George Tindall

TINDALL, George Taylor

George Taylor Tindall, 97, of Boulder, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2025, at his home in Boulder, in the presence of family.

He was born on March 13, 1928, in Magee, Mississippi, to parents, George Earl Tindall and Lyda Smith Tindall.

George graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1948. He received his MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha in 1952.

After serving two years in the Air Force from 1953 to 1955, as a flight surgeon, Dr. Tindall entered the neurosurgical training program at Duke University as a resident from 1955 to 1961. Following completion of his training, he remained on the staff at Duke for the next seven years. While at Duke, he served as Chief of Neurosurgery at the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital from 1961 to 1968.

In 1968, Dr. Tindall was appointed Chief of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical branch in Galveston, Texas, and in 1973, he was selected as Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery and Professor of Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta before retiring after 23 years.

George was active in the formation of the Sectional Council of Neurological Surgery of the American Medical Association and was a member of the Neurosurgical Society of America, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Tindall served as President of the Society of University Neurosurgeons (1966), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (1973-1974), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1988-1989), the Georgia Neurosurgical Society (1988-1989), the Southern Neurosurgical Society (1990), and theAmerican Academy of Neurological Surgery (1992-1993).

He published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals on a variety of neurosurgical subjects, including his major research interests of pituitary tumors, cerebral vascular disease, and head trauma.

George co-authored several textbooks, including Clinical Management of Pituitary Disorder and Disorders of the Pituitary; co-edited a multi- volume textbook, The Practice of Neurosurgery.

He is survived by his sister, Jo Windham of California; four children, Catherine Tindall of Boulder, Colorado, George Tindall Jr. (Cindy Perry) of Tigard, Oregon, Suzanne Tindall of Mankato, Minnesota, and Annelle Tindall Stueart (Donald "Rocky" Stueart) of Vanderwagen, New Mexico. He is survived by his two stepdaughters, Katherine Moreau Barringer (Jordan Smelt) of Atlanta, GA, and Jennifer Barringer Burke of Charlotte, NC. He is survived by nine grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his brother, James Earl Tindall; his first wife, Catherine Hopson Tindall; his second wife, Dr. Suzie Cunningham Tindall; and third wife, Elizabeth "Wendy" Wilson Barringer.

He maintained a greenhouse at his home in Atlanta, and when he retired from medicine in his late 60s, he pursued his lifelong love of horticulture and opened a commercial tree nursery - Mid-Georgia Nursery - that he ran for nearly 20 years. He enjoyed garden tours in England and other countries and bonded with many people worldwide about his love of plants and growing them. This passion included his longtime project of trying to create a new variety of camellia which he never gave up on. Loving the genetics of plants, he gifted camellias he grew from seed to friends and family and as a result, his horticulture legacy lives on with the unofficial "Camellia George Tindall" gracing many Southern gardens today.

George will always be remembered as a very social and charming person who loved conversation with everyone he met. He spent many years in rural Georgia on his farm with Wendy and their many dogs, immersed in his passion of planting trees and flowering shrubs. He remained curious until his very last days about life, politics, family, football and often engaged in stimulating debates about every topic possible. He cared for many people and made a difference in many lives. He promoted the greenness of our earth with the thousands of trees he planted.

A memorial service and Celebration of Life ceremony is planned for early spring (close to his birthdate in March) in Atlanta, GA. Details to be announced.

Donations in his name may be made to Homeless Shelters in Atlanta, (Atlanta Mission: The Shepherd's Inn or Gateway Center) and Boulder (All Roads Shelter), The Humane Society in Atlanta, United Way of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta Community Food Bank or any humanitarian charity of your choice in any city.

May we remember him all the days with happiness and joy.