FRANK STRINGER'S MEMORIAL SERVICE GLENN MEMORIAL CHURCH JUNE 8, 1983

WOULD YOU PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS -

WE PRAY TO THEE TO GIVE US THE •WlSDOM OF MOSES, THE COURAGE OF DAVID, AND THE STRENGTH OF MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS. AMEN

**MY NAME IS PRESTON WILLIAMSON, THE STRINGER FAMILY ASKED ME TO REPRESENT
FRANK'S BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FRIENDS IN THIS MEMORIAL SERVICE ..
VIRGINIA STRINGER ASKED ME TO EXPLAIN WHY THE SERVICE IS BEING HELD IN THE "LITTLE CHAPEL". THIS IS WHERE FRANK AND VIRGINIA WERE MARRIED THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
I MET FRANK IN OCTOBER 1957, WHEN I TRANSFERRED TO ATLANTA INTO A NEW AREA KNOWN AS MECHANIZED ACCOUNTING . FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS FRANK AND I
WERE VERY CLOSE IN BUSINESS AND PERSONAL SITUAT10NS. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THIS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOP INTO A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
BETTY, ALAN, CINDY AND I WITH FRANK, VIRGINIA, MIKE, LARRY AND LATER
CAROLYN, MIKE'S WIFE.
WHEN THE FAMILY ASKED ME TO BE A PART OF THIS SERVICE I WAS HONORED,
ELATED AND THEN APPREHENSIVE - BUT I'VE ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FRANK STRINGER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE WORD THAT COMES CLOSEST TO DESCRIBING FRANK IS "GEM". FRANK WAS TRULY "A HIGHLY PRIZED OR BELOVED PERSON".
FRANK WAS ALSO A HUMAN AND HIS OWN PERSON. I HAVE SELECTED A FEW PERSONAL EXPERIENCES TO SHARE WITH YOU.
FRANK LOVED TO PLAY BRIDGE AND HE WAS VERY GOOD. I HAD NEVER PLAYED MUCH BRIDGE . LIKE SO MANY THINGS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, FRANK TOOK ME UNDER HIS WINGS ~ EARLY ON , HE ASKED ME TO PLAY IN A DUPLICATE TOURNMENT AT THE YMCA. THEY PLAYED SO FAST I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO SEE
THE CARDS. THE FIRST BOARD WE PLAYED I SNEAKED IN A DIAMOND BID.
THE OPPONENT ASKED FRANK WHAT MY BID MEANT. FRANK SAID WE DON'T DO ANY TRICKING BIDDING. WE BID SIX DIAMONDS. I STARTED TO BID SOMETHING ELSE SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PLAY IT. FRANK PUT HIS HAND DOWN, ACE AND A SMALL CLUB. A CLUB LED , I PLAYED SMALL AND LOOKED AT FRANK.
VIRGINIA HAS SEEN THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE LOOK - A CLUB RETURN AND A TRUMP
TOOK CARE OF MY ACE. FRANK NEVER SAID A WORD - LATER I SAID TO FRANK
I MESSED-UP. HE SAID I THOUGHT YOU WOULD FIGURE THAT OUT. HENRY IZARD,
JOE HOLOWAY, FRANK AND I HAVE SPENT MANY ENJOYABLE DAYS AND NIGHTS WITH FRANK STILL TEACHING ME TO PLAY .
~JAL T CLEVELAND MAY HAVE TAUGHT FRANK TO PLAY BRIDGE - BUT I STARTED HIM PLAYING MY GAME - GOLF. OUR FIRST FOURSOME WAS MYSELF, FRANK, OLIN BOYD AND DON COMPTON. WE WERE ON THE TEE EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
AT DAY-BREAK. GOLF BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF FRANK AND VIRGIN IA' S LIFE. IN FACT I THINK IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HE WOULD TURN DOWN A BRIDGE GAME TO PLAY GOLF.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT FRANK REALLY LOVED. IF I HAD MADE A BEER COMMERCIAL, I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT RODNEY DANGERFIELD OR BILLY MARTIN. MINE WOULD HAVE STARRED FRANK . I HOPE THEY HAD A COOL BUSCH WAITING FOR
HIM.
FRANK WAS A "GEM" AND BELOVED, BUT HE GAVE AS MUCH OR MORE THAN HE RECEIVED. HE LOVED HIS PEOPLE AND HIS FRIENDS. I \10ULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT A FEW OF HIS MANY FRIENDS THOUGHT OF HIM.

FRANK WAS "ALWAYS AN EXAMP LE OF A GENTLEMEN. HE WAS
TRULY A GENTLE MAN.
FRANK WAS A SUPER BRIDGE PLAYER, A MOST GENEROUS AND
UNDERSTANDING PARTNER. HE AU1AYS MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL.
FRANK WAS "ABOVE ALL A GENTLEMAN, A CHERISHED FRIEND .
I NEVER KNEW ANY ONE WHO MORE ENJOYED A GAME OF GOLF, A GAME OF BRIDGE AND A BEER."
FRANK ~~AS "ALWAYS QUICK WITH A SMILE AND A GREETING.
FRANK WAS "THE MOST UNDERSTANDING AND LOVEABLE PERSON I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.
FRANK WAS CLEARL Y RESPECTED AND LOVED BY THE PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED .
FRANK WAS A PERSON WITH GENUINE CONCERN FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL AND A KEEN SENSE OF WHAT WAS INSIDE A PERSON.
FRANK WAS "STRONG HILLED AND SOMHJHAT SET IN HIS WAYS,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME CONCERNED ABOUT OTHERS
FEELINGS .
FRANK WAS A PERSON THAT I DEPENDED ON AND RESPECTED.
FRANK WAS II A MAN OF DISTINCTION, ONE OF A KIND AND A GREAT FRIEND OF TELCO."
FRANK WAS A PERSON THAT ALWAYS SMILED, HIS INTELLIGENCE, OPINIONS, AND HIS SELFLESS ATTITUDE WERE ADMIRED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE**

EXCELLENCE IS RECOGNIZED, IN BASEBALL, A HOME RUN, IN FOOTBALL, A TOUCHDOWN, IN GOLF, A GREAT SHOT. FOR FRANK'S EXCELLENCE IN LIFE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GIVE HIM A STANDING OVATION .

Frank Dorsey Stringer