[SEDXC] Guy Shields - W4GBU

[BLamboley at aol.com]

Folks,
 
Guy's obituary is below.  It was in the AJC  today.
 
Sadly,
 
Wes - W3WL
Secretary SEDXC
 
 
 



Family-Placed Death  Notice

SHIELDS, Guy GUY JULIAN SHIELDS Guy Julian Shields, 71, of  Stone Mountain, 
GA, passed away peacefully at home on Sat, May 28th, 2011. Born  in Miami, 
FL on Sept. 19, 1939 to the late Samuel A. and Florence P. Shields,  Guy 
leaves behind his best friend and wife of 5l years, Barbara Zee Shields,  three 
children, daughter and son-in-law, Audrey and Jan Viljoen, son and  
daughter-in-law, Charlie and Toni Shields, son, Craig Shields, and brother, Lee  
Shields, as well as nine grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, a loving 
extended  family and many friends. After graduation from Coral Gables High School 
in FL,  Guy proudly served in the Marine Reserves, training as a field radio 
operator.  His marriage to Barbara in 1959 also marked the beginning of 
Guy's 32-year  career with IBM, where he was both an engineer and supervisor. 
His 55-year hobby  of amateur (Ham) radio brought Guy (W4GBU) distinction the 
world over  culminating in the DX Century Club's Honor Roll acknowledgement 
that Guy had  officially contacted Hams in over 335 countries and 
territories. Guy and  Barbara's love of travel brought them in contact with the 
Friendship Force,  which led to a trip to Moscow in 1992, the first of many. Guy 
will always be  remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, his love of the 
ocean, gardening  and fishing, computers and gadgets, history and the 
Antiques Roadshow, politics  and Freedom Concerts, action movies and Star Trek. 
He will truly be missed. A  memorial service will be held at 2pm, Sat, June 
4th, 2011 at Stewart Baptist  Church, 158 Stewart Church Rd., Covington, GA. 
Arrangements by the Cremation  Society of Georgia 404- 355-7627