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NEWS C8 Wednesday, March 25. 1998 The Atlanta journal-Constitution OBITUARIES FAMILY-PLACED DEATH NOTICES LAW AND ORDER Polk jury indicts suspect 24 years after slaying ADAMS 4'" The Atlanta Journal-Constitution strives to make this list a complete record of deaths in the metro area and of selected deaths from else' where. Please ask your funeral home or cremation society to call us at 404-526-5342, or fax us at 404-582-75 17. These listings are free. For a detailed Paid Death Notice, please have your funeral home contact our advertising department at 404-526-527 'I.

grand jury has indicted a 50-year-old Alabama man in the 1974 murder MICHAEL DEAN HANEY, 40, of Greenwood, formerly of Lawrenceville, died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. NANCY ELIZABETH "BETT1E" HIGGINBOTHAM, 70, of Snellville died Monday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m.

Thursday, SnelMlle United Methodist Church; Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel. SANDY REYNOLDS, 57, of Ulbum died Monday. Funeral, I p.m. today, Eternal Hills Funeral Home.

KEN "KEMO" WOOD, 69, of Nor- cross died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, RT. Patterson Funeral Home, Norcross Mrs. Chrystal Adams of Tyrone died March 24, 1998.

She is preceded in death by her band, Raymond Adams, and son, Dean Adams. She is survived by J.M. and Etheleen Adams, Betty Adams, Jerry and Janet Adams; Ronnie and Linda Adams, Ronald and Ann Adams, all of Tyrone; ten grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 26, 1998 at 11 o'clock at the Chapel of Parrott Funeral Home. Dr.

Rick Long officiating. Interment, Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday after 4:00 P.M. at the fu-. neral home.

Parrott Funeral Home, Fairbum. 770-964-4800 DEATHS AND FUNERALS 3 ALMAND 3 KENNY GUTHRIE, 54, of Stock-bridge, a native of Atlanta, died Sunday Funeral, 11:30 a.m. today, Tom M. 1 r. Wages, Oak Lawn Chapel.

FRANCES P. MEPHAM. 72. of Doraville died Monday. Memorial ser-VKei 4 p.m.

Thursday, H.M. Patterson Son, Oglethorpe Hill. LEON REGINALD RUSS, 48, of Stone Mountain died Sunday. Funeral plans will be announced by Sellers Bros. WILLIE GREEN TOOKES, 78.

of Decatur died Monday. Funeral plans will be announced by Meadows Mortuary. JOHN MARION "RED" CARSON 79, of Douglasville died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 1 am Thursday, Rosehaven 1 Funeral Home. K.H.

"BUCK" DORSETT, 69, of Douglasville died Monday. Funeral, II a.m. Thursday, Whitley-Garner Funeral i. SZE KIN WONG, 83, of Uthia Springs died Monday. Graveside service, 9:30 Saturday, Mozley Memorial Gar-' dens; White Columns Chapel, Lithia 1 Springs.

JESSE A. BLANTON, 88, of Fayetteville died Monday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. today, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville.

LARRY WALTON KIMBELL 89, of Fayetteville died Monday. Memorial service, 1 1 a.m. Thursday, Covenant Presbyterian Church; Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville. PEGGY J.

MILLER, 46, of Cumming died Monday. Memorial service, 5 p.m. Thursday, LW. McDonald Son Funeral Home. Mr.

John H. (Red) Almand, age 72 of Decatur, died March 23, 1998. Mr. Almand was ownwer of Red's Body Shop in Avondaie Estates for 45 years. He was I Veteran of the Korean Conflict with the tJS Alarine Corps.

Mr, Almand was loved try everyone. He is survived by his daughter, Ms. Pamela E. Wiggins, Luthersville, GA; step-daughter, Mrs. Randie Woodstock; sister, Mrs.

Frances Capps, Covington; grandchildren, Alicia C. Wilson, Jonathan D. Wiggins, Brittany E. Weiss, several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held Thursday afternoon at LOO at Hillandale Memorial Gardens.

Rev. Robert M. Home will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 Wednesday evening at A.S. Turner Sons.

Friends welcome any time after noon on Wednesday. A.S. Turner Sons. GINNY RUTH McADAMS HICKS, 8 1 of Hiram died Monday. Funeral, 2' p.m.

today, Bethany Christian Church; Benson Funeral Home. 3 ERIKA MARIE BODDIE, 54, of Austell died Friday. No service is planned; Castellaw Funeral Home. GEORGE E. BRANDT, 70.

of Marietta died Tuesday. The body wiH be cremated. Memorial service plans in Texas will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. WILLARD EUGENE COOK. 6 1 of Smyrna died Monday.

No service Is planned; Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna. MARSHA CRAVEN, 1 6. of Powder Springs died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Bellamy's Powder Springs Funeral Home.

RAY FOWLER, 80, of Marietta died Monday. Funeral, 1 1 :30 a.m. Thursday, H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. GROVER HAROLD HEWITT, 74, of Marietta, formerly of Villa Rica, died Tuesday.

Funeral, I p.m. Thursday, J. Hoyt Thomas Funeral Home. BONNIE MAE HOLLIFIELD, 85, of Acworth died Monday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m.

today, Collins Funeral Home. MARDOMEO LOPEZ, 35, of Smyrna died Sunday. A private memorial service was held; SouthCare Memorial Chapel. RUSSELL LEROY MATTSON, 73. of Marietta died Sunday.

Funeral, 1 1 a.m. today, Crusselle-Freeman Church of the Deaf; Castellaw Funeral Home. FLORENCE MAE WHITE, 75, of Powder Springs died Friday. No service is planned; Castellaw Funeral Home. MERCEDES JOAN WISE, 75, of Powder Springs died Monday.

Memorial service, 4 p.m. Thursday, Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home. JOSEPHINE DOBBS CLEMENT, 80, died Monday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 1 1 am Thursday, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ; Sellers memorial service, 1 :30 p.m.

Sunday, White Rock Baptist Church, Durham, N.C.; Fisher Funeral Parlor, Durham. ALFRED DAILEY 62. died Sunday. The body was cremated. No service is planned; Sellers Bros.

SAMUEL EVANS, 62, died Saturday. Funeral plans will be announced by Meadows Mortuary. JAMES ANDREWS FEARS, 82, died Thursday. Funeral, I p.m. today, Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church; Sellers Bros.

CLAUDIA M. GARRETT, 49, died Monday. The funeral was Tuesday; H.M. Patterson Son, Arlington Chapel. ELIZABETH ADAMS HILL, 86, died Saturday.

Funeral, 1 1 a.m. Thursday, Henry M. White United Methodist Church; Hanley-Shelton, Marietta. GRACE T. KANE, 87, died Monday.

Funeral, 10 a.m. Thursday, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church; AS. Turner Sons. DOROTHY LUDV1GSEN, 80, died Sunday. Funeral, I p.m.

today, H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. ELSIE N. RANGE, 89, died Tuesday. Memorial 'service plans in Unicoi, will be announced; H.M.

Patterson Son, Oglethorpe Hill. INEZ ROBERTS, 77. of Woodstock died Sunday. The funeral was Tuesday; Woodstock Funeral Home. ALMON Funeral services for Mrs.

Willie Mae Almon will be held Thursday, March 26, 1998, at 2 M. at Word Of Faith Family Worship Center, 2435 Ben Hill East Point. Rev. Dale C. Bronner officiating.

Interment, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. The remains will lie in state at the church at 12 noon. She is survived by her niece, Shelia Morrow, aunt, Mrs. Ida Mae Dobbs, cousins, Mr. Mose Dobbs, Mrs.

Virginia Morland and Mrs. Mary a devoted friend, Mr. John T. Conley, several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Dawson Son Mortuary.

ALONSO Carmen Gonzalez Alonso, 51, of Atlanta, died March 22, 1998, in Holmes Beach, FL, where she was visiting with her mother. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Kenneth Alonso, her mother, Amelia Escalante Gonzalez, her father and mother-in-law, Braulio and Adelfa Alonso, her aunts, Julie Cigarran and Frances Escalante, her uncles, Sebastian and Edmundo Gonzalez, her godchildren, Joanne Byars and Michael Munger, her nephew, Walton Byars, her Barbara Byars, several cousins, and Allegro. Her father was Horacg Gonzalez, an Architect and her grandparents were Mr. and Mrs.

Francisco Escalante, owners of La Corina, now part of General Cigar Co. Carmen was an Attorney in Atlanta. GA. VERA E. BUGG, 83, of Mableton, formerly of Shannon, died Monday.

Funeral, 1 1 a.m. Thursday, Shannon Congregational Holiness Church; Jennings Funeral Home. ANNIE KATE KENT CHAMBLESS, 77, of Richland died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Richland First Baptist Church; LB.

Smith Funeral Home. GRADY COKER, 80, of Winder died Monday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Thursday, Carter-Stewart Funeral Home. GARY LEE CRANE 29.

of Rock-mart, formerty of Carrollton, died Friday, Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Antioch Clem Baptist Church, Carrollton; Walker Funeral Home, JACK W. FLYNN, 8 1 of LaFayette, formerly of Smyrna, died Monday. Graveside service, 3 p.m. today, Mount Pisgah Baptist Church; Roy Davis Funeral Home.

LOUISE SHELL HAMBY, 72, of Hog-ansville died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Claude A McKibben and Sons Funeral Home. i ROBERTA McAULIFFE HARRIS, 86, of Jackson died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 :30 p.m.

Thursday, Haisten Funeral Home, AGNES PIERCE HAYMON, 96, of Winder died Tuesday. Funeral, 4 p.m. today, Carter-Stewart Funeral Home. THOMAS JOHNSON, 75, of Covington died Monday. Funeral, II a.m.

today, Caldwell Cowan Funeral Home. DOROTHY CRAFT SPAIN, 88, of Winder died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Smith Funeral Home. LUDIE MAE ARGO, 92.

of Bolton died Tuesday. Graveside service, I p.m. Thursday, Crest Lawn Memorial Park; Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna. FANNIE CARTER, 89, of Alpharetta died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Thursday, Louie E. Jones Funeral Home. GEORGE HOWARD, 41, of Alpharetta died Sunday. Funeral, noon Friday, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Philadelphia; Julian V. Hawkins Funeral Home, Philadelphia.

OLLIE BELL LOFTON, 94, of Union City died Monday. Funeral plans will be announced by Sellers Bros. ANNIE LOU McCRACKIN, 90, of East Point died Tuesday. Funeral, I p.m. Thursday, Wertview Abbey; Parkway Garden Chapel.

MARION "BUDDY" VANDEGRIFF, 70, of Newnan died Sunday. Graveside service, 1 1 a.m. today, Decatur Cemetery, AS. Turner Sons. MARTIN STINSON, 44, of Jonesboro died Sunday.

The memorial service was Tuesday; Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral. Home, Fayetteville. JIM STONE, 50, of Riverdale died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

today, New Hope Baptist Church; Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville. who donated all her services to non-profit foundations. She served as the President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Medicine in Atlanta. Carmen danced Giselle with.

Andre' Eglevsky for the Tampa Civic Ballet and was the gold medal winner of the Paderewski Piano Competition. She was the Author of a book on forensic evidence. Carmen was an honors graduate of the University of Tampa, The Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William and Mary and the University of Florida College of Law where she was Order of the Corf. Carmen was a diploma holder from the International Wine and Food Society. She will be missed.

We will be with here again on the Last Day. W.lil". IT frM 3 THOMAS B. BRACKIN 74, of Decatur died Sunday. Funeral, I p.m.

today, AC Hemperley Sons. MARGARET ELLSWORTH, 75. of Chamblee died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of Georgia.

BLANCHE LILLIAN HEARD COL-LISTER, 88, of Norcross died Monday. Memorial service, 1 1 a.m. Thursday, -Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home. FRANK PETER BELUZZI, 83, of Marietta died Monday. Funeral plans will be announced by Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home.

Josephine Dobbs Clement, 80, civic leader ARGO Mrs. Ludie Mae Argo, age 92, of Bolton, died Tuesday. Graveside services will be held at 1 P.M., Thursday, at the Crestlawn Cemetery in Atlanta, with Rev. Mike Woods officiating. Surviving are two daughters, Dot Loudermilk, of East Point and Linda Coleman, of Mableton; sister, Lillie Pittman of Austell; five grandsons, four great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 til 9 P.M., Today at the Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna. of Polk County Sheriff Frank Lott. Larry Harold Johnson was identified as the suspect in the nearly 24-year-old case after a' tip from a schoolmate of Polk County Detective Mike Sullivan. A search of Johnson's mother's Alabama home revealed a pistol that matches the bullets taken from Lott's body, police said. Johnson turned himself in to police Feb.

21 after seeing news reports that he was wanted as a suspect. Johnson, 50; of Leesburg, was indicted last week and could face the death penalty. District Attorney James Osborne is expected to make a decision on that in the next 30 days. Lott and a county jail trusty were shot while investigating a burglar alarm that had gone off at Cedartown High School on June 23, 1974. The trusty, Benny Clark, drove Lott to the hospital, where he died.

Johnson also faces charges of burglary and possession of a firearm while committing a crime. TIFTON 2 teens arrested on school arson charges Two teenagers were arrested Tuesday on charges of setting a fire at a middle school, state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine reported. The teens, whose ages and identities were not released, are accused of breaking into J.T. Reddick Middle School on March 5 and starting a fire. The fire, which was set in a room used for in-house suspensions, caused about $100,000 damage.

The teens face a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine, if convicted, Oxendine said. The two are being held at the Youth Development Center in Albany. ROCKDALE COUNTY Man struck, killed by CSX train in Conyers A 32-year-old man was killed Tuesday after he was struck by a CSX train in Conyers. Hamby Idris of 1080 South Main St. in Conyers was pronounced dead at Rockdale Hospital around a.m., Conyers Police Chief Tony Lucas said.

Idris, an Egyptian national, had lived in Rockdale County for about three months. Idris was walking west on the tracks between 8 and 8:15 a.m. when hit by th westbound train in a heavily wooded area about one-half mile west of Ga. 138, police said. Authorities found headphones and a music player near the scene of the accident and believe Idris may have been wearing them when he was killed.

COWETA COUNTY Grantville man killed in two-vehicle accident Earl Pinson, 38, of Grantville was killed Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision in Coweta County. Pinson was a passenger in the front seat of a 1989 Buick Century that was going north on Martin Mill Road, ran a stop sign and pulled into the palh of a 1996 Chrysler Town and Country van going west on Gordon Road, the Georgia State Patrol reported. The driver of the Buick, Annie Pooler, 44, of Grantville, was taken to Newnan Hospital, where she was in stable condition in the intensive care unit on Tuesday. The driver of the van, Linda Cawthon, 41, of Moreland was not hurt badly and wasn't hospitalized. The State Patrol said no charges have been filed yet but that blood samples from Pooler are being tested for drugs and alcohol.

FULTON COUNTY Holyfield brother gets convicted of rape, incest James Holyfield, older brother of heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield, was convicted of rape and child molestation Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court. James Holyfield, 45, could face life inprison when he is sentenced April 17uby Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane. He also was convicted of statutory rape and incest for the incident that occurred Nov. 12, 1995, when the victim was under 16. This is not the first time James Holyfield has faced similar charges.

He was acquitted of rape in 1987. He was indicted again in 1989, and those charges were dropped. He was indicted on a rape charge a third time in 1991, spent a year in jail waiting for trial, then pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a 12-year-old and was released. From staff and wire reports By Kay Powell STAFF WRITER Josephine Dobbs Clement, 80, the fourth of six daughters of the late Atlanta civic leader John Wesley Dobbs, continued the AYERS Mr. Maurice Byron Ayers, age 85, of 665 Jefferson Conyers, GA died Sunday, March 22, 1998.

Survivors are his wife, Julia Burks Ayers of the home. Two sons, Jarrell Ayers, Mableton, GA, Douglas Ayers, Conyers, GA; four sisters, Edith Little, Morrow, GA; Wilbert Lan-drum, Hapeville, GA; Jean Hill, Maysville, GA; Annette Evans, Fayetteville, GA; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. from Webbs Creek Baptist Church, with Rev. James Dumas officiating.

Interment in the cemetery. The family will receive friends at Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce from 7 until 9 P.M., Tuesday. Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, GA. i family tradition of leadership and service and was honored for it. Mrs.

Clement died of Sjogren syndrome, an autoimmune dis- Her father, who died in 1961, arrived in Atlanta in 1897 and today a sculpture in his memory sits on Auburn Avenue, and a downtown Atlanta street is named for him in recognition of his community leadership. Mrs. Clement's commitment to education, politics, the arts and her community earned her awards and honors throughout her lifetime, said her son, Atlanta architect Arthur J. Clement. The 1937 Spelman College graduate had a master's degree in home economics from Columbia University in New York.

She was a former college professor, teaching at Savannah State and Morris Brown colleges in Georgia and at North Carolina Cen- tral University in Durham, where she moved with her husband in 1946. Mrs. Clement was a member of the Durham school board in the 1970s. From 1983 to 1989, she served as a Durham County commissioner. Her civic involvement included board memberships for the Women's Forum of who holds a doctorate in the New Testament.

Mrs. Gement participated in the Lenbrook book discussion and review group, presenting reviews herself. She enjoyed the concerts presented for the residents and had a special interest in one a concert by her sister, retired opera star Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon of Arlington, Va. Other survivors include her husband, William A. Clement of Atlanta; three daughters, Alexine Clement Jackson of Potomac, Kathleen 0.

Clement of Atlanta and Josephine M. Clement of South Orange, N. two other sons, William A. Clement Jr. of Atlanta and Wesley D.

Clement of Charlotte; two other sisters, Willie D. Blackburn and June Dobbs Butts, both of Atlanta; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Josephine Clement Fund for Public Education in care of the Triangle Community Foundation, P.O. Box 12834, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. North Carolina, various foundations and the public library.

She received the YWCA woman of achievement silver medallion and the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce civic honor award. "All six of the Dobbs daughters have a sense of politics," said her nephew, former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. "She's the only one who acted on it." Mr. Jackson's mother, Irene D. Jackson of Atlanta, is the oldest of the Dobbs daughters.

His aunt, Mr. Jackson added, was a top vote-getter in Durham and was an adviser to North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt. When the Clements moved back to Atlanta in 1996, "she sort of reunited with her sisters," 'said her son. One sister, Spelman College professor Milli-cent D.

Jordan, died in 1991. Despite her declining health, Mrs. Clement maintained her interest in education and the arts through programs at Lenbrook, said her neighbor, Dr. Will Ormond, a retired Columbia Theological Seminary professor Obits Continued on C9 Beverley Cross 66, playwright ASSOCIATED PRESS ciement ease, at her Len- brook Square apartment on Monday. The body will be cremated.

The memorial service will be at 1 1 a.m. Thursday at First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. Sellers Bros, is in charge of arrangements. Another memorial service for the longtime resident of Durham, N.C., will be at White Rock Baptist Church in Durham at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Fisher Funeral Parlor of Durham is in charge of arrangements. t- i London Beverley Cross, the playwright and screenwriter who helped launch Dame Mag-' gie Smith on her illustrious act-. ing career and later married her, has died. He was 66. Mr.

Cross died at home Fri- day, according to a death announcement published Tues-, day in the Daily Telegraph. The George Howard, 41, modem jazz saxophonist i Times of London said he had recently been treated for a series of aneurysms, Mr. Cross, whose mother was an actress and father was a the- By Sonia Murray and Cato Bass STAFF WRITERS George Howard, 41, of Alpharetta, a contemporary jazz aid uuuiagci, yviuic uic uvua for the 1963 musical "Haifa i Sixpence," and the screenplay for the film version four years i later. Ms. Smith, whom Mr.

Cross i had met as a student in Oxford, starred in his second play, "Strip the Willow," in 1960. ITU a 1 ,1 I saxophonist known for his fusion style and signature rhythm and blues covers, died Sunday of colon cancer at Piedmont Hospi "His trend changed once he came back from Africa," she said. "I could hear it in his albums 'Attitude Adjustment and 'Midnight For Mr. Howard, his music was "a joyous, creative process," she said. "It's a great loss," said Earth, Wind Fire drummer Sonny Emory, who played with Mr.

Howard, whom he had known for 10 years. "I saw him Thursday in the hospital and I dedicated a show afterward to him. He was important to so many musicians here." Survivors include his daughter, Jade Howard of Los Angeles, and two sisters, Mary Howard of Atlanta and Doris Howard of Philadelphia. Howard had an apprenticeship of sorts with such Philadelphia-based acts as Blue Magic, Harold Melvin the Blue Notes and First Choice. His style combined urban music and instrumental jazz, often called fusion, and he earned a considerable standing in both genres.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Mr. Howard participated as an auctioneer in the daily countdown sale of commemorative T-shirts. Also, he performed at an Olympic hospitality house for the continent of Africa during the Olympics. He had visited Africa, and that influenced a change in his music, said his assistant, Robin Finey of Decatur, i Mr. Howard released his first album in 1979 and joined Grover Washington, a musician whom Mr.

Howard complemented in style, on tour. This year, Mr. Howard released his 15th album, "Midnight Mood." A cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "There's a Riot Going On" has been completed, but its release is pending. Mr. Howard rose to prominence in the mid-1980s with his third album, "Dancing in the Sun," and was best known for covering singles by such vocalists as Regina Belle on "Baby Come to Me," Cherelle on "Everything I Miss at Home" and Jeffrey Osborne on "Only Human." Before his work with Mr.

Washington, as A teenager Mr. i lie piuy uiu uui upen in don, but Ms. Smith's career bloomed because of the strong Howard impression she made during regional tryouts. Mr; Cross left his first wife tal. The funeral will be at noon Friday at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Philadelphia.

Julian V. Hawkins Funeral Home in Philadelphia is in charge of arrangements. I ana movea in witn ms. smith in. the early '60s.

After both married and divorced other people, they wed ill 1975. I.