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July 21, 2003

Kenya crash kills 12 Presbyterians

Three generations of prominent Atlanta family die while on safari

by John Filiatreau

LOUISVILLE

Twelve members of a prominent Presbyterian family in Atlanta were killed
on July 19 when their chartered plane crashed into a mountain in central Kenya.

      Three generations of the family of Dr. George Brumley and his wife, 
Jean, were decimated in the fiery accident, which also killed two South
African crew members.
      The twin-engine Fairchild FW-4 turboprop flew into Mount
Kenya, Africas second-highest mountain, just before sunset Saturday
evening. Rainy and cloudy weather delayed the recovery of the bodies and
may have been a factor in the crash, officials said.
	  The Brumleys were long-time members of a 2,300-member Presbyterian
Church (USA) congregation in Atlanta.
	 These people were the heart of Trinity Presbyterian
Church. ... They were involved in every mission, every governing decision,
everything, said the Rev. P.C. Enniss, the churchs interim pastor. They
were loved by every member of the congregation, and they were just like
family.
    Were going to need everybodys prayers, said the Rev.
Carol Jean Miller, associate pastor for congregational life and pastoral
care.
	 The flight reportedly originated at an airport near
Johannesburg, South Africa, and was bound for Kenyas Buffalo Springs
National Reserve after a stop in Nairobi. Buffalo Springs, about 135 miles
north of Nairobi, has public lodges, campgrounds and private game ranches.
The plane crashed into Point Lenana, one of three peaks of Mount Kenya.
    Peter Wakahia, chief inspector of accidents for the Kenya Civil Aviation
Authority, told Reuters: This is usually a 30-minute flight. The pilot
must have been blocked by mist and clouds, and got lost before crashing.
    The Americans were George Brumley, 68; his wife, Jean, 67; three of
their children, George III, Lois and Beth; George's wife, Julia, and their
children, George IV and Jordan; Lois husband, Richard Morrell, and their
son, Alex; and Beths husband, William Love, and their daughter, Sarah.
    The Morrells also had two daughters who stayed at home in Atlanta.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, George Brumley III and his
family lived in Chapel Hill, NC, and William and Beth Love had homes in
Atlanta and London.
	 Kenya police and officials of the Kenya Wildlife
Service said they had recovered 11 bodies by late Sunday. Investigators
from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and from South Americas
aviation authority have been dispatched to the site, according to Kenyan
officials.	Brumley, a retired former chairman of Emory Universitys
pediatrics department, had traveled to Africa two years ago as part of a
group of a dozen Atlantans who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He
had wanted to return to the continent with his family.
	 Brumley established a foundation in Edgewood, a neighborhood
southeast of Atlanta, that invests in health care and education and
in 1995 opened the Whitefoord Community Program, named for a school
in the area, Whitefoord Elementary.
    Jean Brumley was a member of the board of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, and had been active in a campaign to raise money for a new
concert hall. She also was a supporter of the Atlanta Botanic Society and
its annual Southeastern Flower Show.
	 Alison Vulgamore, the president of the orchestra, told reporters
that Jean Brumley wasn't sure about the safari, doing the outdoor
thing, but she was going for the family.
     George Brumley III was a principal of Oak Value, an investment firm in
Durham, NC, whose Oak Value Fund had more than $275 million under
management in March, according to The Wall Street Journal.
	A prayer service was held Monday night for the congregation of
Trinity Presbyterian Church. Plans for other memorial services
had not been finalized.

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