RIP and our thought and prayers go out to the family On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Don <[email protected]> wrote:
> FYI > > One of the original Voices of WWV Passed away > > Our Thoughts and prayers go out to the Family > > 73 De Don KA9QJG > > The recorded voice of Time and Frequency Station WWV has fallen silent. > This with word that announcer Don Elliot Heald, of Atlanta, Georgia, who > gave WWV its human touch passed away on Thursday, February 19th. > > Known in the broadcast world as Don Elliot, Heald had distinguished career > that ranged from work at Atlanta Georgia's WSB to his automated and > internationally heard WWV broadcasts on shortwave. He was also the voice of > the Audichron telephone dial-in Time-Weather-Temperature service and of the > Protestant Hour radio show for over 40 years. For nearly five decades Heald > narrated the televised Christmas Eve service from Atlanta's Episcopal > Cathedral of St. Philip, where he served as a vestryman, junior warden and > senior warden. > > Heald was originally from Massachusetts, but came to Atlanta via Lakeland, > Florida. He was a graduate of the University of Florida at Gainesville and > began his broadcast career after graduation when he accepted a position at > WRUF where remained for three years. In Atlanta he spent much of his spare > time devoted to public service work with charities and civic clubs. > > A Service of Celebration of Don Elliot Heald's life took place on Tuesday > February 24th at the Cathedral of St. Philip. He is survived by his wife > Sara Farmer Heald of Atlanta, GA; sons and daughters-in- law David and > Deborah of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Tom and Evelyn Heald and Frank and > Mary Heald of Atlanta. Don Elliot Heald was 86. > > WWV Info http://tinyurl.com/5mw55c > > >
