A Celebration of Life, Arthur Joseph McClung, Jr., Friday, February 10, 2012, 11:00 A.M., Ben Hill United Methodist Church, 2099 Fairburn Road SW, Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Richard D. Winn, Sr., Senior Pastor, Officiating

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ARTHUR JosEPH McCLUNG, JR.
Friday, February 10, 2012 11:00 A.M.
Ben Hill United Methodist Church 2099 Fairburn Road SW Adanta, Georgia
Reverend Richard D. Winn, Sr., Senior Pastor, Officiating

ARTHUR JosEPH McCLUNG, JR.
Arthur Joseph McClung, Jr. (Art) 66, of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away at Hospice Atlanta on Sunday, February SJ2012, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 19, 1945 to the late Helen Crayton McClung and Arthur Joseph McClung, Sr., of Columbus, Georgia. Art is described by his wife and son as a gentle, caring, loving and thoughtful husband and father that lived by his faith in God and love for people.
Art is known and loved in Columbus and the Atlanta community for his tireless energy and his outstanding service supporting local organizations in Columbus and the greater Atlanta area. His accomplishments and achievements are numerous, and he has received many recognitions, awards and commendations for his service to humanity through various organizations and boards.
He attended Morehouse College earning a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in mathematics in 1966. Early in his career, Art worked for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, IBM and the U.S. Department of Economic Opportunity prior to transitioning to the Georgia Power Company in 1982, as a Consumer Affairs Representative. Art quickly advanced through various positions of increasing responsibilities in the External Affairs and Customer Operation organization, including consumer affairs, legislative affairs, community development, economic development and corporate relations before being named Corporate Relations Manager in 1986.
In 1991, he was named District Manager in the company's Smyrna District in Cobb County. He directed a team of 140 employees and was responsible for all of the company's operations, including marketing, engineering, power delivery, customer service and external operations for more than 110,000 customers.
Art was selected to attend the Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program for Management Development and successfull completed the program. He was subsequently appointed to the position of Assistant to the Region Vice President, Northern Region in 1992, and his primary responsibility was to provide leadership and strategy for the company's external involvement. The Northern Region included Metro Atlanta and the northern half of the state, where 2,100 employees provided service to over 1,000,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
In 2002, Art was named Manager for Corporate Relations and in June 2002, Georgia Power CEO, David Ratcliffe appointed Art to the position of Director, City of Atlanta Operations. In this capacity, Art served as a single point of contact for Mayor Shirley Franklin, and kept the company well informed on all issues affecting business relationships with the City of Atlanta. Art remained in this position until his retirement.
Art continued to be involved in various business and civic activities during his tenure with Georgia Power. He served as Vice Chair of the 1-fetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's (1L\RTA) Board of Directors and Chair of St. Joseph Hospital's 1-fercy Care Services Board of Directors. He chaired the Executive Committee of the Boy Scouts' Operation First Class. He is an alumnus of Leadership Atlanta (class of 1991),Leadership Cobb (class of 1992), and the Regional Leadership Institute (class of 1993). Art also served as Lay Leader of Ben Hill United Methodist Church and was Chair of the Church Council.
Art and his wife Angela, a Spelman Alumnae and a retired special education teacher, are parents of one son, Arthur ]. McClung, III, (frey), also a Morehouse graduate. Trey went on to earn a Doctorate degree from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering and completed his post doctoral studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He returned to Atlanta in 2011 to be near his family.
Devoted survivors include his wife, Angela Robinson 1-fcClung, their son, Arthur]. McClung, III, (frey), his sisters, Lillian (Bunky 1-fcClung) Clark (Charles) and Audrey McClung Jones, his mother-in-law, Ernestine Latson Smith, and a host of in-laws, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
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SCRIPTURE

Old Testament Psalm 121

Rev: Olujimi Brown

New Testament 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

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Former Mayor of .1.-\tlanta

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High School Classmate

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As we look back over time We find ourselves wondering... Did we remember to thank you enough
For all you have done for us? For all the times you were by our sides
To help and support us ... To celebrate our successes To understand our problems And accept our defeats? Or for teaching us by your example, The value of hard work, good judgment,
Courage and integrity? We wonder if we ever thanked you
For the sacrifices you made To let us have the very best?
And for the simple things Like laughter, smiles and times we shared?
If we have forgotten to show our Gratitude enough for all the things you did,
We're thanking you now. And we are hoping you knew all along,
How much you meant to us.
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Active Pallbearers

Michael Anderson

Kevin Jefferson

Alfred Byrd, Jr.

Leonardo McClarty

Henry Goodgame, Jr. W Lawrence Neeley

Kenneth C. Harris, II Maceo S. Sloan

Barry Willis

Honorary Pallbea.rets
United Methodist Men-Ben Hill UMC Men of Morehouse College
Flower Ladies
Coupled in Christ Sunday School Class Jewels & Partners
The family of Arthur J. McClung, Jr. is deeply grateful to each of you for your acts of kindness
during this difficult time. We thank God for you, your prayers, generosity, and heartfelt words of comfort. We are especially appreciative to the Piedmont Five South Medical Staff and Social Work Team and Hospice Atlanta Palliative Care Team for the gende care they extended to Art and his family during his illness.
We also want to acknowledge the outpouring of love we have received from our spiritual family Ben Hill United Methodist Church.
We thank God for the gift of our extended family and friends who have been a comfort during
this transitional period.
May God's blessing rest upon you all.
Thefami!J of ArthurJ McClung, Jr.