"Fred" was the only child of Elizabeth Richardson Jenkins and Garland F. Steele, Sr. He was born in Columbus, Georgia and grew up, for the most part, in Atlanta, Georgia.
His mother died at the age of thirty from an earlier traffic accident. He was reared afterwards by his grandmothers, Nell Hogg Jenkins in Columbus, Georgia, and Lillian Steele Nunnally in Norcross, Georgia and his father and stepmother, Jane, in Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly attended Georgia Military College and a Math course at Georgia Tech, not following the academic history of his parents and grandparents, but by "doing it his way" he achieved results that were mostly satisfying to him.
He and Elizabeth Eugenia "Jean" Sherwood were married on 9/9/1949. They had four children, Robert Carey, Oct. 15, 1951; Gregory Wayne, May 25, 1954; Brian Sherwood, March 25, 1958, and Carol Elizabeth, Aug. 1, 1962.
His combination of charisma and intelligence were an eclectic mix that drew people to him. Fred never met a stranger. He died entirely too soon -- probably from his lifetime of smoking cigarettes.
His mother died at the age of thirty from an earlier traffic accident. He was reared afterwards by his grandmothers, Nell Hogg Jenkins in Columbus, Georgia, and Lillian Steele Nunnally in Norcross, Georgia and his father and stepmother, Jane, in Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly attended Georgia Military College and a Math course at Georgia Tech, not following the academic history of his parents and grandparents, but by "doing it his way" he achieved results that were mostly satisfying to him.
He and Elizabeth Eugenia "Jean" Sherwood were married on 9/9/1949. They had four children, Robert Carey, Oct. 15, 1951; Gregory Wayne, May 25, 1954; Brian Sherwood, March 25, 1958, and Carol Elizabeth, Aug. 1, 1962.
His combination of charisma and intelligence were an eclectic mix that drew people to him. Fred never met a stranger. He died entirely too soon -- probably from his lifetime of smoking cigarettes.
"Fred" was the only child of Elizabeth Richardson Jenkins and Garland F. Steele, Sr. He was born in Columbus, Georgia and grew up, for the most part, in Atlanta, Georgia.
His mother died at the age of thirty from an earlier traffic accident. He was reared afterwards by his grandmothers, Nell Hogg Jenkins in Columbus, Georgia, and Lillian Steele Nunnally in Norcross, Georgia and his father and stepmother, Jane, in Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly attended Georgia Military College and a Math course at Georgia Tech, not following the academic history of his parents and grandparents, but by "doing it his way" he achieved results that were mostly satisfying to him.
He and Elizabeth Eugenia "Jean" Sherwood were married on 9/9/1949. They had four children, Robert Carey, Oct. 15, 1951; Gregory Wayne, May 25, 1954; Brian Sherwood, March 25, 1958, and Carol Elizabeth, Aug. 1, 1962.
His combination of charisma and intelligence were an eclectic mix that drew people to him. Fred never met a stranger. He died entirely too soon -- probably from his lifetime of smoking cigarettes.
His mother died at the age of thirty from an earlier traffic accident. He was reared afterwards by his grandmothers, Nell Hogg Jenkins in Columbus, Georgia, and Lillian Steele Nunnally in Norcross, Georgia and his father and stepmother, Jane, in Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly attended Georgia Military College and a Math course at Georgia Tech, not following the academic history of his parents and grandparents, but by "doing it his way" he achieved results that were mostly satisfying to him.
He and Elizabeth Eugenia "Jean" Sherwood were married on 9/9/1949. They had four children, Robert Carey, Oct. 15, 1951; Gregory Wayne, May 25, 1954; Brian Sherwood, March 25, 1958, and Carol Elizabeth, Aug. 1, 1962.
His combination of charisma and intelligence were an eclectic mix that drew people to him. Fred never met a stranger. He died entirely too soon -- probably from his lifetime of smoking cigarettes.
