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Local Obituaries Stories for August 2012
Stories for Friday, August 31
Mary Llewellyn Veal, 60: Educator inspired, supported students who needed it most
Mary Llewellyn Veal was known as a compassionate, well-respected teacher who left an indelible impression on everyone she met. During her 32-year tenure as a life sciences teacher at Herschel Jones Middle School in Dallas, she educated and inspired thousands of students.“We had a lot of kids who needed help, ...
Stories for Thursday, August 30
Vince Tortorici, 44: ‘He was willing to do anything necessary to entertain’
Working as a clown was serious business for Vince Tortorici. But his work at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, as Dr. Giacomo Pucci with the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, was designed to elicit squeals of delight and raucous laughter from the hospital’s pint-sized patients.“He intuitively knew what each child ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 29
RAYFORD W. ANDERSON, 1918-2012Riverdale veteran helped liberate POW prison
It was more than a little humbling for Rayford Anderson when newspaper icon Walter Winchell mentioned him in a column after he returned from the Pacific in World War II.Winchell related how Anderson had led a force to free American POWs at Bilibid Prison in the Philippines in 1945:“‘We are ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 28
Neil Williams, 76: Never found the time to retire
For more than 50 years, attorney and arts supporter Neil Williams dedicated himself to countless causes across metro Atlanta and in his home state of North Carolina. And at 76, he was still trying to get used to the idea of retirement, something he’d been testing since the late ’90s.“He’d ...
Eric Hanks, 44: Talented cook was an entrepreneur
Before Eric Hanks opened his restaurant, he had to make sure the food was just right. He also had to know what it cost him to make the food, so he could figure out what to charge.DeKalb and Clayton counties became his testing ground. For the last several months, Mr. ...
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