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Friday, March 13, 1998 B7 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution OBITUARIES FAMILY-PLACED DEATH NOTICES Obits Continued from B6 McKEEVER GUSTHORNHILLF.H, LEAVELL, Mother Mogglt GAY, Regal D. SMITH, Larry TYLER, Joel HERSCHELTHORNTONMORT. DAVIS, Ron FLEMING, Jomei Edward LOGAN, Al (L.A.) SINGLETON, Robert TRINITIES FUNERAL HOME GAITHER, David Sr. DONALD TRIMBLE MORTUARY COOK, Mack FRASIER, Portent HILL, Ms. Annie Cornelia MITCHELL, Thomas N.

THRASH, Annas. AS. TURNER. SONS SHADDEN, Dorothy SHELTON, Thomas A. TYLER FUNERAL HOME BAILEY, Noroy TOM M.

WAGES FUNERAL SVC BANKS, LoulseS. PATTILLO, Thomas M. SUMMERLOT, Harold R. WILLIE A. WATKINS F.H.

BENTON, Jocauelyn CARTER, Twy la JONES, Ada B. WATTS FUNERAL HOME GRIFFIN, Mrs. EudoroT. HARRY WHITE F.H. MAYFIELD.

Frances B. YOUNG, Roger Eugene CARL WILLIAMS F.D. MclVER, Willa Moe OGLETREE, Pinkie Jones YOUNGFUNERALHOME UPSHAW, Mr. Horace G.B. LEVETT SONS F.H.

JOHNSON, DwightL SNOW, Infant D'Marcui LEXINGTON FUNERALCHAPEL SANDERS, Ulvsset MAPP-GILMORE FUNERAL HOME HEAD, Roger MOORE FUNERAL HOME GLOVER, MoriorleB. CARLJ.M0WELL1S0N GASTON, Barbara P. MURRAY BROTHERS HARRISON, Mary T. MARSHALL NEWSOME MORTUARY DOUGLAS, George B. GREAR, JohnM.

WADE, Sherman, Sr. PARROTT FUNERAL HOME BEALL, Charles FOLDS, Grady L. PATTERSON ADACHI, Naoko JORDAN, William T. MCKEEVER, Daniel A. MYERS, Albert B.

WOLFE, Nathan F. ROSWELL FUNERAL HOME LEVINE, ElizobethM. RALEIGH RUCKERFUNERAL HOME COLLIER, LutaM. SELLERS BROS. INC THOMAS, Catherine D.

TURNER, Ermodlne B. SPEER I SPEER F.H. COTTON, Elizabeth THOMAS, Jimmy Lee STOCKS FUNERAL HOME TATE, EMM Price CALDWELL COWAN THOMPSON, Son R. CARMICHAEL-HEMPERLEY F.H. BAQUI, Franklin COOPER FUNERAL NOME NOON, Frank Garfield CREMATION SOC OF THE SOUTH CARMAN, Patricio GENE DAVIS FUNERAL HOME ROBERTSON, Agnes ALFONSO DAWSON SON MORT.

GROSS, Barbara Maddox HARMON, DM. Willi E. PRESSLEY, Aunt Joel POPEDICKSONtSON MITCHELL Janie Brown HAMILTON FUNERALHOME COPELAND, Jomei HANLEY-SHELTON F.H. BENNETT, PaullneE. WILBURN, James, Jr.

HAUGABROOKS FUNERALHOME DORSE Annie L. STRICKLAND, Mrs. Willie Mao BILL HEAD FUNERAL HOME VISCARDI, Andrew J. A.C. EMPE RLE ft SONS FOSTER, Virginia E.

HILL'S FUNERAL HOME, INC CLEMONS, O.T. HINES HOME OF FUNERALS HECTOR. Mr. Yorki LOUIE E.JONES GAFFNEY, April Couch KELLY LEAK FUNERAL HOME SMITH, Quintal Jormoln KNOX FUNERALHOME FANNING, Mary Florida University. He was a Percussionist in the marching bands at each school.

Quintan's memories are felt in the hearts of his loving parents, Harold and Patricia Smith, his dear brother, Kwambe D. Smith, grandfather, Cleveland E. Johnson, aunts and uncles. Vernon (Diane) Robinson, Linda E. Smith, Brenda C.

Vereen, Gail (Robert) Wilkins, Gerald L. (De-bra) Robinson, Oliver A. (Sharon) Robinson and Nadine President; several cousins, other relatives and many devoted friends. Visitation for family and friends without viewing, this evening, 7 to 8 PM at Kelly ft Leak Funeral Home, 2321 Candler Road, 404-284-9100. SNOW The homegoing services for Infant D'Marcus Stephon Snow of 1516 Bouldercrest Road, Building 2, Apt 22, Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Ms.

Tameka Snow, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 1:00 P.M. at Straightway Deliverance Holiness Church, Atlanta, Georgia. The remians will lie in state from 12 noon until the hour of service and will not be viewed after the eulogy. Interment Kennedy Memorial Gardens. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the above residence at 12 noon Saturday.

Wake tonight in our chapel from 7 to 8 P.M. Gregory B. Levett ft Sons, Inc. (404) 294-5500. STRICKLAND Funeral services for Mrs.

Willie Mae Strickland of 2150 Macon Drive, SW, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 12 noon at the Hauga-brooks Chapel, Rev. Curtis Reeves, officiating. Interment, Chestnut Hill Cemetery. She is survived by two sisters, Florene and Annie Maude, one brother in-law, and a host of other relatives and friends. All relatives and friends are asked to assemble at the residence at 11 a.m.

Haugabrooks Funeral Home, 404-522-8217. SUMMERLOT Mr. Harold R. Summerlot age 75 of Lilburn, children, three great-grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 14, 1998 in Latta United Methodist Church directed by Cooper Funeral Home of Dillon.

Visitation will be 7-9 P.M., Friday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Memorial Association, P.O. Box 400, Marion, SC 29571. OGLETREE Funeral services for Mrs. Pinkie Jones Ogletree of Atlanta will be held on Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 10 a.m.

at Flipper Temple A.M.E. Church, 580 Fair with Dr. C. Edward Wells, Pastor, officiating. Interment, Lin- coin Memorial Cemetery.

The remains will be placed in state at the church at 9 a.m. The family will receive friends at the residence Friday (this evening) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Survivors are: her sisters, Mrs. Daisy J.

Zellner and Mrs. Charity J. King of Atlanta; several nieces, nephews, cousins, The Kilpatrick Family and a host of other relatives and many admiring friends. The cortege will assemble at the residence at 9 a.m. Carl M.

Williams Funeral Direc-tors, 492 Larkin SW, 404-522-8454. PATTILLO Thomas Michael Pattillo, age 24, of Lawrence-ville, GA, died March 11, 1998. Surviving are parents, Wayne and Janice Pattillo, of Lawr-enceville; brother, Jason Lawrence Pattillo, of Winterville; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pattillo, Lawrenceville; maternal grandmother, Mrs.

Beatrice M. King, Roanoke, VA; several aunts, uncles, cousins, and a host of friends. A native of Fulton County, he lived his life in Gwinnett County. He was a 1991 graduate of Central Gwinnett High School and a 1994 graduate of Gwinnett Technical School. Mr.

Pattillo was employed with Live Oak Hardware ft Supply in Cumming, GA as a Sales Representative. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 2 P.M. at Wages Oak Lawn Chapel. Rev. Lamar Holley and Rev.

Bob Duvall officiating. Interment Gwinnett Memorial Park. Employees of Live Oak Hardware ft Supply are asked to serve as Honorary Escort. Family will receive friends at the funeral home in an open visitation Friday. For those desiring donations may be made to the Renovation Fund of First Baptist Church, Lawrenceville, 165 Clayton Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Oak Lawn Chapel. (770)963-2411 PRESSLEY Mr. Amos Joel Pressley departed this life on Wednesday, March 11, 1998 at the age of 95. He is survived by: four children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 1:00 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church, 1109 McDaniel Street, SW. Rev. Willie Sullivan will officiate. Burial will follow at the Monte Vista Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Friday, March 13, 1998 from 6 to 7:00 pm. in the Elizabeth Chapel at Dawson's Mortuary. Remains will be placed in state at 11:00 a.m. Alfonso Dawson ft Son Mortuary, 404-691-3810. ROBERTSON JONES Evangelist Ada 2929 Forest Hill S.E., passed, March 12, 1998.

Funeral announced later. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home. 404-758-1731. JORDAN William T.

Jordan, 82, of Atlanta died Wednesday, March 11, 1998. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 14, 1998 at Our Lady Of The Assumption Catholic Church. Interment at Westview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30, with a Rosary at 7:30 at Patterson's Oglethorpe Hill Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Marist School, 3790 Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30319.

H.M. Patterson Son, Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, 4550 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA. (404) 261-3510 LEAVELL Homegoing Service for Mother Maggie Lee Storey Leavell, of 1520 Stokes S.W., Atlanta, Will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 11 A.M. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 1150 Westview SW. Rev.

J.H. Sims, Pastor, Rev. I.E. Butler, Eulogist. Interment, Lincoln Cemetery.

Remains will lie in state from 9 A.M. until the hour of service. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Rhodes, Elder and Mrs. Thomas Jordan (Bill), Rev.

and Mrs. Andrew Shropshire (Mary), Mrs. Margaret Glass, Mrs. Magdalene Kelly and Rev. and Mrs.

Samuel Obie, Sr. (Lois), all of Atlanta, GA; one son, Elder and Mrs. William Leavell, of St. Petersburg, FL; two step-sons, Deacon and Mrs. Willie Leavell and Deacon Birpee Leavell, of Fair-bum, GA; one sister, Evangelist Tommie Zell-man, of Philadelphia, PA; 19 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, nine great great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence at 10 A.M. Gus Thomhill's Funeral Home, (404) 768-2993-4. LEVINE Mrs. Elizabeth M. Levine, 81, of Roswell, formerly of New York, NY, died March 11, 1998 following a long illness.

She is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Bertram Levine, her adoring daughters, Susan A Levine of Roswell, and Karen A. Levine of Framingham, MA. A Graveside Service will be held today, Friday, March 13, 1998 at 2:00 P.M. at Greenlawn Cemetery in Roswell. Rabbi Harvey Winokur will officiate.

Memorial contributions to the Kidney Foundation. Family and friends are asked to assemble by 1:30 P.M. at Roswell Funeral Home, 950 Mansell Road. (770) 993-4811 LOGAN Funeral services for Mr. Al (L Logan of 4555 Washington Rd Apt.

11-6. College Park, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998, 2 p.m. at Mt Gilead Baptist Church, 1537 Bankhead with remains placed in state. Rev. Marshall Graham, officiating, interment, Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Survivors are daughters, Keosha and Brittany, parents, John and Donna Dupree, devoted aunt, Mary Ann Dupree, loving aunts, Delores Whitfield, Eliza Dupree, Rosa Kate Rush, Sylvia Dillard, devoted friends, Sabrina Harris and Kenya Cosby, a host of other relatives and friends. The cortege will assemble at 2104 Sandtree Ct, at 12:30 p.m. The family will receive friends tonight at 7 pm. at 2104 Sandtree Ct Herschel Thornton Mortuary, 3346 Daniel Axford McKeever, died of complications from a stroke on March 12, 1998, at Piedmont Hospital. He was 87 years old.

Dan, a New York City native, moved with his family to Orlando, Florida when he was a teenager, graduated from high school and went on to earn a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1933, Dan McKeever began his career with J.E. Hanger in Atlanta, Georgia as an Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician. He was a combination sculptor, technician and businessman and was the eleventh Prosthetist to be certified in this country.

In 1937, Mr. McKeever took over management of J.E. Hanger, SE. and under his leadership it became one of the largest firms in the Prosthetic and Orthotic Industry. He has since served as President of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association and also its accrediting board, The American Board for Certification on Orthotics and Prosthetics.

During World War II he attained the rank of Colonel in the Army and was awarded the Legion of Merit for Service as stock controller of the Signal Corps. Mr. McKeever was very active at Georgia Tech and was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, 0DK, Anak, Phi Kappa Phi, and other honorary societies. He has since served as Chairman of the Tech-Georgia Development Fund, as President of the National Alumni Association and as a member of the Athletic Board and Georgia Tech Foundation. In 1980, he received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award and in 1994 was among the first inductees into the Engineering Hall of Fame.

Dan has served as Senior Warden of the Cathedral of St Philip and as Chairman of Finance of the Atlanta Diocese of the Episcopal Church. He was also a member of the Capital City Club and has served on its Board of Directors. At the time of his death, Mr. McKeever was a consultant and member of the Board of Directors of the Hanger Orthopedic Group. Mr.

McKeever is survived by his wife of 65 years, Dee Coleman McKeever; his daughter, Deenie McKeever Smith of Cartersville, Georgia; his son, Dan McKeever, Jr. of Auburn, Alabama; six grandchildren, Dee Marie Stanford Simonton, Dana Stanford Falcon, Dax, Kyle, Tyler and Jesse McKeever; three great-grandchildren, Cy and Jay Simonton and Bryan Lutz. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Dan McKeever Scholarship Fund established by the Orthotic and Prosthetic Educational and Development Fund, located at 1650 King Street, Suite 500, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314. Services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St.

Philip. The family will receive friends at H.M. Patterson ft Son, Oglethorpe Hill, 4550 Peachtree Road on Friday, March 13th from 6 to 8 p.m., and one hour before the service at the Cathedral. in 1934. He was a loyal Bulldog supporter and fan.

He served in the US Army during World War II, retiring from the Reserve as a Major in 1961. He was a business owner and only recently retired as a real estate broker in 1993. He was a dedicated and life-long tennis player. He was a member of one of the founding families of The Temple. Nathan enjoyed many years of volunteering in community service projects and served as a driver for other seniors.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Evie; daughter and son in-law, Julie Wolfe Moser and Robert Moser; daughter and son in-law, Leslie Cran-son Gottlieb and Joel Gottlieb; son and daugh-ter in-law, Richard and Debbie Wolfe and five grandchildren, Laura, Daniel, Kara, Elizabeth and Jordan. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 13 at 1:00 p.m. at The Temple. Interment service following. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the charity of your choice.

H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. 404-876-1022. YOUNG Mr. Roger Eugene Young, age 50, of Conyers, GA, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 1998.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. from the chapel of Harry L. White Funeral Home, Conyers. Rev. J.

Bryant Steele will officiate. Interment, Green Meadow Memorial Gardens, Conyers. He is survived by: wife, Mrs. Debbie Young, Conyers; daughters, Mr. and Mrs.

Ricky (Michelle) Lee, Conyers; Mr. and Mrs. Jay (Belinda) Miles, Stockbridge; mother, Mrs. John C. (Mary Nell).

Young, Conyers; brother, Mr. Dennis D. Young, Conyers; sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ricky (Rhondia) Shead, Conyers; grandchildren, Kris Lee, Josh Lee, Jenna Lee and Katie Lee, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 6 until 8 this evening. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: The American Heart Association or The American Cancer Society. Harry L. White Funeral Home, Conyers, 770-483-7216. died March 11, 1998.

He is survived by daughter and son in-law, Linda and John Calhoun of Stone Mountain; son and daughter in-law, Terry and Kattry Summerlot of Lilburn; brother, Roland Summerlot of Patricksburg, IN; grandchildren, Christina and Clark Calhoun, Rhett and Bryant Summerlot. Mr. Summerlot, a member of All Saints Lutheran Church was a lifetime member of the American Legion College Park Post. No 400 and was retired from Westinghouse Electric, after 48 years of service. He was currently a greeter at Mountain East Kroger at 32nd Degree Mason.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 10:00 a.m. at All Saints Lutheran Church, with the remains placed in state at 9:30. Pastor Bob Stellar, officiating. Interment, Eternal Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday from 6-9 p.m.

at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the All Saints Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 722 Rockbridge Road, Lilburn, GA 30047 in memory of Mr. Harold R. Summerlot. Tom M.

Wages Funeral Service, Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200. TATE Mrs. Eloise Price Tate of 1609 Line Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA, passed Wednesday, March 11, 1998 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11 AM at Stocks, Kirkwood Chapel, 1970 Boulevard Drive, NE.

Rev. W. Paul Zanders, officiating. Interment, Flat Shoals Cemetery, Covington, GA. Survivors are: three sisters, Mrs.

Pauline Hamm, Mrs. Paulette Watkins, Mrs. Marlene Russell, one brother, Mr. Anthony Hill, two aunts, Ms. Christine Shivers, Ms.

Bessie Gay of Cleveland, OH; two very devoted relatives, niece, Ms. Charlotte Hamm-Holmes, cousin, Ms. Jewell (Peggy) Whitehead and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the above residence at 10 a m. (404) 284-7070.

Stocks Funeral Home, Kirkwood Chapel, 404-377-0458-9. TURNER Mrs. Ermodine Bigsby Turner of 1331 Thurgood Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, formerly of Brenham, TX, passed Saturday, March 7, 1998. She is survived by: her husband, Wallace B. Turner, son, Wallace B.

Turner, daughter-in-law, Linda Stewart Turner, mother, Laura V. Bigsby, Brenham, TX; brother, Maurice Bigsby, Houston, TX; sisters, Marjorie Bigsby, Brenham, TX; Lillian Brown, Center Point TX; Norma Wilson, Houston, TX and Winifred Williams, Pittsburgh, PA and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, colleagues, the West Hunter Street Baptist Church family and close friends. Mrs. Turner taught for 25 years in the Atlanta Public Schools, retiring in 1985 from M. L.

King Jr. Middle School. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998, at 1 p.m. at West Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1040 Ralph David Abernathy SW. The Rev.

T. DeWitt Smith, Pastor and The Rev. Harold C. Turner, Assistant Pastor, Eulogist. Mrs.

Turner will be placed in state at the church at 11 a.m. Intement, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Omega Omega Services of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the family will receive friends tonight, Friday, March 13, 1998 at Sellers Bros. Chapel, 889 M.L King Jr. NW, from 7 until 8 p.m.

The cortege will assemble at the residence at 12 noon, Saturday. Sellers TYLER Funeral services for Mr. Joel Tyler, of 2685 Cherry Laurel Lane, East Point, GA, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 1 P.M., Greater Vine City Baptist Church, 166 Walnut W. Rev. J.W.

Fielder, Pastor, Rev. Samuel A Holmes officiating. Interment, Lincoln Cemetery. Remains will lie in state from 11 A.M. until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends Tonight from 7 til 8 P.M. in our Chapel, 1315 Hendrix East Point. He leaves to cherish his memory, a devoted wife, Mrs. Pamela W. Tyler, two daughters, Jonelle and Yolanda Tyler, three sons, Joel Tyler, Gerald Tyler and Zerrick Walker, father and step-mother, Mr.

and Mrs. Clark Tyler (Josephine), four sisters, Mrs. Joan Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Jackson (Josephine), Mrs.

Elizabeth Perkins and Mrs. Lillie Mae Moses, one brother, Steven Robinson, 10 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence at 12 noon. Gus Thomhill's Funeral Home, (404) 768-2993-4. UPSHAW Funeral services for Mr.

Horace Upshaw of 875 Grange Ct SE, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Young Funeral Home. Interment, Fairfield AMI. Church Cemetery, Jackson, GA, Rev. O.L.

Blackshear, officiating. He is survived by son, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Carter, two sisters, Mrs. Lala Moore, Cincinnati, OH; Bishop and Mrs.

Wade Barlow (Pearl), Atlanta; three brothers, Mr. Early Upshaw, Mr. Wesley Upshaw, both of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Upshaw of Cincinnati, Ohio; eight grandchidren, six great-grandchilren, a devoted niece, Mrs.

Sandra Cunningham a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence at 1:00 p.m. Young Funeral Home, 1107 Hank Aaron SW, 404-523-6606. Mrs. Agnes Robertson, age 75, of Atlanta died Wednesday, March 11, 1998.

Survivors include son, Willard Robertson, Shannon, GA; daughters, Brenda Morton, Mableton, Juanita Sawyers, Buchanan, Chariene Webb, Mobile, AL; sister, Syble Eller, Roswell; brothers, Levy Adams, Gainesville, Wilson Adams, Kennesaw, Othel Adams, Roswell, Thadis Adams, Atlanta; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday at Gene Davis-White Columns Chapel, Mableton. Interment at Crest Lawn Memorial Park. SANDERS Ulysses of Carlton, GA Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 m.

at the New Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tommy Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Jennings Cemetery. Survivors, wife, Mary Lou Sanders; 4 daughters, Susie Harvard, Betty Goolsby, Beverly Adkins, Denise Raines; 2 sons, Calvin Sanders and Joel Sanders; 2 brothers, Robert Sanders and Carlton Sanders; 5 sisters, Emma Collins, Eula Mae Greenard, Annette Manley, Wadene Sherard, Ruth Mae Foster; 26 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Jones Lexington Funeral Chapel, Lexington, GA.

In Memorlam BOLTON VM MITCHELL Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Neal Mitchell, of 2360 S. Hairston Decatur, GA, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998, 1:30 P.M. at the Chapel of Donald Trimble Mortuary, 1876 Second Decatur. Elder Walter Hopewell officiating.

Interment, Washington Memorial Gardens. Family will receive friends Tonight at 3153 Bonway Decatur at 7:00 P.M. He is survived by mother, Mrs. Mary Mitchell, wife, Mrs. Belinda Mitchell, two step-children, Christopher and Latresha, one sister, Mary Mitchell, three brothers, Eddie, Howard and Keith, grandmother, Mrs.

Mary Mitchell, of Scottdale, GA; and a host of other relatives and friends. Family please assemble at 3153 Bonway Decatur at 12:30 P.M. Donald Trimble Mortuary, 1876 Second Avenue, Decatur. (404) 371-0772-3. MITCHELL Janie Brown Mitchell, of Morrow passed away March 11, 1998.

Funeral services will be held 11:00, Saturday, March 14, 1998 at First Baptist Church of Morrow, with remains placed in state at 10:00. Dr. Jimmy Lewis officiating. Interment, Morrow City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 2 til 4 and 6 til 8 P.M.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey M. Mitchell and a son, Jimmie Mitchell. She is survived by daughters, Mrs. Dorothy M. Geary, of dimming.

Mrs. Jo Ann Mitchell Adkins, of Morrow; sister in-law, Mrs. Vema Brown, of Cornelia; seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, five great great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Pope Dickson Son, Morrow Chapel. (770) 961-2700 MYERS Albert Bostick Myers, 87 formerly of Savannah, died March 11, 1998.

He is survived by his daughter and son in-law, Jacquelynn and Bob Thomas and two grandchildren. Graveside services will be held in Savannah, GA, on Saturday, March 14th. H.M. Patterson ft Son, Arlington Chapel, 404-851-9900. NOON Frank Garfield Noon, 73, died Tuesday, March 10, 1998 at Mcleod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

He was born to Caroline Camell Noon and Frank Garfield Noon on December 9, 1924 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Navy attached to the First Marine Division during WWII, seeing action in both theaters of that war. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Following the war he relocated to the home state of his bride, Barbara Campbell Noon, and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1950 with i B.S. degree in Business Administration.

He was a long time resident of Jonesboro, Georgia where he owned an accounting firm. He taught Accounting and Income Taxes at Clayton Junior College for sev MRS. GRACE B. BOLTON In Loving Memory Of Mrs. Grace B.

Bolton Our wife, mother and grandmother Who departed this life one year ago. Sadly missed by your husband, son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren THOMAS Funeral services for Ms. Catherine D. Thomas of 349 Connalty SE, Apt. 494, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 100 m.

at Little Refuge Holiness Church, 554 Pierce Avenue, SW. The Rev. Alec Hilson, officiating. Interment, Kennedy Memorial Gardens. Wake, Friday evening, March 13, 1998 at Sellers Bros.

Chapel, 889 King Jr. NW, from p.m. Survived by three daughters, Taneisa, Brittney Thomas and Towya Ellis, mother, Betty Thomas, father, Willie Thomas, grandmother, Rosa Mae Camp, three sisters, Trina, Dereka and Kamika Thomas, two brothers, Reginald and Willie Thomas, three nieces, seven nephews, three aunts, Verdine and Mary Camp of Atlanta; Christine Williams of Columbus, GA; uncle, James Camp and I very loving and caring devoted finacee, Jerry "Carl" Kellogg, a host of other aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives and friends. The cortege will assemble at the residence at 12 noon. Sellers Bros.

Inc. THOMAS Homegoing services for Mr. Jimmy Lee Thomas (Tip), will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, March 14, 1998 at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, McDonough, GA. Rev. Woodrow Williams, officiating.

He is survived by four children, Mr. Clarence Edward Harris, Mr. Duane lee Harris, Mr. Jamie Lewis Harris, Ms. Sherie Desrae Harris, five grandchildren, Jamie, Brittney, Duane, Damon and Demetrius, three sisters, Mrs.

Annie Ruth Slaughter (Curtis), Ms. Annie Jackson, Ms. Chrisann Ingram, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson Thomas (Bill), a special friend, Ms.

Scatherick June Hill, mother of the children, Mrs. Thelma Harris, several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation today, from 1-8 m. Speer ft Speer, McDonough. THOMPSON Mrs.

Sara R. Thompson, 83, of Griffin, died March 11. Surviving are: daughters, Mrs. Tom (Rita) Cates, Salem, MO; Mrs. Roland (Regina) Brown, Griffin; brother, Mr.

Langley C. Roberts, Lithonia; five grandchildren and eight great- andchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 00 AM on Saturday, March 14, the chapel of Caldwell ft Cowan, with Rev. Sidney Anderson and Dr. Ira Shade officiating.

Interment, City Cemtery, Covington. Caldwell ft Cowan, Covington. King Jr. Dr. MAYFIELO Mrs.

Tom (Frances Mayheld, age 85, of Conyers, died on Thursday, March 12, 1998. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Harry White Funeral Home, Conyers. Rev. John Roberts and Rev. Max Cortxn will officiate.

Interment, East View Cemetery, Conyers. She is survived by: husband, Mr. Thomas E. Mayfield of Conyers; sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 this evening.

Contributions will be made to your favorite charity. Harry White Funeral Home, Inc, Conyers, 770-483-7216. McOAIR Mrs. Mildred G. McClair died Thursday, March 12, 1998 at her home in Tucker.

She was preceded death by her parents, Clarence Edward Gross and Sarah Davis Gross and her husband, Leonard Greer McClair. Funeral services will be held from the graveside Saturday at 1 p.m. at Westview Cemetery. The Bishop L. Bevel Jones wiU officiate.

The procession will assemble at the gate. Survivors include, son, David J. Harris of Knoxville, TN; three grandchildren, Dr. David J. Harris Jr.

of Knoxville, TN, Frank Philips Harris of Marietta and Paula H. Morrison of Woodstock; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Edith G. Garrison of Illinois; several nieces and nephews AS. Turner Sons. MclYER funeral services for Mrs.

Willa Mae Poole Mc-fver will be held on Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 12 noon at Saint Paul Episcopal Church, 306 Peyton Rd S.W., with Father Edward L. Warner, Rector officiating. Interment, Westview Cemetery. The remains win be placed in state at the church at 10 a.m. Willa Mae was bom in Taylors, South Carolina on June 16, 1910.

Willa and her family moved to Atlanta in the 1920's where she completed her education at Booker T. Washington High School. On February 8, 1942, she married Raphael Angelo Mclver, educator and playwright They had one child, Lisa Michelle. While Raphael was fighting in World War Willa began working at the Ho- siery Shop on Auburn Ave. She often catered parties at the Standard Club and Dinkier Plaza Hotel, however, she was most happy as a teacher's aide for the Atlanta Public School System, where she worked for 13 years, retiring in 1982.

In addition to serving her family and neighborhood, Willa served her God and Savior, Jesus Christ at St Paul Episcopal Church in Atlanta for more than 50 years. She was a member of the Daughters of The King, St Cecilia's Circle, Citizens For All Seasons and The Senior Choir. In the summer of 1995. Willa moved to Bethesda, MD to live with her daughter and family. Willa Mae is survived by her daughter, Lisa and her husband, George Strait; grandsons, Eric and Kevin; brother, frank Poole and (amity; sister-in-law, Dempie Poole and family; Robert Jackson III and family, I Javonne and April Anderson; numerous cousins and dear friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be amde to St. Paul Episco- pal Church. 306 Peyton Rd. S.W.. Atlanta, GA.

30311. The cortege will assemble at 2916 Al- den Green Trail at 11 a Cart M. Williams funeral Directors, 492 Larkm 404-522-8454 PALMER, JOHNNIE M. In loving memory of Johnnie M. Palmer "Big Mama," March 13, 1997.

You were a wonderful mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Although our family chain has been broken, someday it will link again. Love. Your Family SHADDEN Mrs. Dorothy Shadden of Atlanta died March 10, 1998.

Funeral services will be held 11 am. Saturday from the Emory Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Dr. Joseph Crawford will be officiating.

Mrs. Shadden was member of the Emory Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star for 50 years. Survivors include, daughter, Mrs. Bette J.

Jensen of Atlanta; sons, Mr. Burth Shadden of Minneapolis, Mr. J. David Shadden of Austin, TX; sister, Mrs. Florence Miller of St.

Louis, MO; brother, Mr. William Krieg of Ohio; seven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Family will be receiving friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may send contributions to Emory Presbyterian Church.

The remains will lie in state at the church from 10:30 a.m. until the service time. A S. Turner ft Sons. SHELTON Mr.

Thomas H. Shelton of Atlanta, died March 12, 1998. Funeral services from the Chapel of A S. Turner ft Sons will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday. Chaplain Barbara Ferer, will officiate.

Survivors include wife, Mrs. Margaret Shelton of Atlanta; daughters, Barbara Grundy of Atlanta; Janice and Don Boldt of Decatur; Geor-gianna and Joel Bruno of Slidell, LA; sister, Mrs. Claire Hogan of Baton Rouge, LA. The family will be receiving friends Saturday from 2-3 p.m. at the funeral home.

A S. Turner ft Sons. SINGLETON Funeral services for Mr. Robert Singleton will be Saturday, March 14, 1998, 12 noon, at the chapel of Herschel Thornton Mortuary. Rev.

Charles Nicholson, officiating. Interment, Lincoln Cemetery. Survivors include: daughter, Selecia Maddox, other relatives and friends. Cortege will assemble at 221 Griffin Street at 11 a m. Herschel Thornton Mortuary, 3346 M.

L. King, Jr Dr. STEWART, ROBERT ADRIAN 1956 to 1995 HAPPY BIRTHDAY We Love and Miss You Father, Mother and Sisters VISCARDI Andrew J. Viscardi, infant of Suwanee, died March 11, 1998. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m.

Saturday at Norcross First United Methodist Church, with Dr. Joe Peabody and Dr. Lawrence Berry officiating. Andrew is survived by parents, Allan and Ginni Viscardi, Suwanee; brother, Joshua Stowers, Suwanee; sister, Amanda Stowers, Suwanee; grandparents, Joseph and Maeha Egbert, Indianapolis, IN, Anthony and Madeline Viscardi, Paramus, Ml; great-grandmother, Rose Bellofatto, N. Hale-don, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Norcross First United Methodist Church, 2500 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross, GA 30071 in memory of Andrew Joseph Viscardi. The family will receive friends on hour prior to services at the church. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Home, Duluth Chapel. 770-476-2535. Cemetery Lots, Crypts ARLINOION MtMOWAl PARK Prlvotely owned 2 odiocent lots.

Section beautiful loca tion, VUdO. volue. Will tell tor C7S0. 7rH3K34. ARLINGTON MEMORIAL PARK Sunrise Choprl niche tor (2).

1MM ext. iw iui ira-06xwtj ARLINOION MEMORIAL PARK 4 Prime Monument Lots, best otter Loll m) U4 tmn ARLINGTON MFMORIAL PARK CEMETERY 2 lots, Section E. StttOoodi Loll 0 JJJH ARLINGTON MEMORIAL PARK Save ISO) Two lots. Section E. Sell wviWiajToMu WADE Mr.

Sherman Wade, of 791 Knox S.E., the husband of Mrs. Ariena Wade, passed away on March 12, 1998. Funeral services will be announced by MARSHALL NEWSOME MORTUARY, INC 1410 Hwy. 138, River-dale. (770) 907-5710 CEMETERY LOTS SPACES Ground Spaces MouioletimCrypti-Cremotlon Niches Inquire oboul our Free Space Program (prtHtted only) Ctwatham Hill Memorial Park Marletta 770JJ4HII Cherokee Memorial Pork-Canton TJtMleTIII tntkrwn Memorial Gorrtertt McDonough 1130 Hillandole Memorial Gordens-llthonia 77Q-V1M144 Holly Hill Memorial Pork-Foiitwrn 77frWJ-OI4 North Atlonto Memorial Pork Doravill TJ0-04-lt77 RooeravenCemslery.Dougloivillt W-wa-414s eral years.

He retired to Latta, South Carolina in the 1970 becoming an avid golfer and active in the community. He was a lifelong Methodist Survivors include his wife of fifty three years, Barbara Worth Campbell Noon, two sons and daughters in-law, Frank (Gary) and Dana Noon, III, of Williamson, Georgia; Alan and Debbie Noon of Hampton, Georgia; two daughters and a son in-law, Ruthann Marie and Donald Crosby of Palmer, Alaska, and Peggi Lyn Noon of Savannah, Georgia; fifteen grand www. rest i noptoci CRESTLAWN MEMORIAL PARK I double oeoth crypt in Gordenot love, Price IIMS. Pleose Coll. 40M 4S47, or 404-etMai, SMITH Funeral services for Mr.

Larry Smith, of 2337 West Yale College Park. GA, will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998, 2 P.M. at Shiloh Baptist Church, 2079 W. Columbia College Park. Rev.

Donald Cantrell, Pastor officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Remains will lie in state from 12 noon until the hour of service. Survivors are a wife, one son, one daughter, three sisters, five brothers, and a host of other relatives and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence at 1 Gus Thomhill's Funeral Home, (404) 768-2993-4.

CRESTLAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS 2 lots. WOO each, Shirley Vort J404I I4t 4IS2 work; J770I M4-249S home CRESTLAWN MEMORIAL PARK a4olL tiono each, valued aMIn. Please coll 70fr2n RESURRECTION GARDENAT RESTHAVEN WILBURN Mr. James Wilbum, of 2531 Country Lake Circle, Powder Springs. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 16, 1998 at 11 A M.

from Bread Of Life Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn. Rev. Roy Wilburn will officiate. Interment, Galilee Memorial Gardens. He is survived by parents, Mr.

and Mrs. James Wilburn, Sr. (Gwen), one sister, Ebony Wilburn, one brother, Mr. Eddie Grider, Memphis, TN, he was i graduate of McEachem High School in 1990; grandparents, Mr. Jim Wilbum and Mr.

and Mrs. Cloyd Allen Uoyce), aunts and uncles. The family will receive friends Satuiday, from 2 M. until 3 in the Chanel of Hanley-Shel-ton, Marietta. (770) 428-6333 THRASH Homegoing services for Mrs.

Anna Stripling Thrash, previously of 1240 McPherson Ave SE will be held Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 11 a m. in the chapel of Donald Trimble Mortuary with Rev. R.T. Steverson officiating. Entombment will be at Kennedy Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends at the chapel tonight from 8-9 p.m. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Annie S. Brightwell (Tiny), Annie Ruth and Mr. Thomas Bernard Stripling (Strip); devoted son in-law, Rev.

Will A Brightwell; five grandsons, Patrick, Joshua, Deangelo, Tshomba and Titus Stripling; three granddaughters, Andrea, Meme and Anna T. Brightwell; six sisters, Rebecca Turner (Boo), Sarah Nell Edwards of Washington, GA, Telena Saxton, Mattie Jones, Queen Callier, Mary Moore of Atlanta; one brother, Willie F. Stripling, Washington, GA; two aunts, Mrs. Emma Allen and Mrs. Sallie Baker, Atlanta, GA; sisters in-law, brothers in-law and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Family and friends will assmebla at 314 Fennel Way SW at 10 00 a m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice Atlanta In the name of Anna Thrash. Donald Trimble Mortuary. 1876 Second 404-371-0772-3. cemetery ptotssiyn J77v)WISO WFST VIEW CEMETERY graves, Sec SO, LoV M.

MO0. Price Negotiable. 770-471 5IIS, Funeral J'er vices Directory WFtlVIFWrtMFTFRY I groves, lots 410 I 431, Section Sites i a 4 eoch tfooo. (404) I72 WE St VIEW CEMETERY 4 9 roves, Lot 1J0-A, Sites 1,7,3.4. Garden at Devotion, tTJOl (4041 172 0).

sacs SMITH The funeral for Quinton Jarmaine Smith, 19, of 5464 Hunters Cove, Lithonia, will be 12 00 noon, Saturday, March 14, 1998 at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 3646 Hogan Road, SW. The Rev. Dr. Carl H. Moncrietf, Pastor will officiate.

The body will lie in state one hour before the service. Interment, Westview Cemetery. The cortege will assemble at the residence at 10 45 AM. A 1996 graduate of Southwest Dekalb High School, Quinton was an advanced Sophomore majonug In Computer Science at WEST VIEW CEMETERY lots For Sole jmjmSW. call between 10 A M.

and P.M. WFSfviEWCEMF TERY 4 graves. Section 47, valuer) I34O0, asking im Addlllonol groves qvoiloble, 1770) Hi-OH Legal Adsytn F3 WOLFE Nathan F. Wolfe, 85, died Wednesday, March 1 1 of cardiac failure. An Atlanta native, he was i 1930 graduate of Boys High and graduated Sminu Mctm Atlanta Marshall rwsomr Mortuary 1410 lly.

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