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FMAI50114OB5 5 Star 5B 5B RR RR BlueRedYellowBlack BlueRedYellowBlack B5 5 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday, Jan. 14, 2002 Obits continued on B6 BUSSEY Mr. Andrew Bussey of Atlanta, GA, passed January 13, 2002. Funeral arrangements announced later. Sellers Bros.

BURDINE Mrs. Freda Burdine, 78, of Charlotte died Saturday evening, January 12, 2002 at Hunter Woods Nursing Center following four years of declining health. A service to celebrate her life will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at University Hills Baptist Church. Officiating will be her pastor, Dr. Philip M.

Young assisted by Reverend Howard Cobble. Interment will be private at a later date in Pleasureville, (KY) Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the Gathering Area of the church one hour prior to the service. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of her Sunday School Class. A native of Pleasureville (Henry County), KY, Mrs.

Burdine was born September 13, 1923, the eldest of three children of the late Thomas Frederick and Lola Douglas Beutel. She was a graduate of the Kentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Louisville, KY and for many years served as a Registered Nurse in Kentucky, Alaska, North Dakota and Georgia. She was a member for the past four years of University Hills Baptist Church in Charlotte and was a member of the Senior Ladies Sunday School Class. She was formerly an active member of First Baptist Church in Avondale Estates, GA, where she was a member of the Loyalty Sunday School Class, served as Mission Friends Leader for 20 years, served on the church Library Staff and was a member of the Saints Alive Choir. She was also very active in the Round Table Group of the Missionary Union at First Baptist.

Survivors include her children, Rebecca Jean (Becky) Hultgrenand husband Ed of Walnut Creek, California, Lynda Ann Eller and husband, Jim of Wasilla, Alaska, Jim Burdine, and wife, Lynn of St. Paul, MN; and John William Burdine and wife, Tammi of Charlotte, NC; her youngest brother, Bob Beutel of Eminece, KY; and 10 grandchildren, David Eller, Anita Eller, Erik Hultgren, Beth Hultgren, Allison Burdine, Jennifer Hultgren, Katherine Burdine, Brittany Burdine, Alex Burdine, and Fredrick Burdine. Mrs. Burdine was the widow of the Reverend James Theodore Burdine, Jr. who preceded her in death July 7, 1981.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by brother, J.W. Beutel. In lieu of flowers, the Burdine Family has suggested that memorials be directed to the Annie Armstrong Missions Fund, University Hills Baptist Church, 1500 Suther Road, Charlotte, NC, 28213. Arrangements are in the care of McEwen Funeral and Cremation Service, Derita Chapel. BROWN Mrs.

Dixie Irene Bonner Brown, 82, of Locust Grove, went home to be with her Lord, January 12, 2002. She was preceded in death by her husband, Porter B. Brown in 1983 and son, Phillip Barry Brown in 2001. Survivors are children, Robert and Susan Brown of Sharpsburg, GA; Gary Brown of Anaheim, CA; and Rene and Murphy Bartlett of Locust Grove; sisters, Jackie Swicegood and Mildred Thompson of Fayetteville; Marie Henderson of Columbia, SC; and Julie Rollins of Stone Mountain; brothers, Charles Bonner of College Park; and George Bonner of Melbourne, FL; 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs.

Brown will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2002 in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home with Rev. Carlton Swicegood officiating. Interment, Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, 3 PM. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from p.m.

Haisten Funeral Home, McDonough. 770-914-8833. BRADLEY Homegoing Services for Mr. Danny Bradley of 5227 A Street, Tacoma Washington, will be held Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 11 AM at the Haugabrooks Chapel, Rev. James H.

Sims officiating Interment, Lincoln He is survived by great aunt, Hattie Pearl Rosser, two special and devoted aunts, Ms. Beatrice Milner, Mrs. Vera Harris, Mrs. Beatrice Belt, Mrs. Frances Cotton and Mrs.

Stella Barnes, three uncles, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie (Mildred) Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Alton (Penny) Holland and Mr.

Charlie (Catherine) Holland, and a host of cousins, family and friends. All relatives and friends are asked to assemble at 1725 N. Olympian Way at 10 A.M. Haugabrooks Funeral Home, 404-522-8217. BLITCH Benjamin D.

Blitch, U.S. Army age 54 of Snellville, died January 12, 2002. He is survived by his wife, Chong C. Blitch; daughter, Lisa Stokes, Lexington, SC; sons, Ben Blitch, and Steven Blitch, both of Columbia, SC; brothers, Sam H. Blitch, College Park; and Oran H.

Blitch, Lawrenceville; two grandsons. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 15, 2002, in the Eternal Hills Chapel. Interment with full military honors, Ft. Benning, Georgia. Family will visit with friends 5-7 Monday at Eternal Hills Funeral Home, Snellville.

BAILEY Homegoing service for Ms. Edith Helen Bailey of 625 Brookwood Forest Park, will be held Tuesday, January 15, 2001, 1:00 p.m. at Little Vine Baptist Church, Tyrone, GA. Rev. R.L.

Jones, pastor officiating. Interment church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8 p.m. at Gus Chapel, 1315 Gus Thornhill Jr. East Point, GA.

She is survived by her children, Charles, David, and Geneva Mitchell, Willie, Lesia, Helen, Harold and Lyn Bailey, twenty grandchildren, twenty-two great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence at 12:00 noon. Gus Funeral Home, Inc. (404) 768-2993-4. FAMILY-PLACED DEATH NOTICES ON THE WEB: Family-placed death notices at www.ajcclassifieds.com news obituaries at www.ajc.com RMAIN0114OB5 Our policy: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution strives to make this list a complete record of deaths in the metro area and of selected deaths elsewhere.

Please ask your funeral home or cremation society to call us at 404-526-5342 or fax us at 404526-7517 These listings are free. For a Family-Placed Death Notice, for which there is a charge, have your funeral home contact our paid notice department at 404-526-5271 ON THE WEB: For more information about this topic: News obituaries at www.ajc.com family-placed death notices at www.ajcclassifieds.com DEATHS AND FUNERALS GLORIA FAY HIGHTOWER, 60, died Sunday. Funeral plans will be announced by J. Allen Couch Funeral Home. WILLIAM M.

NAJOUR, 85, died Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church; A.S. Turner Sons.

BLAIR EDWARD PETERMAN, 30, died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. JULIA ADAIR YOUNG, 92, died Saturday.

Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Peachtree Christian Church; H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. JOHN BROADUS ZELLARS, 77, died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church; H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. THELMA NELSON FIELDS, 94, of Kingston died Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Owen Funeral Home.

OLIVIA PASLEY, 3-year-old daughter of Nikki and Jody Pasley of Adairsville, died Saturday. Funeral plans will be announced by Owen Funeral Home. SARA GRACE BURNETT, 83, of Carrollton died Sunday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Carrollton First United Methodist Church; Martin Hightower Heritage Chapel.

RONALD DEAN HARRISON, 64, of Villa Rica died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa Rica. JOYCE DILLON WARNER, 67, of Carrollton died Saturday. Funeral, 4 p.m.

today, Almon Funeral Home. SHELDER LENORA MORRIS REED, 64, of Fayetteville died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Carl J. Mowell Son Funeral Home.

PATRICIA LaVONNE PALMER ASHE, 60, of Acworth died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Mayes-Ward Dobbins Funeral Home. DOUGLAS KEITH BROOKS, 44, of Smyrna died Saturday. Funeral, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna. THOMAS EDWIN DISNEY 48, of Marietta died Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Mayes Ward- Dobbins Funeral Home. JOHN REES HARLOW, 77, of Marietta died Saturday.

Funeral, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Marietta First United Methodist Church; Carmichael Funeral Home, Marietta. KATHERINE W. LECROY, 80, of Marietta died Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, East Cobb United Methodist Church; Hay Gantt Funeral Home. JOSHUA MATTHEW MARTIN, 17, of Powder Springs died Saturday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Powder Springs Funeral Home.

ADELINE K. MARTINUSEK, 83, of Marietta died Sunday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Powder Springs Funeral Home. ROY DUNCAN, 53, of Decatur died Dec.

22. The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced by H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. HOUSTON M.

McDONALD, 88, of Scottdale died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, A.S. Turner Sons. BA NGUYEN, 95, of Doraville died Friday.

Funeral Mass, 11 a.m. today, Holy Cross Catholic Church; Bill Head Funeral Home, Tucker Chapel. BENNY E. DRUM, 53, of Douglasville died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Whitley Garner at Rosehaven. CHRISTINE GARNER, 75, of Douglasville died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, J. Allen Couch Funeral Home.

DUANE H. LARSON, 48, of Cumming died Friday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Roswell Funeral Home.

THOMAS KENNEDY, 71, of Roswell died Saturday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. WILLIAM ALEXIS, 80, of Dacula died Sunday. Funeral plans will be announced by Flanigan Funeral Home.

MARGARET CECELIA ECCLESTON, 85, of Norcross died Thursday. Funeral, 9:30 a.m. today, Mary Our Queen Catholic Church; Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home. JANIS ELAINE McGEE, 54, of Lilburn died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, First Baptist Church of Duluth; Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel. ALLEN SELLS, 59, of Lawrenceville died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Grayson; Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

JENNIFER ANN WAHL, 44, of Duluth died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Christ the King Lutheran Church; Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home. IRENE DIXIE BONNER BROWN, 82, of Locust Grove died Saturday. Funeral, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Haisten Funeral Home. WILLIE LAWRENCE WYATT 56, of Covington died Thursday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Kelley Chapel Baptist Church; Speer Speer. BERNICE JEANETT BAKER, 53, of Dallas died Saturday.

The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home. CHARLES RANDALL BENSON, 39, of Dallas died Sunday. A private service is planned; Clark Funeral Home.

EDDIE H. COUCH, 67, of Conyers died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Horis A. Ward, Rockdale Chapel.

ARDEN C. TAYLOR, 81, of Conyers died Saturday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Conyers Presbyterian Church; A.S. Turner Sons.

ELSIE LEE BAILEY, 67, of Fort Lauderdale, formerly of Dalton, died Friday. No service is planned; Ponders Funeral Home, Dalton. J.B. BURNETT, 76, of Ellijay died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

today, Logan Funeral Home. VERA CASPER, 80, of Monroe died Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Meadows Funeral Home. BOBBY FRANKLIN CHAPMAN, 58, of Winder died Sunday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wise- Connolly Funeral Home. MELISSA KAY WHALEY CONRAD, infant daughter of Deece Whaley and Stephen Conrad of Arnoldsville, died Thursday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Bishop City Cemetery; Bridges Funeral Home.

SHARON SUE MATNEY HAWKINS, 53, of Buchanan died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Roy Davis Funeral Home. WALTER R. LOYD 79, of LaGrange died Saturday.

Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Loyd Presbyterian Cemetery; Striffler- Hamby Mortuary. JAMES EDWIN MARTIN, 63, of Ellijay died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church; Logan Funeral Home.

RUTH M. MAY, 83, of Dalton, formerly of Alto, died Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, McGahee-Griffin Stewart Funeral Home. ROSA McCORMICK, 86, of West Point died Friday.

Funeral, 4 p.m. today, Striffler-Hamby Mortuary. OBITUARIES John B. Zellars, 77, savings and loan chief ATLANTA By KAY POWELL John B. Zellars created the largest federal savings and loan institution and helped shape the thrift industry nationally.

Mr. Zellars spent 38 years at Georgia Federal, rising to president and chairman before retiring in 1986. With assets topping $4.5 billion, it was the largest savings bank in Georgia. As president of the state and national savings and loan leagues, he frequently testified at congressional hearings on what he felt needed to be done to protect the thrift industry, said C.W. Marlow of Marietta, who had worked with Mr.

Zellars since 1960. was a said Mr. Marlow. understood the saving and the lending aspects of the Mr. Zellars hesitate to make hard decisions to protect Georgia Federal in the long run, said Mr.

Marlow. did not allow Georgia Federal to get into all the lending avenues the U.S. government had allowed. what got a lot of savings and loans in John Broadus Zellars, 77, of Atlanta died of a suspected aneurysm or heart attack while visiting in Birmingham Saturday. The funeral is at 2 p.m.

Tuesday at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church. H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill, is in charge of arrangements. The Hartwell native earned his law degree at Emory University and joined Georgia Federal when it was Atlanta Federal. When he became president, he visited smaller thrifts around the state, selecting several for Georgia Federal to buy.

lot of people think he started branch banking for savings and said his son, Roy H. Zellars of Atlanta. was just a joy to be around. He was a bright-eyed person who was very friendly to everyone. He was almost like a country boy in the said his son.

When he was in business, he was all business, said Mr. Marlow. interest rates rose in the early 1980s, some savings and loans were paying 25 percent on a 90-day note. Georgia Federal never paid over 11 percent. John said we would be financially better off to save the money and pay out of he said.

Mr. Zellars was one of the few people elected by the industry to serve both as president of the national league and of the U.S. Institute of Financial Education, he said. could be very serious, and he could be a lot of said Mr. Marlow.

Mr. Zellars was a member of the Yellow Chip Fellowship Club, which plays poker once a month using a yellow chip to represent $1. He was vice president of the Peachtree Racquet Club, which has nothing to do with tennis and everything to do with raising a racket at two annual parties. was a very outgoing said another son, John B. Zellars Jr.

of Atlanta. enjoyed his social life of going to clubs and When he had some time to himself, his father enjoyed manual labor, such as building a rock wall at his Lake Burton house, and tinkering, he added. Mr. Zellars liked to tell the story of his engagement after his wife of 51 years, Julia House Zellars, died. He called a longtime friend and said, get Mr.

Marlow said. was a pause, and Patsy said, Then there was another pause and she said, is the story he told her Other survivors include his wife, Patsy Lord Zellars, and two sisters, Mary Z. Irwin of Charlotte and Martha Z. Alexander of Thomasville, N.C. As hobbies, John B.

Zellars enjoyed clubs and parties and manual labor. Continued from B1 of it is not setting a precedent where people can buy a home and demolish Cleveland said. we can all work together, there will be a solution that will satisfy everyone. The ideal thing would be for Mr. Smith to get his money and the town to keep the Dennis Boyden, regional manager for external affairs at BellSouth, said the company will not continue to pursue demolition.

But if the house is not moved, BellSouth will have to seek another parcel of land near its switching facility. Smith has applied to the city for permission to relocate the house, and said anyone who wants to take on moving the house can have it for free. The existing BellSouth building houses equipment, and the expansion needs to take place close by, Boyden said. in the community is contributing to our need to he said. it were just a matter of office BellSouth would search elsewhere, he said.

recognize as a company that the house is important to the community. We hope we can arrive at a solution that pleases Perry Benson, president of the local historical society, is hoping for a happy ending. The society itself has no plans to try to buy the house but did identify a potential buyer offering $90,000. think a fair Benson said. The BellSouth contract is for $114,900, Smith said.

want anyone to think, got a historic house, going to be Benson said. still hoping for the best The house dates from around the 1880s or although one portion is antebellum, said Benson, who lives in a restored house nearby. With some work, the Blue House be he said. Smith is past being charmed. ready to be done with he said.

kind of like an He fears he will lose the contract with BellSouth if no one comes forward to offer to move the house, and he sure what do if that happens. BellSouth offered me a contract on it, I was like, well this will work out said Smith, who now lives outside the city limits with his family and is paying two mortgages. not a lawyer, not a politician. just trying to live the American dream I guess. been taking a lot of headache House is between history, hard place Spanish-language TV now live on metro dial Continued from B1 is first response to the tremendous growth of metro Hispanic population.

But more could follow. Owning the station gives Univision the opportunity to produce local news in Atlanta as it does in other major cities such as New York and Los Angeles, where it owns stations. hope to make additional local programming, such as local news, available to our viewers as soon as Pillersdorf said. Lino Dominguez, publisher of the Spanish- language newspaper Mundo Hispanico, predicted that the presence will nudge more national companies to look seriously at the burgeoning Hispanic market in metro Atlanta. The number of Latinos in Georgia grew 300 percent to 435,000 from 1990 to 2000, according to the U.S.

Census Bureau. It was one of the largest increases and much of it is concentrated in metro Atlanta. The goal for is to Hispanic community informed of the events that can affect their lives and to highlight positive examples of individuals who have made a said Juana Plata, 27, the community affairs coordinator. The first guest is Frank Ros, director of Latin affairs for Coca-Cola North America and chairman of the Georgia Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Ros has high hopes for the station.

you have a better-educated population, I think you have a better- prepared he said Univision also owns the Galavision network. A third network, TeleFutura, is also making its debut today. Tele- mundo, another national Spanish-language network, is a distant second to Univi- sion. Most of the stations picked up in the USA Networks deal are carrying TeleFutura, which is supposed to offer programs that differ from almost full-time menu of soap operas. The three networks will carry a simultaneous celebratory broadcast at 4 p.m.

today. Univision and Galavision are already carried by cable and satellite companies serving the Atlanta market. Broadband, which serves about 600,000 homes in the metro area, will move its current telecast of Univi- sion to WUVG, thus freeing up a channel, said spokesman Reg Griffin. But by owning WUVG, a local broadcast station, Univision will also be able to reach people who have the pay services. It hopes to introduce TeleFu- tura to the Atlanta market soon as Pillersdorf said.

entry into the metro Atlanta market is a significant and exciting development for the Hispanic community, said Maritza Soto Keen, executive director of the Latin American Association. Locally, a community affairs program will keep non-English-speaking Hispanics aware of issues, said Teodoro Maus, former Mexican consul and president of the Mexican-American Business Chamber. handled well, it can become a very important instrument for presenting the Latino Maus said. is not the first community affairs program in Spanish in metro Atlanta. For 20 years, Yvonne de Wright produced and hosted the Spanish- language on what is now WAGA-TV.

The show went off the air in 1997. The new program a very important role to de Wright said, the dual thing of helping members of our community understand how the American system works, what rights we have and what responsibilities we have and preserving our own culture and the handled well, it can become a very important instrument for presenting the Latino TEODORO MAUS Mexican-American Business Chamber ASSOCIATED PRESS Havana Gregorio Fuentes, who was boat captain to Ernest Hemingway when the American writer lived in Cuba, died early Sunday at age 104, his family said. Mr. Fuentes had suffered from cancer. died in the house he had always lived his grandson Rafael Fuentes, 48, told The Associated Press.

He was buried Sunday afternoon. Mr. Fuentes had lived in Cojimar, a city about 10 miles east of Havana, since arriving in Cuba from the Canary Islands as an orphan at age 6. For nearly 30 years, Mr. Fuentes was captain, cook and friend to the American writer.

Many say he was the inspiration for the protagonist in Mr. classic Old Man and the Mr. Hemingway and Mr. Fuentes met in 1928, and in the 1930s the writer hired the mariner for $250 a month to care for his boat, El Pilar. Mr.

Hemingway stopped by Mr. Cojimar home to say goodbye in 1960. Gregorio Fuentes 104, captain of writer boat.