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Notable Deaths...Atlanta
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Although we mourn the passing of our loved
ones, we honor their memory by remembering their contribution to the Arts,
Business, Community Service, Education, Music, Philanthropy, Politics,
Religion, Science / Medicine, Sports and most importantly their impact on
our own lives.
We are honored to have served many of Georgia's Most
Honored and Adored Citizens and hope to continue their legacies.
We encourage educators to have their students research the lives of these
great contributors to society.
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Lit Connah,
Singer, Performer, Actor, Dancer |
Ed
Moulthrop,
Artist and Famed Wood
turner |
Clem Fortner,
Retired Atlanta Police Officer
"Fortner the Merry Magician" |
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Business |
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Harvey C. Taylor, III
Director of Strategic Development
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the Coca-Cola Company. Instrumental in launching
the plastic coke bottle. |
Col. John C. Sprague (USAR RET),
Distinguished Military Colonel
CFO
for the Coca-Cola Bottlers Association |
Bob "Rocky" Russo,
Founder of Rocky's Pizzeria
and Political Activist |
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Fred Walker,
Founder of the
Bronze Shoe Co. |
Thomas P. Lombardo,
Founder Lomtek Corporation
Airplane Crash Investigator |
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Community Service |
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Phillip Bongiovanni,
Atlanta Volunteer |
Mel Smiley,
Co-founder of
Seniors Enriched Living |
Lois Simpson,
Preservationist of the
Historic
Barrington Hall
in Roswell, Georgia |
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Mary Sue "Petey" Giroux,
Georgia PTA's First
Environmental Chair.
Organizer of the Chattahoochee River
Environmental
Educational Center |
Lynn Richard Westergaard,
Founder of Resource Service Ministries, a non-profit organization that
repairs and weatherizes homes for low-income Atlanta widows. |
Rhoda Caroline Russel,
Lobbyist for the
Georgia Library Association.
Former employee of with the
National Security Administration |
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Lyn Wasserman,
Founder of Breast Friends
www.breastfriends.org |
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Biography |
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Elliot Galloway,
Founder of The Galloway School
in Atlanta |
LTC. Paule E. Blumensaadt
(US ARMY RET),
WWII
and Korean War Veteran
Retired Assistant to the Director of the School of Aerospace Engineering -
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Frederick James Fife, IV
(Fred Powers)
News
Reporter for CBS 46 in Atlanta |
David Rollan Osier,
Copy Editor for CNN.com.
Assistant Editing Manager - AJC.
Editor & Publisher of Georgia Journal Magazine |
Diane Glass,
Syndicated Columnist
at
the Atlanta Journal Constitution |
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William T. Hay,
Founder of the Rockdale Citizen Newspaper |
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Military |
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Richard Oliver Bone,
WWII
POW |
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Music |
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Greg
Curbow,
Founder of the
Curbow Guitar Company |
Larry
Dowd,
Songwriter / Musician
Wrote "Pink Cadillac" in 1959
Iowa Rock N Roll Hall of Fame |
Jim
Single,
Songwriter / Musician
"Whiskey Flavored Kisses" and
"Darlin' I've Learned" |
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Richard Nanista
Famous Bass Player |
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Philanthropy |
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Betty Gage Holland,
Philanthropist and widow the former
Chairman of Cox Enterprises, Inc. |
W. R. Berry,
Benefactor of Terrell Mill Park
in East Cobb / Marietta |
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Politics |
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Hamilton Jordan,
8th White House Chief of Staff
Youngest Chief of Staff in US History
(President Jimmy Carter)
Author and Founder of Camp
Sunshine |
Rep. Kil Townsend,
(R-GA)
Georgia's Longest Serving
Republican Legislator in the Georgia House of Representatives for 27 years. |
Rep. James Frank Myers,
Jr. (D-GA),
Georgia House of Representatives 1949-1950; Mayor of Americus, Georgia 1961-62, 1971-74;
Publisher of The Sumter Free Press |
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Bill Pope,
Political Strategist for President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
and Bert Lance. |
Sam Williams,
Former
Director of Human Resources Georgia Governor's Office of Planning and Budget |
Declan J. Hughes,
Special Agent of the FBI 1956-1979
Corporate Security for the
Coca-Cola Company
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Sheriff George Lynn Garner
Floyd County Sheriff 1973-1976
USMC Retired |
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Religion |
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Rev. Eloise Lester,
First ordained female
Episcopal Minister
in the Southeast United States
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Rev. Bill Payton,
Priest Associate (Episcopal)
The Cathedral of St. Philip
in Atlanta, Georgia
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Rev. Dr. William H. Martin,
Senior Pastor - 22 yrs Retired (Lutheran)
Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Marietta, Georgia |
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Science and Medicine |
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August "Gus" Yochem,
Notable Psychiatrist |
Benjamin Paul,
Founding Father of
Medical Anthropology
Professor Stanford University |
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Dr. Robert Cowgil,
Hospice Physician instrumental in
establishing local hospices in Atlanta |
Vernon Lee Whitney, Jr.,
Aerospace Engineer that worked on
life
support systems for the
NASA Space Shuttle |
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Sports |
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Jim Barnett
Famous Wrestling Promoter
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Ed Owen,
Gold
Medalist - Paralympic Games
Coach, Author and Inductee
in
the NWBA Hall of Fame |
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