Filename: B5-METRO-AJCD1024-AJCD created: Oct 23 2006 Username: SPEED4 AJCD1024 Tuesday, Oct 24, 2006 METRO 5 AJCD 5 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ajc.com 4 Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006 B5 5 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black AJCD Filename: B5-METRO-AJCD1024-AJCD created: Oct 23 2006 Username: SPEED4 METRO OBITUARIES DEATHS FUNERALS 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 404-5265342, or fax us at 404-5267517. 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.
Compelling life stories every day. Find news obituaries and family-placed death notices from the past 30 days, send or read condolences online and search obituary archives. ON AJC.COM ATLANTA PAUL LEE FREEMAN, 67, died Sunday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South.
THOMAS GRAMLING, 67, died Friday. The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. ANNE MARINELLI, 94, died Wednesday. The body was cremated.
Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. JACK C. SIMMONS 90, died Sunday. The body was cremated. No service is planned; H.M.
Patterson Son, Spring Hill. BRETT BRADFORD SINGLEY, 48, died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. BARTOW COUNTY STRATTON P.
PAXTON, 74, of Cartersville died Saturday. Memorial service, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Owen Funeral Home. CARROLL COUNTY BETTIE BAILEY, 76, of Villa Rica died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church; Alfred F. Wilson Funeral Home. CHEROKEE COUNTY ALBERT GERALD CAMP, 68, of Acworth died Friday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South.
KETURAH ELIZABETH CAUSEY, 89, of Canton died Sunday. Funeral plans will be announced; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. MARY VERDELL CLOUD, 79, of Canton died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
GLENDA EZELL, 61, of White died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, South Canton Funeral Home. MARY E. OLIVER, 64, of Woodstock died Sunday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sosebee Funeral Home. CLAY SMITH, 43, of Waleska died Sunday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Thursday, Macedonia Memorial Park; Sosebee Funeral Home.
ALLEN G. STINGEL, 56, of Woodstock died Saturday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Georgia National Cemetery; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. CLAYTON COUNTY JAMES S.
HAYES, 81, of Rex died Sunday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Wednesday, The Rock Baptist Church; Horis A. Ward, Parkway Chapel. COBB COUNTY STEVEN KEITH BREWTON, 55, of Powder Springs died Sunday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Trinity United Methodist Church; West Cobb Funeral Home. JOHN EDWARD COPPOLA, 76, of Marietta died Saturday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home. STANLEY SEABRON HOWLE, 62, of Acworth died Saturday. The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. WILLIAM MATHIS TURNER, 81, of Powder Springs died Sunday.
Funeral plans will be announced; Hanley-Shelton, Marietta. COWETA COUNTY CLAUDE EMORY CARLTON, 72, of Newnan died Monday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Mutual Meadows Cemetery; Higgins Hillcrest Chapel. HELEN HANDS, 87, of Senoia died Sunday.
Funeral plans will be announced; Sellers-Smith funeral home. ERNEST LEE SMITH 66, of Senoia died Monday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Senoia City Cemetery; McKoon Funeral Home. DeKALB COUNTY MALENA NICOLE ALLEN, infant daughter of Damon Marcellus and Sonja Yvette Quinn Allen of Lithonia, died Wednesday.
The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. DOUGLAS COUNTY TIMOTHY RODNEY RUSH, 41, of Douglasville died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Douglas Chapel.
FULTON COUNTY DONALD LONG, 61, of Fairburn died Sunday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Parrott Funeral Home. GWINNETT COUNTY MELBA ELIZABETH BORSA, 81, of Suwanee died Friday. The body was cremated.
Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. ANDRE CADET, 52, of Duluth died Thursday. Funeral, 10 a.m. Saturday, Roswell United Methodist Church; Roswell Funeral Home. CALVIN LAMAR HEAD, 53, of Loganville died Friday.
Funeral plans will be announced; Flanigan Funeral Home. ELIZABETH M. HOLT, 92, of Buford died Sunday. Funeral plans will be announced; Flanigan Funeral Home. JAMES DONALD JOHNSON, 81, of Buford died Monday.
Funeral plans will be announced; Flanigan Funeral Home. MARY G. KELLER, 105, of Dacula died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.
GENEVA MALONE, 91, of Lilburn died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lake Lucerne Baptist Church; Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain. AVA A. RODGERS, 94, of Lawrenceville died Monday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Lawrenceville Church of God; Wages Sons Funeral Home, Gwinnett Chapel. GRACE MAY SMITH, 81, of Lawrenceville died Saturday. The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South.
HALL COUNTY VIRGINIA DAVIS, 75, of Gainesville died Sunday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Funeral Home. GARRIE D. HARRISON, 68, of Gainesville died Monday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Funeral Home, Baldwin. JOHN M. WILSON, 44, of Gainesville died Oct. 17.
Funeral, 7:30 p.m. today, Dawalt Funeral Home, Salem, Ind. NEWTON COUNTY RICHARD W. JARRARD, 43, of Covington died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Henry Funeral Home. THOMAS LEDFORD SWAIN, 90, of Covington died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Caldwell Cowan. PAULDING COUNTY RAYMOND JOSEPH McDER MOTT, 80, of Dallas died Oct.
15. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Sunday, Lilburn Oaks Baptist Church; Cremation Society of the South. WALTON COUNTY REE BROOKS, 93, of Monroe died Sunday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Arthur Funeral Directors. GEORGIA MELEANIES BURGESS DEFOOR, 85, of Ellijay died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Crossroads Baptist Church; Logan Funeral Home.
HAZEL KIMBALL HARDIN, 73, of Buchanan died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Hightower Funeral Home. ELAINE BECK HEATH, 61, of LaGrange died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville. BENJAMIN DAVID LOONEY, 54, of Nicholson died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Baptist Tabernacle; Ivie Funeral Home.
EUGENE JAMES McMACKIN, 82, of Athens died Sunday. Graveside service, 3 p.m. today, Evans Memory Gardens, Jefferson; Evans Funeral Home. JOHNNY WENDELL PASSMORE 64, of Dublin died Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Adams Funeral Home. HENRY H. PERRY, 87, of Baldwin died Sunday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, Stewart.
FRANCES L. REESE, 72, of Jasper died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sosebee Funeral Home. MARGARET RIDLEY, 66, of Chatsworth died Monday.
Funeral plans will be announced; Ponders Funeral Home, Dalton. HERBERT HOOVER TANKERSLEY, 86, of Ellijay died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Logan Funeral Home. MARY LOU BURKE WESTMORELAND, 81, of Sautee died Sunday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Nacoochee United Methodist Church; Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville. DECATUR Wiley R. McGriff, 76, mentor to many By KAY POWELL When a child got out of line at the prestigious Atlanta Athletic Club, he knew to expect a prayer meeting with the athletic director, Wiley R. McGriff.
He left that prayer meeting, as the boys called them, not chastened but with said Kip Smiley of Alpharetta. just invested in our Mr. Smiley said. we were acting up, he would put us on the right road. He took the time to invest in our minds and hearts.
He would hold us accountable and worked on our character. He was an important in our If one of the 2,000 members needed an opponent to play squash or racquetball or tennis or any of the sports, Mr. McGriff stepped up, said his wife, Jean T. McGriff of Decatur. The Atlanta native, who had a degree in physical therapy, prepared individual and group exercise and diet regimens for members.
He organized camp- outs on the golf course and trips for skiing, deep sea diving and river rafting. He taught swimming and excelled at badminton. was committed to the health and well-being of our said general manager Chris Borders of Woodstock. brought to the table an individual style. He spent an enormous amount of time one- on-one with our members, but his forte was On Mr.
initiative, the club established a Sports Appreciation Night in 1975. At a formal dinner every year since, it has honored an outstanding amateur or professional sports most household names. The funeral for Mr. McGriff, 76, of Decatur, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage Friday at Emory University Hospital, is 11 a.m. today at Decatur First United Methodist Church.
A.S. Turner Sons is in charge of arrangements. was one of the ones who had many, many prayer meet ings with said Pat McInnis of Suwanee. was nitely a father There was one piece of mischief Boys, as they called themselves, repeatedly tried to get away with. Children under 15 are not allowed into the club without an adult, so the boys would sit on the front steps waiting for a member to enter and would ask him to sponsor them, Mrs.
McGriff said. When Mr. McGriff saw them inside without a parent, she said, he kept an eye on them so their sponsor get in trouble. I was away from my parents, it was nice to have somebody of that character and integrity to look after Mr. Smiley said.
we were young, we knew if Buz was at the club we going to get away with helped raise a lot of Mr. Borders said. felt like he was a father a motivational type father They all looked up to Mr. McGriff retired in 1991 after 31 years with the club. The Silver Beaver Award recipient hiked 67 miles with the Boy Scouts in New Mexico this summer.
He ran 30 Peachtree Road Races, at 70 took his family down the Salmon River in Idaho and, since he was a bird- watcher, went to Brownsville, Texas, to see the whooping cranes, his wife said. was 76, but he looked like he might have been 50 or 55 and had the body of a 45-year- Mr. Borders said. was interested in good health and he said, noting that Mr. McGriff enjoyed club dances and always laughed at joke, even if it was a bad one.
was like your favorite he said. always wanted to be around Survivors include a son, Steven T. McGriff of Atlanta; a daughter, Lynn Bridell of Birmingham; a sister, Muriel Chapman of Pensacola, two brothers, Lewis J. McGriff Jr. of Newnan and Richard S.
McGriff of Cumming; and three grandchildren. Family photo Wiley R. McGriff ran 30 Peachtree Road races. He worked as the athletic director at the Atlanta Athletic Club for 31 years. SUBSCRIBE TODAY: 404-522-4141 or ajcdelivers.com Every Thursday in the AJC Start your weekend early.
