Eugene Andrew Gordon, Jr.

Mr. Eugene A. Andy Gordon, Jr., age 63, died on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Atlanta at Fountainview Center from complications secondary to Alzheimer’s disease. The son of the late Judge Eugene A. Gordon and Virginia Stoner Gordon and brother of the late Rosemary Foster. Andy was born May 1, 1948, in Greensboro, NC, and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where Andy was a Morehead Scholar, and Duke University where is was an Angier Biddle Duke Scholar. While studying at Duke, he was a middle school teacher in Raleigh, NC, thereafter relocating to Atlanta to begin a business career.

Andy’s banking career began at First Railroad Bank in Atlanta and was followed by stints at First Union Bank and First Financial Management Corporation. He subsequently created his own consulting company, A. L. Cannon, providing management, communications, and training and organizational development services. During his working years he was actively involved with several related professional organizations and also served on Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Board and the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Master Plan Coordinating Committee.

The family is grateful for the loving care provided by the staff of Fountainview Center, especially Anne Pitts, Claire Maisonneuve, Sharon Joseph, Pat Peck, Linda Anthony, Vyronia Manning, Christine Anderson, Thelma Davis, Marilyn Baker, Verna Wilson, Brandon Hammer, Marica Mitchell, Debra Thornton, Claire Sorensen, Sartoria Sanders, Leslie Cornett, Lesa French, Melissa Payne, Edith Woghiren, Tonya Frederick, Yolanda Brown, Fatoumata Kaba, Lakeeva Reed, Court Bornu, Claudette Reidbulgin, Belinda Glass, Olayinka Agberu, Hortense Faussi, Sheila Meer and Joy Gabay. The family gives additional thanks to the staff of Crossroads Hospice that includes Phyllis Watson, Tammy Schwartz, Karry Lopez and David Hall.

Family survivors include James D. Elkington of Atlanta, his life partner of 22 years, and a niece, Caitlin Foster of Greensboro, NC.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 11:00 am at Morningside Presbyterian Church with Rev. Drs. Baron Mullis and Robert Gray officiating.

The family requests no flowers. Those so desiring may make a memorial contribution to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org