Clayton News Daily

February 23, 2004

Mary Louise Smith

Mary Louise Smith, 74, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2004. She is survived by four sisters, Margie Abernethy, Miriam Vise, Jeanette Ballard and Mary Hendrickson; brother Kenneth Smith.

Smith is to be cremated and will have no services.

Thomas L. Scroggs Parkway Garden Chapel, (404) 366-3522, is handling arrangements.

Annie C. Reece

Annie C. Reece, 84, of Forest Park, died Feb. 21, 2004. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Dickson's Morrow Chapel with the Rev. Mike Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Countyline Baptist Churchyard.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. She is survived by her sons and a daughter-in-law: Buddy Reece, Donnie and Nancy Reece; sisters Sally Tucker, Jean Boyd, Margaret Overcash; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Pope Dickson & Son Morrow Chapel, (770) 961-2700, is handling arrangements.

Alfred Adshead

Alfred Leonard Adshead, 83, of Morrow, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at Henry Medical Center.

He was a hand engraver. He engraved for more than 60 years for numerous jewelry stores in the Atlanta area.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Paul Smith of Pace, Fla.; brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Mary Adshead of Winbourne, England; grandchildren, William Scott Hill, Anne-Marie Wilson, Jeff Wilson; great-grandchildren, Billy Hill, Ana Hill, Jade Hill, Magen Louise Wilson and April Hill.

Memorial services were held Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004, in the chapel of Ford-Stewart Funeral Home Inc. Dr. Trenton Swanson officiated. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home Inc., Jonesboro/Stockbridge, (770) 210-2700, is handling arrangements.