Thursday, March 1, 2001 OBITUARIES METRO The Atlanta Journal -Constitution BUFORD Jean C. O'Neal, 65, bookkeeper, volunteer Jean O'Neal did not know the meaning of the word retirement. After retiring from Pope Land, a property development company, Mrs. O'Neal was eager to keep busy. She O'Neal spent 11 years burning the midnight oil as a bookkeeper and secretary for Flanigan Funeral Home in By Hervey Pean Buford.
"She was always eager to work," said Bradley Arnold, a coworker at Flanigan Funeral Home. "She would always stay until the very last thing was completed, until it was done her way." Mrs. O'Neal was a member of the Buford-Lanier Woman's Club, a social and service organization. With the club, she volunteered for Meals on Wheels and Peachtree Hospice and, in her spare time, played ALTA Tennis. "She was an extremely outgoing person who always thought of other people first," Mr.
Arnold said. "She is probably one of the hardest workers and one of the LAW AND ORDER Arrest made in fatal accident amian Delgado stopped by a Cobb County police precinct Wednesday expecting to drive presumably, the cocaine packed Instead, he is in jail charged with felony hit-and-run and drug trafficking. a Sunday morning accident on I-285 of Atlanta and injured his wife and Delgado, witnesses told police, heading east on I-285 Sunday morning and struck a white Ford Explorer Explorer left the roadway, rolled Delgado then ran away from his drugs strapped to the tire rims, "We're very pleased we're able took the life of Mr. Middleton," said Officer Dana Pierce. "The drug GWINNETT COUNTY Call leads to discovery of stabbing victim A 30-year-old Buford woman was stabbed to death in her home Tuesday by her boyfriend, who later called police from a nearby Red Lobster restaurant to tell them about the slaying, Gwinnett County police said.
Nidia Laverde was stabbed in the chest with a steak knife by Alvaro Perez Sanchez, 34, during an argument over their relationship, according to Gwinnett police Lt. J.T. Strickland. Afterward, Sanchez took Laverde's car and wrecked it near the Mall of Georgia. He walked to Red Lobster and called police about 9:15 p.m.
to tell them what had happened. Officers found Laverde's body in her Amberwyck Court home. Her 7-year-old daughter was not at home at the time of the slaying. ATLANTA Kentucky suspect in bank slaying held FBI agents and Atlanta police chased down and arrested a 27-yearold man who allegedly walked into a Louisville, bank two weeks ago and killed a teller before robbing the place. Special Agent Richard Kolko, FBI spokesman in Atlanta, said Tiffany Dominique Pennirigton and Jessica Lawrence, 24, were tracked to a homeless shelter Tuesday night on Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive. Both fled when officers approached, but were caught after a brief foot chase. Pennington had to be subdued with pepper spray, Kolko said. Kolko said that "at present" Lawrence is wanted only as a material witness. He said Pennington allegedly entered the bank in Louisville on Feb.
13 and abruptly shot and killed a teller, the mother of four children, before announcing the holdup. At least a portion of a $100,000 reward placed on his head probably will be paid to an infor- largest contributors of her time to the women's club," said a friend, Brenda Tollett of Buford. As a club member, Mrs. O'Neal coordinated the annual tennis tournament at the Buford City Park tennis center. "She was involved with the club for five years and she worked on the tournament every year," Ms.
Tollett said. The funeral for Jean Christian O'Neal, 65, was Wednesday. She died of cancer Monday at Peachtree Christian Hospice. Mrs. O'Neal placed a high importance on community service.
She and other members of the women's club would go to nursing homes to help entertain Atlanta on Jan. 25 in connection with a real estate "flipping" scheme. Sheriff's spokeswoman Melissa Manrow said the scheme involved 40 properties, at least one of which was in DeKalb. "Flipping" is the repeated purchase and sale of property by a an individual in order to drive up its price. Victims were under the impression that McCarthy owned the properties and entered into legitimate housing agreements with her only to find out she did not hold the titles, the Sheriff's Department said.
Sims was arrested in Fulton County and released from the DeKalb County Jail on a $25,000 bond. McCarty was arrested in DeKalb and is being held at the jail on a $100,000 cash bond. Woman who died in wreck is identified DeKalb County police on Wednesday identified a Norcross woman killed in an accident at the corner of I-285 and U.S. 78. Vanessa Mabenguele-Mayicka, 21, was traveling southbound about 3:30 Tuesday on the interstate when she crossed the median into the northbound lane.
The woman was then struck by a Saturn. "We don't have any witnesses to tell us why she crossed the median," said DeKalb police spokeswoman Mikki Jones. Both Mabenguele-Mayicka and the Saturn driver whom police did not identify were taken to DeKalb Medical Center. The Saturn driver was treated and released. Mabenguele-Mayicka died Tuesday night, Jones said.
CHEROKEE COUNTY Woodstock sued over annexation Cherokee County sued the city of Woodstock on Wednesday, saying a recent annexation violates an agreement between the two. Cherokee and its cities agreed in 1998 that if a city annexes and rezones land, and the zoning conflicts with the county's land use plan, the governments must meet and try to work out differences. Woodstock annexed 26 acres Tuesday and rezoned it medium density for townhomes. It had been zoned for single-family houses. The suit requests that a judge prevent the annexation until the differences can be worked out.
Resident appeals decision on election A county resident has appealed a judge's decision to throw out his lawsuit that sought to oust Chief Magistrate Judge Charles' T. Robertson II. Barry Maxwell McConnell's suit said Robertson's convictions in military courts in 1979 for theft and 1980 for possession of and give parties, donate food to the less fortunate during the holidays, and volunteer at a battered women's shelter. The club also started a perennial scholarship in Mrs. O'Neal's name at Tallulah Falls School, a private school i in North Georgia.
Mrs. O'Neal also was involved in the "Relay for Life" cancer walk. Survivors include her husband, Frank O'Neal of Buford; two sons, Alan O'Neal of Atlanta and Ron O'Neal of Tarpon Springs, and two grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Eagle Ranch, P.O. Box 7200, Chestnut Mountain, GA 30502.
drugs were felonies and make him ineligible to hold the judgeship. Judge Robert Struble threw the suit out last month, saying McConnell's challenge didn't come within two weeks of Robertson's filing to run for the office, as state law requires. McConnell's attorney, Luann Evans, says the convictions were felonies. Robertson argues they were not. HENRY COUNTY Fugitive who shot himself is identified County police have identified a fugitive who tried to use a stolen credit card at a Stockbridge motel, fled, then died after shooting himself in the head as police closed in.
Michael Douglas Strong, 35, of DeBary, near Daytona Beach, died Tuesday night at Henry Medical Center, said Lt. Michael Gaddis. Strong, wanted for credit card theft in Kennesaw and in Florida, fled police who had been called to the Best Western Inn near I-75 Tuesday. He led officers on a four-mile, low-speed chase along North Henry Boulevard before shooting himself when officers stopped his Saturn automobile. I ROCKDALE COUNTY Hearing for teacher postponed indefinitely A Rockdale County school board hearing to decide whether a Heritage High School teacher should be fired will not be held tonight as scheduled, officials said Wednesday.
The tribunal for science teacher and swim coach Leland Barrett was postponed at the request of lawyers for both sides. A new date has not been set. School administrators have suspended Barrett, 37, alleging that he engaged in unspecified inappropriate behavior with students. CLAYTON COUNTY Detective testifies coach fondled boy A Jonesboro youth baseball coach allegedly carried a sleeping boy from a couch to his bedroom and fondled the child during an overnight stay at the coach's home on Halloween night 1998, Clayton County police Detective Scott Stubbs testified during a court hearing Wednesday. Chief Magistrate Michael Baird ordered Bob Jerald "Rusty" Duncan 36, bound over to Clayton County Superior Court.
Duncan, who has coached several years with the Jonesboro Athletic Association, was arrested Feb. 14 on a charge of child molestation. Assistant District Attorney Rita Lewis said the boy, now 10, did not tell his parents until recently, because he was reluctant to spend time again around the coach. From staff and wire reports Atlanta: New survey attempts to measure 'social capital' Putnam's work, called the benchmark survey "a very large distraction" from what he claimed are the real problems fraying America's social fabric. Among those problems, he said, are economic changes that have benefitted upper-income citizens but have left vast numbers of people in poverty; public schools that don't offer the same opportunities and resources to all children; and the lack of a health care system that provides even the most basic coverage for everyone.
"I don't think these problems can be fixed by restoring social connections between individuals," Edwards said. Information for the Atlanta portion of the survey was obtained from 510 residents in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry and Rockdale counties last year. Neither Atlanta nor any of the other cities in the survey was compared against actual cities because of the wide disparity in how and Our obituary policy The Atlanta Journal -Constitution strives 1 to make this list a complete record of deaths in the metro area and of selected deaths from elsewhere. Please ask your funeral home or cremation society to call us at 404-526- 5342, or fax us at 404-526-7517. These listings are free.
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Patterson Son, Spring Hill. JAMES E. BOWEN, 92, of Cape Coral, formerly of Atlanta, died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, H.M.
Patterson Son, Spring Hill. BARNEY H. CURLEY 85, died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Northside United Methodist Church; H.M.
Patterson Son, Spring Hill. NELLIE MYRTLE WYNN FOWLER, 97, of Rome, formerly of Atlanta, died Tuesday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Westview Cemetery; Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel Funeral Home, Rome. GEORGE GRAY, 73, died Monday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Friendship Baptist Church, Atlanta; Carl M. Williams funeral directors. CHARLES HOWARD McDONALD, 86, died Wednesday. Funeral, noon Friday, Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna.
KATHERINE MALAIER SHARP, 95, died Tuesday. Funeral, I p.m. Friday, H.M. Patterson Son, Spring Hill. EDWIN 43, died Wednesday.
The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; National Cremation Society. TROY D. WILKERSON, 62, formerly of Marietta, died Monday. Funeral, I Friday, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Acworth; Medford-Peden Funeral Home.
CARROLL COUNTY ALICE RUDINE HEMBREE HUNTER, 64, of Villa Rica died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa Rica. DOROTHY FAYE MARKS, 50, of Carrollton died Tuesday. Funeral plans will be announced; Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Villa Rica.
ANGELO PONTELLO, 77, of Carrollton died Tuesday. Funeral Mass, 11 a.m. Friday, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church; Almon Funeral Home. CHEROKEE COUNTY MARY MAUDINE ARRINGTON, 76, of Woodstock died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
Friday, Woodstock Funeral Home. SUSIE CAGLE, 100, of St. Simons Island, formerly of Canton, died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Huey Funeral Home.
JACK CROFT, 64, of Rome, formerly of Cherokee County, died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Sosebee Funeral Home. MAYME WILSON McKEE, 75, of Woodstock died Monday. Funeral, I a.m.
today, Hickory Flat Church of God; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors. CLAYTON COUNTY SUE BEACH, 72, of Morrow died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Horis A. Ward, Fairview Chapel.
DAVID RAY SCARBOROUGH, 63, of Forest Park died Monday. Graveside service, 3 p.m. today, Forest Hills Memorial Gardens; Parkway Garden Chapel. COBB COUNTY RUTH ELLIOTT, 88, of Mableton, formerly of Grove Park, died Wednesday. Funeral, 1 p.m.
Friday, White Columns Chapel, Mableton. PAUL CHARLES HALE, 77, of Acworth died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Marietta Church of God; Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home. AMANDA MARIE MATOS, 18, of Acworth died Sunday.
Funeral Masses, I I a.m. today, St. Catherine Siena Roman Catholic Church, Kennesaw; 9:45 a.m. Monday, St. Raymond's Church, Bronx, N.Y.; Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home.
MARILYN PHILLIPS, 50, of Charlotte, formerly of Cobb County, died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Georgia Memorial Park Funeral Home- Winkenhofer Chapel. ANNIE E. "BETH" RIGBY, 93, of Marietta, formerly of Mableton, died Wednesday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, White Columns Chapel, Mableton. JAMES H. RUSSELL, 85, of Marietta died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m.
today, Mack Eppinger Sons. COWETA COUNTY WILLIAM CALHOUN 57, of Louisville, formerly of Newnan, died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, Burns United Methodist Church, I Newnan; Roscoe Jenkins Funeral Home. LEONARD HARVEY OLSON, 79, of Newnan died Tuesday.
Graveside service, 4 p.m. Friday, Forest Lawn Memorial Park; McKoon Funeral Home. DEKALB COUNTY DORIS R. GALLIVAN, 77, of Dunwoody died Wednesday. The body will be cremated.
Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. LEONA JONES, 79, of Lithonia died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain. PAULINE B.
MEWBORN, 86, of Decatur died Tuesday. Funeral, 3 p.m. today, A.S. Turner Sons. DOUGLAS COUNTY WILLIAM LOVIE BRAGG, 68, of Douglasville, a native of Villa Rica, died Tuesday.
The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Whitley- Garner at Rosehaven. FAYETTE JOHN "BILL" OLEN TOWNSEL, 78, of Fayetteville died Monday. Funeral, I 11 a.m.
today, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville. FORSYTH COUNTY THOMAS R. BELL, 81, of Cumming died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
today, Ingram Funeral Home. ROBERT PELOQUIN 51, of Cumming died Feb. 23. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Friday, Sawnee View Gardens; L.W.
McDonald Son Funeral Home. FULTON COUNTY JIMMIE LOUISE BAKER, 69, of Highlands, N.C., a native of Fulton County, died Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Briarcliff United Methodist Church, Atlanta: A.S. Turner Sons.
VIRGINIA MAE JOACHIM, 98, of Sandy Springs died Wednesday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. Saturday, College Park City Cemetery; Sandy Springs Chapel Funeral Directors. MERRYL E. O'BRIAN SHUTY, 43, of Roswell died Wednesday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. today, North Point Community Church; SouthCare Memorial Chapel. RANDY PAYNE, 52, of Alpharetta died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Owen Funeral Home.
off with his truck, police say, and, the tires. first degree vehicular homicide, Delgado, 18, is the suspect in that killed Ned Middleton 33, two daughters. driving a red Ford pickup truck that veered into another lane the I-75 interchange. The Ford and struck a concrete barrier. which had nearly 40 pounds of said.
close out a hit-and-run case that Cobb County police spokesman is just icing on the cake." mant whose tip helped lead to Pennington's arrest, Kolko said. Teenage pedestrian struck by police car A 17-year-old walking on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was hit by an Atlanta police car Wednesday afternoon. Kannon McKinney suffered injuries to his head, pelvis and leg and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was reported in critical condition after the 4 p.m. accident.
Officer D. Strozier was responding to an emergency call for assistance from another officer when McKinney and another youth attempted to cross the street near Bolton Road, said Atlanta police spokesman Officer John Quigley. Couple charged with prostituting teenager A south Fulton County couple was indicted Wednesday on 30 counts each on charges related to the kidnapping and prostituting of a 15- year-old Atlanta girl. Charlena Harris, 33, and Richard James Snelson, 29, were indicted on a variety of charges ranging from pimping and statutory rape to aggravated assault and cruelty to children. Snelson and Harris were arrested in February after the girl took authorities to a home where she said she was held and forced to have sex with men and women.
I DEKALB COUNTY Two charged in scheme involving real estate Two women were charged in DeKalb County as part of a real estate scheme estimated to exceed $4 million worth of property, the county Sheriff's Department announced Wednesday. The sheriff's fugitive squad arrested Lupita McCarthy, 49, of Stone Mountain on Feb. 1 and Wynette Sims, 46, of ATLANTANS: DISTRUSTFUL BUT HAPPY In a survey conducted in 40 communities across the country about how much residents trust others, metro Atlantans viewed others more skeptically than residents of similar communities. At the same time, Atlantans surveyed were slightly healthier and happier than survey participants in similar communities: Atlanta Others Trust most people Trust store employees Trust police Trust local government In excellent health Are very happy Source: Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, Harvard University where samples were taken. Instead, researchers created a composite comparison for each city based on national survey data of what would be expected of a city with similar demographic characteristics.
Those characteristics include race, education, age GWINNETT COUNTY LAMAR DAVIS, 53, of Lawrenceville died Monday. Funeral, noon today, Lawrenceville Church of God; Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. CLARENCE DAYTON, 76, of Lawrenceville died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.
PATSY J. DUNN, 58, of Lilburn died Wednesday. Funeral plans will be announced by Bill Head Funeral Home, Chapel. NIDIA MARULANDA, 30, of Buford died Tuesday. Funeral plans will be announced by Flanigan Funeral Home.
WILLIAM JOSEPH MAULDIN, 79, of Loganville died Monday. Graveside service, I p.m. today, College Park Cemetery; Bill Head Funeral Home, Tucker Chapel. JOHN H. SULLIVAN, 86, of Buford died Tuesday.
Funeral Mass, 10 a.m. Friday, Prince of Peace Catholic Church; Flanigan Funeral Home. BOBBIE A. WATERS, 50, of Buford died Tuesday. Funeral plans will be announced by Flanigan Funeral Home.
SYLVIA WOOD, 56, of Stone Mountain died Tuesday. Funeral, I p.m. today, Horis A. Ward, Stone Mountain Chapel. HENRY COUNTY ADAM MICHAEL ANDREWS, 17, of McDonough died Tuesday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Eagles Landing Baptist Church; Haisten Funeral Home, McDonough. HUEY GASTON FLOWERS, 72, of McDonough died Feb. 21. The body was cremated.
Memorial service, 2 p.m. Saturday, McDonough Christian Church; Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain. ALFRED COLQUITT MCRAE, 64, of McDonough died Sunday. The funeral was Wednesday; Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home, Manchester. PAULDING COUNTY LUTHER K.
HINES, 62, of Hiram died Sunday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, New Hope Cemetery; Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home. ROCKDALE COUNTY MARIETTA DYER RIVERS, 89, of Conyers died Tuesday. Funeral, 10 a.m.
today, Lithonia Presbyterian Church; Henry Funeral Home. ELLEN MARY ROSS, 70, of Conyers died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. No service is planned; Cremation Society of the South. Continued from DI that's a big piece of it," she said.
Barbara Archer, a 24-year resident of Atlanta who now lives in Midtown and owns an art gallery, said the sheer numbers of people and cars have changed the dynamics of the city. "I can't get in my car to see my friends anymore. I don't walk out from my neighborhood to VirginiaHighland anymore. I'm more likely to stay at home these days." Cobb County Commissioner Sam Olens, commenting on the survey finding that 22 percent ranked high on involvement in conventional politics, said he believes civic involvement is down because most Atlantans are not from Atlanta. "You don't have the community feeling that is common in older cities," he said.
"A lot of people regard themselves as being at home here only as long as their corporation keeps them here," Olens said. Staff writers Jingle Davis and Henry Farber contributed to this article. GEORGIA ERNEST A. ALINGER, 81, of Hollingsworth community died Tuesday. Funeral, 3 p.m.
Saturday, Rock Springs Baptist Church; Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin. HALEE EDWARDS, 4-month-old daughter of Janet Copeland and Charles Edwards of Pine Mountain, died Monday. Funeral, 11 1 a.m. today, Martin Hightower Hillcrest Chapel. GUINN HALL, 38, of Cornelia died Monday.
Funeral, 4 p.m. today, McGaheeGriffin Stewart Funeral Home. FRANCES PARKS ROBERTS, 74, of Jefferson died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Dry Pond Methodist Church; Evans Funeral Home.
DONNY RAY SPEED, 49, of Clayton died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Beck Funeral Home. LYNNA A. VAUGHN, 87, of Waco died Tuesday.
Funeral, 4 p.m. today, Union United Methodist Church; Hightower Funeral Home. TOM WATKINS, 85, of Baldwin died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin.
HELEN WESLYN HANSFORD WILLIAMS, 89, of Greensboro died Tuesday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens; Mc.Commons Funeral Home. BENJAMIN WILSON, 82, of Sparta died Wednesday. Funeral plans will be announced; Ingram Brothers Funeral Home.
distribution and urban-suburban- rural split. Hawkins said the low level of trust expressed by many Atlantans is likely due largely to the transient and mobile nature of the population. "It takes time to build relationships and I think ELSEWHERE STAN MARGULIES, 80, who produced two of the most-watched miniseries in television history, "Roots" and "The Thorn Birds," and earned three Emmy, awards, died Tuesday in Los Angeles,.
