Grady Willis Stallings Sr.

Grady Willis Stallings Sr., 71, Riverdale, died Feb. 20, 2003. He was born March 6, 1931 in Fulton County. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Heatherwood Baptist Church and a member of the Rossville Masonic Lodge. Services were at the Tara Garden Chapel with the Rev. Tom Daugherty officiating. Interment was at College park Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Helen Stallings, Riverdale; sons, Grady and Susan Stallings Jr., and Keith and Lori Stallings, all of Fayetteville, and Ken and Betsy Stallings, McDonough; daughters, Hazel and Bob Ripley, Griffin, Harriet and Dave Wallace, Stockbridge, and Lois Stallings, Riverdale; brothers, Roy Stallings, Ellenwood, and Euell Stallings, Florida; a sister, Audrey Lee, Wilmington, N. C.; and 14 grandchildren. Tara Garden Chapel, Jonesboro, was in charge.

James O. White

James O. White, 78, Morrow, died Feb. 18, 2003. He was born Sept. 22, 1924 in Fayette County, son of the late James Sylvester and Annie Viola Jones White. Graveside services were at the Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tyrone, with the Rex Masonic Lodge, #251, F&AM, officiating. Survivors include his wife, Nell White, Morrow; sons, Randy White, Savannah, Ga., and Kenny White, Covington; daughters, Malissa Ann Drew, Hampton, and Belinda Fiscus, Stockbridge; a brother, Marion White, Jackson, Ga.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Parrott Funeral Home, Fairburn, was in charge.

Robert Lee Alston

Robert Lee “Bob” Alston, 70, Fayetteville, died Feb. 20, 2003. He was born Aug. 3, 1932 in Webster County, Ga. Services were at the Woolsey Baptist Church with the Rev. Chuck Chambers and the Rev. Clay Edge officiating. Interment was at Westminster Memorial Gardens, Peachtree City. Survivors include his wife, Betty Middleton Alston, Fayetteville; daughters, Deborah “Debbie” Alston, Lewisville, Texas, and Lee Ann and Richard Hammonds, McDonough; a grandchild, Alaina Hammonds, McDonough; mother, Idel Alston, Americus; brothers, John D. "Buddy" Alston Jr., Cataula, Ga, and Tony Alston, Warm Springs, Ga.; sisters, Ruby C. Alston, and Lucy Frazier, both of Americus, Gladys Keeter, Panama City, Fla., Wayne Cooper, Athens, Texas, and Mary Joan Wilkerson. Memorial donations may be made to the Woolsey Baptist Church Building Fund, 115 Hampton Road, Fayetteville, GA 30215. Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge.

Elegal Slaton Wilson

Elegal Slaton Wilson, 88, Fayetteville, died Feb. 20, 2003. She was born Oct. 21, 1914 in Fayette County, the daughter of Eugene and Mertie Carey Chapman Slaton. Services were at the Parrott Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dr. J. W. Wallis and the Rev. Dr. David Chancey officiating. Interment was at Holly Hill Memorial Park, Fairburn. Survivors include a son, Stanley Wilson, Fayetteville; a brother, Thomas Slaton, Newnan; and sisters, Madjorie Thomason, and Grace Lanier, both of Tyrone, Doris Meacham and Mertle Eubanks, both of Newnan, Jerline Chambers, Forest Park, and Helen Howard, Gainesville. Parrott Funeral Home, Fairburn, was in charge.