• Tricia Mahoney, owner and broker at ERA Prefferred Realty in Peachtree City, has been recognized at the number one broker in the state in both total volume and listing units by ERA Real Estate, with over $2.5 million in total volume for the first quarter.

• Steve Thornton is a new mortgage banker with the Fayetteville office of Griffin Financial Services.

Thornton, a native of Pike County, graduated from Pike County High School, completed technical school at Griffin Tech, and received an associate of applied technology degree from Gwinnett Tech.

For the past nine and a half years, Thornton has been an instructor at Griffin Tech, and in recent years, has also worked part-time in the financial services field.

“I've always been interested in financial services, and that's why I decided to go into the mortgage loan business on a fulltime basis,” he said.

Griffin Financial Services has its operations and underwriting departments, as well as a mortgage loan office, in Fayetteville. There are branch offices in Newnan, Jackson, Barnesville and Griffin.

• Wendy Greene, who is with Metro Brokers/Better Homes and Gardens' Peachtree City office, received six awards at her company's 1998 Annual Awards Luncheon, Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Cobb Galleria Centre.

Then, Friday, March 12, she was recognized as an Active Life Member when the Newnan/Coweta Board of Realtors had its 1998 Million Dollar Awards Gala at the Newnan Elks Club. She has been a Million Dollar Club member for four years.

The six Better Homes and Gardens awards earned by Greene were :

Top Producing Sales Associate Companywide (Unassisted) -1998 Highest Company Award/700 Associates (20 Offices).

Top Producing Sales Associate/Peachtree City Office 1998, marking the third year she has earned this award.

1998 Summit Club, for attaining over $8.4 million in residential sales and listings sold. This is the third straight year she has received this award.

Century Club, for exceptional sales in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Super Star Associate, top position for referrals to Metro Brokers Financial Inc., for superior customer service.

Super Star Associate, second position for referrals to Metro Brokers Insurance Inc., for superior customer service.

Greene, who attended Pfeiffer College, retired from BellSouth Advertising and Publishing in 1987. She has more than 20 years of experience in supervisory and managerial positions with major companies, most of that time with BellSouth.

She started working in real estate in 1987 with Metro Brokers/Better

Homes and Gardens' Perimeter office, was later with the Morrow office, and has been with the Peachtree City office for five years.

A resident of Newnan, she is married to Robert C. McClendon, who retired from the city of Atlanta Police Department and is now executive director of the Police Benevolent Association of Georgia. They have three daughters, two sons and four grandchildren.

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