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NEWS The Atlanta Journal The Atlanta Constitution H6 Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997 OBITUARIES METRO EDITION Driver shot by police was Florida fugitive Man had many aliases, long record The Atlanta Journal-Constitution strives to make this list a complete record of deaths in the metro area and of selected deaths from elsewhere. Please ask your funeral home or cremation society to call us at 404-526-5342, or fax us at 404-526-5746. These listings are free. For a detailed Paid Death Notice, please have your funeral home contact our advertising department at 404-526-527 1 CHARLES F.

ABERCROMBIE, 86, of Sharpsburg died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home. MARTHA JEAN HEATH, 72. of Newnan died Thursday.

Funeral plans will be announced by Sellers-Smith. Inside the Oldsmobile Hill was driving were found "handwritten notes on how change your appearance," said GBI spokesman John Bankhead. DEATHS AND WILLIE ALFORD, 54. died Feb. 9.

Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Woodbury; Steve Hines Sons Funeral Home. ALMA CURRY, 83. died Tuesday. Graveside service, I p.m.

today, Westview Cemetery; Sellers Bros. HATTIE ANN FOSTER ADAMS DIT-TRICH, 95, died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Howard L. Carmichael Sons, East Point VINCENT EUGENE "DENT DENT DOZIER, 28, died Feb.

8. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Murray Bros. Funeral Home, Pryor KEVIN DERNARD ELDER, 14. died Sunday.

Funeral, I p.m. today, Lily of the Valley Church; Sellers Bros. HENRY PERCY ERNEST 68, died Thursday. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Murry Bros.

Funeral Home, Utoy Springs Road. SALLIE McCURRY FOY, 82. of Atlanta and Ormond Beach, died Thursday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. today, H.M.

Patterson Son, Oglethorpe Hill. MILTON MANUEL, 78. died Feb. 1 3. Funeral, I p.m.

Thursday, New Israel Baptist Church; Sellers Bros. QUEEN ADELLA MINCEY, 74, died Feb. 7. Funeral, I p.m. today, Antioch AME Church; AS.

Turner Sons. ELSIE LEE SHEATS, 55. died Thursday. The body was cremated. Memorial service.

I p.m. today, Atlanta Mission Deliverance Church; Stocks Funeral Home. ABBIE SMITH, 90, died Thursday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. today, Greenwood Cemetery; AS.

Turner Sons. SUSIE BELL THOMAS, 85, of Louisville. formerly of Atlanta, died Feb. 8. Funeral, 1 1 a.m.

today, Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home. FRANCES LOUISE "ROSE" TSCHOPP, 69, died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, AS.

Turner Sons. WALTER LEE "SLACK" TUCKER, 72. died Sunday. Funeral, I p.m. today, St Paul AME Church; Sellers Bros.

GLENN GIPSON WATKINS 75, of Brinson, formerly of Atlanta, died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday. Decatur Presbyterian Church; rvey Funeral Home. THEODIS "BABA" WILLIAMS, 20, died Sunday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. today, New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church; Steve Hines Sons Funeral Home. By Bill Montgomery STAFF WRITER A federal fugitive from Florida with a dozen aliases and numerous arrests for fraud was identified Friday as the speeding motorist fatally shot by two Butts County sheriff's deputies on 1-75 after he pointed a loaded semiautomatic pistol at them. GBI spokesman John Bank-head said Robert Edward Hill, 38, whose last known addresses were in Ocala and Lake City, and operated under such false names as Thomas Ernest Buchanan and John B. Swank, was identified by the FBI fingerprint lab.

Hill, who was speeding northbound in a white late 1980s model Oldsmobile at more than 80 mph, was stopped at the Butts-Spalding County line north of Jackson Wednesday and shot twice in the chest when he raised a 9mm pistol toward the deputies as they approached the car on foot, according to Butts County Sheriff Gene Pope. Pope has refused to identify the officers, and both are on administrative leave while the GBI investigates Hill's shooting. Investigators found birth certificates, credit cards, Social Security cards and other identi- ft -IK to on fication documents with different names in the car, as well as roadmaps of several states. But authorities did not know Friday evening where the fugitive was headed. "Wherever he was going, he was going in a hurry," said Bankhead.

Inside the Oldsmobile, which carried a Volusia County, license plate registered to Howard A. Hill, one of the fugitive's aliases, the GBI also found "handwritten notes how to change your appearance," Bankhead added. A native of New Hampshire, Hill was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for parole violations, Bankhead said. He also had arrest records for white collar crimes including forgery, manufacturing fictitious driver's licenses and bank fraud in New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Florida, Bankhead said.

i 1 FUNERALS GRIFFIN T. WILLIAMS 78. died Tuesday. Funeral, noon today, Wheat Street Baptist Church; Murray Bros. Funeral Home, Utoy Springs Road.

OSSIE WILLIAMS, 71 died Monday. Funeral, I p.m. today, Christian Mission Holiness Church; Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home. CAROLYN WOODS, 43, died Thursday.

Funeral, I p.m. Monday, Gregory B. Levett Sons Funeral Home. WILLIAM COFIELD, 82, of Carrollton. formerly of Atlanta, died Monday.

Funeral, I p.m. today, Victory Tabernacle Minis-' tries; Walker Funeral Home. ANNIE LAURA STARNES, 79. of Carrollton, formerly of Smyrna, died Thursday. Funeral, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Martin High-tower. MARjORIE B. ADAMS, 66, of Morrow died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Hons A.

Ward, Fairview Chapel. RAYMOND LEWIS 66. of Conley died Feb. 6. Funeral, I p.m.

today, Donald Trimble Mortuary. JIMMY RICHARD FREEMAN, 42. of Marietta died Thursday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. today, Snow Springs Baptist Church; R.

Dudley Barton Son Funeral Home, Adairsville. MARGARET E. HOPKINS, 74. of Marietta died Wednesday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m.

today, Winkenhofer Funeral Home, Smyrna. JOHN D. KELLEY, 72. of Louisville, formerly of Marietta, died Wednesday. Funeral, 10 a.m.

today. J.B. Ratterman Sons Funeral Home, Louisville. JAMES EDWARD LOVERN 80. of Smyrna died Wednesday.

Funeral, I p.m. today, Smyrna First United Methodist Church; Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna. LLOYD G. MORGAN, 77. of Marietta died Wednesday.

The funeral was Friday, Benson Funeral Home. WILLIAM "BUDDY" PENTECOST, 58, of Smyrna died Thursday. Funeral, I p.m. Sunday, Winkenhofer Funeral Home, Smyrna. resident of the Lakewood Heights area, Mrs.

Dittrich knew virtually everyone in the community, said her daughter, Helen Hindman of Atlanta. Mrs. Hindman said her mother was known for coming to the aid of neighbors in need. "She didn't just sit by the bed and visit," Mrs. Hindman said.

"She went in the house and went to work. And she always brought with her a small gift." Taking care of neighbors was a family affair, a commitment to the community Mrs. Dittrich learned from her mother, Mrs. died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Tapp Funeral Home. ANNA RENA LANDRUM, 44, of lil-burn died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m. today, Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church; Warbington Mortuary. ARTHUR B.

MANEY, 80, of Grayson died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Snellville. CONRAD LEO MARTIN, 69. of Snell-ville died Thursday.

Mass of Christian burial, 9 a.m. Monday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Cumberland, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Snellville. CARL EMANUEL SCHISLER, 85, of Duluth died Thursday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m.

today, Bill Head Funeral Home, Duluth Chapel. BETTY R. CARTER, 70. of Gainesville died Thursday. Funeral, I p.m.

today, Little-Davenport Funeral Home. NANCY HOOVER FARR, 57, of Lula died Wednesday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m. Little-Davenport Funeral Home. TROY E.

LEWIS, 86, of McDonough died Thursday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church; W.D. Lemon Sons. ALICE S.

MILLER, 89, of Hampton died i Thursday. Funeral, 10 a.m. today, Rainer i Funeral Home, Stockbridge. MARY BESSIE HAMES, 93, of Dallas died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Post Oak Baptist Church, Powder Springs; Med-ford-Peden Funeral Home, Marietta. GRADY OWEN RAUSCHENBERG 82, of Conyers died Thursday. Funer- al, 1 1 a.m. today, A S. Turner Sons.

LEN F. BENTON, 94, of Covington died Tuesday. Funeral, I p.m. today, St Paul AME Church; Young Funeral Home. B.F.

"RUTH" CAMPBELL, 68, of Cov-' Ington died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Caldwell Cowan Funeral Home. LELAND C. HAMMONTREE, 77, of Jas- per died Thursday.

Funeral, 4 p.m. today, Chapman Funeral Home. MELVIN O. HOLLINGSWORTH, 67, of, Rome died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

to- i day, Jennings funeral Home. I 1 ANGIE STEVENSON, 33, of Bend, a top cross-country ski racer and biathlete, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. She was found dead Feb. 7. CHOBYO YARA, 94.

of Tokyo, the former governor who oversaw Okinawa's re- version to Japan after 27 years of U.S. occu- pation after World War II. died Friday. sure the singers had a nice appearance and helped with any problems. She was very much like a mother to the choir, said her daughter.

Mrs. Dittrich maintained a 1 life of helping others with love in her home, too. She took care of her husband until he died in 1983 at the age of 94, said her daughter. Other than her daughter, Mrs. Dittrich is survived by one grandchild, two great-grandchil-dren and three great-great- grandchildren.

rights activist able, rational and one they could accept. That's a gift." An early proponent of gay marriage, Mr. Stoddard and colleagues debated the issue in a road show to build support within the gay community, said Peg Byron, Lambda's public education director. After being diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, an AIDS-re-lated cancer, in 1989, Mr. Stoddard gradually wove his illness'; into his activism, attending U.S.

and international conferences on AIDS and joining the board of the American Foundation for AIDS research. hr home subscription information, all 104122 4141. rs.nif-u.rtf.ni.v.' LEONARD B. CULBRETH, 75, of Decatur, formerly of Atlanta, died Friday. Graveside service, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Shadow-lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville; Tom M. Wages, Oak Lawn Chapel. ERNESTINE C. DUNAWAY, 82. of Hawkinsville died Thursday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Clark Funeral Home. HENRY JACKSON, 81. of Decatur died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 1 a.m.

today, Gregory B. Levett Sons Funeral Home. JOHN WESLEY ROME 90, of Decatur died Wednesday. Funeral, I p.m. today, New Springfield Baptist Church; Gregoty B.

Levett Sons Funeral Home. JOHN ALLEN SMITH, 41, of Decatur died Wednesday. Funeral, I p.m. Monday at Stocks Funeral Home. CHARLIE STRONG, 53, of Decatur died Thursday.

Funeral, I p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church of Alabama City, Tyler Funeral Home. CORA MAE TURNER, 81. of Decatur died Friday. Funeral plans will be announced by Goolsby Mortuary.

LUCILLE PROVIDENCE WADE, 91, of Doraville died Thursday. The funeral was Friday; R.T. Patterson Funeral Home, Nor-cross Chapel. R. NEIL HANBERRY, 55, of Cumming died Thursday.

The local funeral was Friday; Ingram Funeral Home. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Wingard Memorial Lutheran Church, Clyo; Strickland Funeral Home, Springfield. HORACE FRANKLIN HAM 71. of East Point died Wednesday.

Funeral, I p.m. today, A.C. Hemperley Sons. JOHNNIE LOU JOHNSON, 89, of Ros-well died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. NOY SIHARAJ, 19. of Union City died Feb. I Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Tara Garden Chapel.

LUCY KATHERINE STEVENS, 74, of Alpharetta died Wednesday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. today, Westview Cemetery; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. FLORENCE CRAFT WIGGINS, 92. of East Point died Wednesday.

Funeral, 1 1 a.m. today, Howard L. Carmichael Sons, East Point JAMES ALFRED ADAMS, 59. of Nor-cross died Friday. Graveside service, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Dunwoody; Bill Head Funeral Home, LilbumTucker Chapel. SYBYL HENDERSON, 77, of Buford Hindman said. "I couldn't keep up with all that she did," she said. In one instance, when she was in her 70s, Mrs. Dittrich helped a neighbor whose legs were covered with large sores and whose family lived elsewhere.

"Every day, she dressed her legs," Mrs. Hindman said. "She brought her food and took care of her for several years." At her church, Mrs. Dittrich was active in United Methodist Women and the administrative board. As choir mother, she took care of the choir robes, made successful lobbying to end the ban against gays serving openly in the military.

More militant activists considered his approach too conciliatory. Former Mayor Ed Koch praised Mr. Stoddard's authorship of a 1986 New York City law that protects gays against discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation. "He was an extraordinary lawyer," said Mr. Koch.

"Even though he never retreated, he would find a way to explain, to placate and convince opponents that his approach was reason is 1 Hattie Dittrich, 85, friend to neighbors in need JEFF GUENTHER The Chattanooga Times Unsettling news: Tammy Faye Brackett of Graysville, told police that she is the mother of the mystery children, whom she identified as Shawn and Alicia Brackett. Kids found at hotel unsure of own names By Brian J. Back STAFF WRITER There are people for whom helping others is a rewarding hobby. For Hattie Dittrich, it was a way of life. The funeral for Hattie Ann Foster Adams Dittrich, 95, of Atlanta is at 2 p.m.

today at Howard L. Carmichael Sons, East Point. Mrs. Dittrich died of heart failure at her Lakewood Heights home Wednesday. As one of the oldest members of Lakewood Heights United Methodist Church and a lifelong Georgia woman says she is their mother Thomas Stoddard, 48, ASSOCIATED PRESS 'New York Thomas Stoddard, a civil rights lawyer who helped lead the fight for homosexuals to serve openly in the military, has died at age 48.

Stoddard died Wednesday of AIDS, according to his companion, Walter Rieman. As executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund from 1986 to 1992, Mr. Stoddard fought for equal rights for gay men, lesbians and people with AIDS. He maintained his public role after leaving the organization and after becoming ill, most recently leading the un Police estimate the boy is about 5 because he still has all his baby teeth. He told police that sometimes he was called Shawn.

The girl gave the police several names: Barbie, Kimberly and Gail. The boy calls her Alicia. The girl said her mother was dead. When the maintenance worker finished his duties, he returned to the room to get the children and ran when he saw police. Detectives later tracked him to his small home in the East Brainerd community, where he lived with the children and a female roommate.

Neighbors knew him as Fred. Police said he also goes by the name Joe Frank Durham. The man told police he was the father of both children, whom he claimed were born at home and delivered by a midwife. That's why he didn't have birth certificates for them. He said he met their mother at a bar.

Her name was Jennifer or Kimberly, but he didn't know her last name. She hitched a ride out of town with a trucker six weeks after the boy's birth, he said. However, after the children's story and photos were published in The Chattanooga Times on Friday, a woman from Graysville, called police claiming to be their mother. Tammy Faye Brackett said the man's name is really Fred Harrison Lingerfelt and that he kidnapped the children four years ago. The children are in foster care while the case is under in- vpqtio-ntinn By Michelle Williams ASSOCIATED PRESS Chattanooga, Tenn.

They don't know their real names, their birth dates or where they were born. They've never been to school, the doctor or a dentist. The boy, 5, likes to be called Scarecrow and has an imaginary wife named Honey. The girl, about'8, answers to Barbie. But the mystery surrounding two healthy children found Tuesday in a room at the Econo-Lodge near Hamilton Place Mall doesn't end there.

A man claiming to be their father goes by several aliases and is wanted by police for questioning. A Georgia woman claiming to be their mother says the children were kidnapped four years ago and she hasn't seen them since, even though she lives 10 miles away from where they were living. "The whole situation is extremely suspicious," said child abuse Detective Janice Atkinson. "We're not really sure what to believe." Police went to the hotel after receiving an anonymous tip that they would find neglected children there. The sandy-haired children told police they had been coming to the hotel every day with a man calling himself Robert McDonald, a maintenance worker for the EconoLodge.

While he was working, they would spend the day in guest rooms, conference rooms, the indoor pool area and even a ctnrnoc mnm Adolph Lewis, brother of Atlanta congressman, 54 Funeral services for Adolph Lewis Sr. of Fort Lauderdale, the brother of Sth District Congressman John Lewis of Atlanta, will be held at 10 a.m. today at The Plantation Worship Center in Lauderhill, Fla. Mr. Lewis, 54, died of a heart attack at a Fort Lauderdale hospital Feb, 8.

A native of Troy, he had been employed by the Tile and Terrazzo Co. for 30 years. Survivors other than his brother are his wife, Willie Muriel Lewis; three daughters, Mary F. Lewis, Diane Lewis and Angela L. Warren; and two sons, Milton Lewis and Adolph Lewis all of Fort Lauderdale; his mother, Willie Mae Lewis of Troy; three sisters, Ora Lee Crawley of Detroit, Ethel Tyner of Gashen, and Rosa Mae Tyner of Richmond, five other brothers, William Davis Lewis of Detroit and Edward Lewis, Freddie Lewis, Samuel Lewis and Henry Grant Lewis, all of Troy; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A. Roy Mizell Funeral Home of Fort Lauderdale is in charge of arrangements. KVw PnuWf Worn When You Read The Paper..