at the Vinings United Methodist Church with interment in Westview Cemetery. Rev. Jack Pilger and Joy Ledoux officiating.

Remains will be placed in state at the church at 1:30 Mrs. Fagan died Saturday, October 16, 1993 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a former resident of Cobb County and had lived in Hall County since 1986. She was retired from United Distributors and was a member of Vinings United Methodist Church. Survivors, daughter and son in-law, Joan and Robert Lang, Flowery Branch; two grandsons, Gary S.

Lang, Gainesville; Michael W. Lang, Flowery Branch, a number of nieces and nephews. Brewer Mason Funeral Home of Gainesville. FREEMAN Homegoing celebration for Mrs. Rosa Hughes Freeman of 3619 Barrow Place, S.W., Atlanta, will be held Tuesday, October 19, 1 p.m.

at Elizabeth's Chapel, Dawson Mortuary. Rev. L. Welch officiating, interment, Westview Cemetery. She leaves to cherish her memory, two daughters, Ms.

Ernestine H. Crutcher, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Collier (Henryetta), one son, Mr Henry Hughes, all of this city; 14 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, an adopted grandson, Mr. Eddie J.

Weaver and many loving friends. Family and friends please assemble at the residence at 12 noon. A wake will be held tonight from 7-8 p.m. at Dawson i Son Mortuary. GIBSON Vivian K.

Gibson, 64 of Gainesville, died October 17, 1993. Surviving are her son, Patrick Wayne Gibson, Gainesville; sister, Frances Or-mond, Acworth; brothers, James Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, John W. Kennedy, Marietta, Larry Kennedy, Duluth; and other relatives. Interment services will be held Tuesday October 19 at 2 o'clock at Crest Lawn Memorial Park. Dr.

Guy Webb officiating. The family will receive friends after 3 p.m. Monday at Bearden Funeral Home, Dawsonville, Ga. HIGGINS Mr. J.C "Jim" Higgins, age 87 of Lawrenceville, died Saturday October 16, 1993.

The funeral will be held 2 PM Tuesday October 19, 1993 at R.T. Patterson Funeral Home, Norcross 1 Chapel with Rev. Howard Spruill, and Rev. Charles Payne officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Duluth.

Mr. Higgins is survived by sons Waymon Lottie Ruth Higgins, Norcross; Grady Rosa Higgins, Lawrenceville; daughters Mrs. Kenneth (Lona) Thompson, Lawrenceville; Mrs. Hoyt (Nellie) Gilleland, Doraville; Mrs. Charles (Sue) Payne, Doraville; brother Roscoe Higgins, Norcross; several grandchildren, and several great grandchildren.

Arrangements by R.T. Patterson Funeral Home, Norcross 448-2441. HILL Mrs. Emma W. Hill, of Conyers, formerly of East Point, died October 17,1993.

Survived by children; Mr. ft Mrs. W.T. (Eugenia) Lyles, Jackson Miss Mr ft Mre PhaHo. (D.k....! Morns, East Point, Mr.

Mrs. Henry D. (Janie) niniun, umyers, Mr. Mrs. Herbert I.

(June) Hinson, Douglasville; sisters, Mrs. Tessie Hin-son. Ooelika.AI.. Mrs Unamt i 'i iuiiidi, muni- gomery.AI., Mrs. Louise Edwards, Auburn Al brother Mr.

Curtis C. Winslett, Aubum.AI.; 6 giaiiuuiiiuieii; greatgranacmidren and nieces and nephews. Funeral services 2pm TuBSnav flntnhor 1Q IQQ1 rhi Carmichael ft Sons. Rev. Henry E.

Hulgan offi- imuiiiiciu mvBrview oemeiery, Cobb County Visitation from 6 until 9 p.m, Monday at tha funeral knnia wi iHw iuiioioi HUM ID. Continued By Lyle V. Harris STAFF WRITER While her two main rivals have begun campaigning bare-knuckled, Myrtle Davis insists on fighting back with velvet gloves. Blessed with a quick, but rarely displayed, sense of humor, Davis recently dubbed Lomax "Mandrake the Magician" at a mayoral forum when he said he could hire 400 more police officers without raising city taxes. Her zinger drew applause from the crowd, but Davis shies from personal attacks against her rivals.

Unwilling to make what she considers unrealistic promises to voters, Davis also has adopted a warmer and fuzzier agenda that focuses on "bridge building." "The man on the street The candidate's family Husband: Dr. Albeit M. Davis Children: Stacy, 30, director of regional public affairs for the Federal National Mortgage Association; Stephanie, 35, a legal assistant to Judge Clarence Cooper of the Georgia Court of Appeals The Davis family lives In southwest Atlanta. "I want to run her campaign, but she won't let me run it," he said. "I've seen her get out the car and take signs off the expressway that her people put out there.

She won't let you put a sign on any public property. If it were up to me, I'd put signs on the moon." 'She needed a persona' Davis has been reluctant to adjust her tactics despite trailing Continued from Bl sions and what kind of decisions you make. I think I'm in the best position to make hard choices for this city." Born in Rock Hill, S.C., to an, affluent family, Davis moved to Atlanta 40 years ago after graduating from Xavier University in New Orleans. She met her husband, Albert Davis, a physician, after getting a job as a druggist at a pharmacy he once owned on Auburn Avenue. -T, First elected to an at-large council seat in 1981, Davis has chaired the influential Finance Committee since 1989 and was recently elected president of the Georgia Municipal Association.

Her youngest daughter, Stacy, earned an MBA degree and worked for the Federal National Mortgage Association until taking a leave of absence to be Davis's campaign treasurer. Eldest daughter Stephanie, who was left a paraplegic after a 1980 auto accident, is a lawyer and a key adviser. Davis still rises early each morning to help Stephanie prepare for work. Loyal core of backers "'f At times, her campaign has seemed more like a well-organized family outing than a well-oiled political machine. Although polls show she is suffering from lack of name recognition, she has an intensely loyal circle of supporters who say she is a model of integrity and honesty.

"She's a steel magnolia," said Joe Duffey, a lawyer who attended a fund-raiser in her honor. "I think I'll go to bed on election night thinking that voting for her was the right thing to do, and I'm a Republican." i A closely guarded woman who is easily insulted by suggestions that her life should be subjected to public scrutiny, Davis's relationship with most of the City Hall press corps is prickly at best. She said she stopped reading the newspaper weeks ago after several unflattering stories about her campaign. Blind to bad qualities However, some of the biggest challenges Davis has faced came from within her headquarters on West Peachtree Street Her organization has been plagued by internal shakeups that have continued as election day draws closer. She has changed campaign managers three times and has had three press secretaries.

"She is a very kind and decent woman and a fine public servant," said former campaign Staffer Chris Hagin. "However, she has a tendency to overlook people's bad qualities." Davis said she is beginning to hit her stride, but even her husband concedes that her highly developed sense of propriety sometimes has hobbled her sqmewhat. feels as alienated as the man in the boardroom," she says. "I've learned that it's not just what you do and what you say, it's how you do it and how you say it." On the stump, she is a profile in poise. Soft-spoken but deliberate, she is a tall and striking woman with a crown of salt-and-pepper hair.

Davis appears as comfortable speaking to older voters in the recreation room of a public housing development as she does with well-heeled supporters in the drawing room of an opulent Midtown home. "She gives you the impression that she is very thoughtful," said William Boone, political science professor at Clark Atlanta University. "It's a good thing if people think she is thoughtful. But on the campaign trial, it's better to be quick than dead." badly behind front-runner Campbell. "Her biggest iolik-m wa the lack of money to get a consultant who could sit her down and tell her, "This is what you are, and this is what you have to said a former staffer who asked not to be identified.

"She needed a persona." But Davis says the one she has is working just fine. Although she recently started making more direct gender references, like talking about being the mother of the city, some supporters wonder why she didn't do it sooner, especially since more than half of Atlanta's registered voters are women. "I don't want to trade on that because there's more to me than that," Davis said after a 15-hour day on the stump. "I mention it, but being a woman is not the only selling point of my campaign. I think my experience is as much a feature of my candidacy as being a woman." Ing at forums and trying for a share of the Nov.

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4111 Thumbnail bios of all mayoral candidates 4112 More Information about candi date myrtle Davis I 1 Coming up in the mayor's race Tuesday: A profile of Michael J. Lomax, who left the top job on the Fulton County Commission to make a run at winning Atlanta's chief executive position. Wednesday: A profile of Bill vxunpucii, a vuuiiui veteran running for mayor on the issue of ethics. Thursday: A look at the other candidates the nine who may not have the finances and the name recognition but are posting campaign signs, appear- fr.