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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
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