- Steve Thornton

is a new mortgage banker with the Fayetteville office of

Griffin Financial Services.

Thornton, a native of Pike

County, graduated from Pike County High School, completed

technical school at Griffin Tech, and received an

associate of applied technology degree from Gwinnett

Tech.

For the past nine and a

half years, Thornton has been an instructor at Griffin

Tech, and in recent years, has also worked part-time in

the financial services field.

"I've always been

interested in financial services, and that's why I

decided to go into the mortgage loan business on a

fulltime basis," he said.

Griffin Financial Services

has its operations and underwriting departments, as well

as a mortgage loan office, in Fayetteville. There are

branch offices in Newnan, Jackson, Barnesville and

Griffin.

- Wendy Greene ,

who is with Metro Brokers/Better Homes and Gardens'

Peachtree City office, received six awards at her

company's 1998 Annual Awards Luncheon, Wednesday, Feb.

24, at the Cobb Galleria Centre.

Then, Friday, March 12, she

was recognized as an Active Life Member when the

Newnan/Coweta Board of Realtors had its 1998 Million

Dollar Awards Gala at the Newnan Elks Club. She has been

a Million Dollar Club member for four years.

The six Better Homes and

Gardens awards earned by Greene were :

Top Producing Sales

Associate Companywide (Unassisted) -1998 Highest Company

Award/700 Associates (20 Offices).

Top Producing Sales

Associate/Peachtree City Office 1998, marking the third

year she has earned this award.

1998 Summit Club, for

attaining over $8.4 million in residential sales and

listings sold. This is the third straight year she has

received this award.

Century Club, for

exceptional sales in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Super Star Associate, top

position for referrals to Metro Brokers Financial Inc.,

for superior customer service.

Super Star Associate,

second position for referrals to Metro Brokers Insurance

Inc., for superior customer service.

Greene, who attended

Pfeiffer College, retired from BellSouth Advertising and

Publishing in 1987. She has more than 20 years of

experience in supervisory and managerial positions with

major companies, most of that time with BellSouth.

She started working in real

estate in 1987 with Metro Brokers/Better

Homes and Gardens'

Perimeter office, was later with the Morrow office, and

has been with the Peachtree City office for five years.

A resident of Newnan, she

is married to Robert C. McClendon, who retired from the

city of Atlanta Police Department and is now executive

director of the Police Benevolent Association of Georgia.

They have three daughters, two sons and four

grandchildren.

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