Alan Friend Rothschild

Alan Friend Rothschild August 15, 1925 - May 8, 2004 COLUMBUS, GA - Alan Friend Rothschild died Saturday May 8 at his residence. Funeral services will be held graveside at Riverdale Cemetery at 4:00 P.M. on Monday, May 10. Rabbi Thomas Friedman will officiate, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Macon Road. Mr. Rothschild was born in Columbus on August 15, 1925, the son of the late Irwin Bernard and Aleen Samuels Rothschild. He graduated from the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law and practiced law for 53 years with the law firm of Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis and Rothschild. He was a member of Temple Israel, Life Trustee of the Columbus Museum, and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Francis Hospital and also the Medical Center, President of the Columbus Bar Association, and on the boards of Brookstone School, the Springer Opera House, Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home, Columbus Legal Aid Society, the Family Counseling Center, The Boys Club, and the Three Arts League. Mr. Rothschild was an avid gardener and generously shared his roses and knowledge of gardening throughout the community. He was preceded in death by one brother, Norman S. Rothschild. Survivors include his wife, Eva Pound Rothschild of Columbus; two sons, Alan F. Rothschild, Jr., and his wife, Jewett Winn Rothschild of Columbus, and William G. Rothschild, and his wife, Susan Somers Rothschild, of Atlanta; daughter, Elizabeth P. Rothschild of Durham, N.C.; four grandchildren, Alan F. Rothschild, III, Caroline J. Rothschild, Elizabeth S. Rothschild, and William G. Rothschild, Jr.; sisters, Laurette R. Rosenstrauch and Matile Rothschild; brothers, Irwin B. Rothschild, Jr., and David Rothschild II. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to a charity of their choice.