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Alva Lines

Alva Lines, 97: Filmmaker, coastal preservationist

A native of Savannah, and a lover of the Georgia coast, Alva Lines told people there was saltwater in his veins. So in the ’70s, when developers wanted to encroach on the shoreline in front of the coastal home he bought from his parents, Lines sprang into action. He was ...

  • 5:21 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Deaths & Funerals

ATLANTATheron Cleveland, 92, died Wednesday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. today, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Parrott Funeral Home, Fairburn.Victor Slaght, 45, died Sunday. No service is planned. Georgia Funeral Care, Acworth.CARROLL COUNTYOpal B. Crawford, 93, of Carrollton died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday. Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel.CHEROKEE COUNTYBetty J. Sullivan, ...

  • 4:19 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Deaths & funerals

ATLANTAHolden Barnett, 57, died May 3. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church. H.M. Patterson & Son, Arlington Chapel, Sandy Springs.CARROLL COUNTYDavid Charles Burgess, 61, of Carrollton died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa RicaJeanette Jackson, 90, of Carrollton died Monday. Memorial ...

  • 5:22 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Clyde Burnette started painting, as a child, with house-paint and wood from his parent’s barn.

Clyde Burnette, 89: BBDO ad man, portrait artist

When Clyde Burnette’s children say their father was an artist his whole life, they are not painting with a broad brush. He started when he was 5, his daughter said, using whatever material that was around. At that time, it was house paint and wood from his parents’ barn. “If ...

  • 4:31 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Mildred Hill

Mildred Hill, 83: Owned The Little Shop in Phipps Plaza

Adults who visited Mildred Hill’s The Little Shop usually wanted to chat with the shopkeeper and find something special for the children in their lives. The children, however, were often looking for Harvey, Hill’s West Highland Terrier.Hill and Harvey could be found at the children’s clothing shop, which moved from ...

  • 4:01 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2013

DEATHS AND FUNERALS

ATLANTABill Allen, 77, died Sunday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cheatham Hill Memorial Park, Marietta. Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven.Ronald Lee Attkisson, 64, died Saturday. Memorial service will be held later. Wilkerson Funeral Home, Greenville, N.C.CARROLL COUNTYRichard Joseph “Dick” Brandt, 70, of Carrollton died Saturday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Carroll Memory ...

  • 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2013
John M. Farrell was a 34-year employee of the Coca-Cola Co. At the time of his death he was the company’s vice president and chief strategy officer.

John M. Farrell, 58: Coca-Cola Co. vice president and chief strategy officer

The way John Farrell’s mind worked made him an invaluable member of the Coca-Cola Co. executive management team, his colleagues said. That same quality made him an extremely fun dad, according to his daughters.In an e-mail to company associates across the world, Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola’s chairman and chief executive officer, ...

  • 3:27 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2013

Wayne Langford, 75, longtime director of Central Fulton Mental Health Center

The Central Fulton Mental Health Center at Grady Memorial Hospital is one of the largest and most comprehensive facilities of its type in the Southeast. Colleagues of Wayne Langford, who served as its director for 20 years, say he deserves a significant portion of the credit for making it so. ...

  • 3:47 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013

DEATHS AND FUNERALS

ATLANTAKatherine Dunlap, 76, died Wednesday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill.John M. Farrell, 58, died April 29. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Monday, All Saints’ Episcopal Church. H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill.CHEROKEE COUNTYMason Beasley, 35, of Canton died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 ...

  • 3:28 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013

Deaths & Funerals

ATLANTAEstelle Wisdom, 98, died Friday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. May 11, Lenbrook Square. Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain.CARROLL COUNTYBetty Sue Waldon Bradley, 75, of Carrollton died Thursday. Funeral, 4 p.m. Sunday, Carrollton United Pentecostal Church. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel.Evelyn C. Denney, 93, of Carrollton died Thursday. Funeral, ...

  • 4:09 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013
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