George Thomas Etheridge;60;of 15102 Fox Rd.;Detroit;Mich.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died unexpectedly Tuesday in LaGrange Hospital in LeGrange;Ga. Born Sept.27;1911;he was a son of the late George and Flora Price Etheridge. He was a retired executive of American Motors in Detroit. He was a member of St.Paul’s Presbyterian Church of Livonia;Mich.;and president of the Western Golf and Country Club of Detroit. Mr.Etheridge served on the Governor’s Commission on Mental Health Statutes Review in Michigan. He was also a director of the Michigan State Association for Retarded Children and was appointed to President Richard M.Nixon’s Special Task Force on Mental Retardation. Surviving are his widow;Ellen Torrance Etheridge;and a son;Michael T.;both of Detroit. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday in the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held at 2 p.m.Friday;with the Rev.Dr.S.Arthur Talman of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon in charge. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.