Haberhsam Co., GA - Obituaries - A.D. Lattanzi *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Kim Gordon" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************************************** A.D. Lattanzi Piedmont College lost its No. 1 fan and one of its biggest boosters Tuesday with the death of A.D. “Joe� Lattanzi, following a brief illness. Lattanzi, 72, lived in Smyrna, but his heart was never far from the college where he played baseball as a student and met his wife, Peggy (Oliver). “Joe,� as he was universally known, was president of the Piedmont Letter Club and a former president of the Alumni Association. He was inducted into the Piedmont Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981, and in 1990 he received the college’s Alumni Service Award. A Bronx, N.Y., native, Lattanzi was employed by the Cobb County Board of Education for 31 years at Campbell High School as an American history teacher, a coach and assistant principal. The Campbell baseball field recently was named in his honor. A scout for professional baseball teams, Lattanzi was a Navy veteran and a court bailiff for the Cobb County Court System. He was a member of the National Rifle Association, Smyrna American Legion Post No. 160, VFW Post No. 2681 in Marietta, Smyrna Golden K Club, and Smyrna First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Joseph Dante Lattanzi of Smyrna, Ricci Oliver Lattanzi of Rome and Anthony Adair Lattanzi of Lula; one daughter, Gina Elvira Lattanzi of Germantown, Tenn.; one sister, Clara King of Calhoun; and seven grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Piedmont College Letter Club, P.O. Box 10, Demorest, GA 30535, or the God’s Light Choir, c/o Smyrna First United Methodist Church, 1315 Concord Road, Smyrna, GA 30080. Services will be 11 a.m. today, Aug. 30, at Smyrna First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Pat Shannon and the Rev. Jim Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in Yonah Memorial Cemetery in Demorest at 3 p.m.