Mr. George Thomas French

BORN IN LAGRANGE, GA ON DECEMBER 17, 1927 TO DEWEY AND CORDELIA FRENCH. TOM HAD SEVEN SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER AND ONLY THREE SISTERS REMAIN, KATHLEEN HUCKABY, BETTY COWART, AND DIANNE SLEDGE. HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM TECH HIGH IN ATLANTA AND THAT’S WHERE HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, RUNELLE. THEY WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 2, 1948 AND HAD 54 YEARS TOGETHER. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN: TERRI LYNN FRENCH BURDETT (MARRIED TO ARCHIE T. BURDETT) AND SCOTT THOMAS FRENCH AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN : TODD, LAUREN, HEATHER ,MICHAEL,ALEX AND MACKENZIE.

TOM LOST RUNELLE IN 2002 AND NO ONE COULD EVER TAKE HER PLACE, BUT JOYCE MARTIN WAS A GREAT FRIEND TO HIM AND HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR FAMILY.

TOM WAS A TRUE ARTISAN IN JEWELRY REPAIR AND DESIGN AND OWNED HIS OWN SUCCESFUL JEWELRY BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AND DUNWOODY.

HE LOVED PIDDLING IN THE BARN, A GOOD CIGAR, ROCKING ON THE FRONT PORCH, GOING TO MATLACHA WITH RUNELLE AFTER CHRISTMAS, EATING AT RED LOBSTER AND MIDWAY, RIDING HIS GRANDCHILDREN ON THE TRACTOR AND BUSH-HOGGING, TALKING WITH HIS NEIGHBORS, RIDING IN THE CAR ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SINGING CHURCH SONGS, FEEDING HIS DOGS, QUEENIE, MAX, TASHA AND LITTLE MISSY CHEESE TOAST EVERY MORNING, AND HE WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS WHISTLING.

CAMPING, FISHING, “THE FARM”, THE VARIOUS CABINS AT THE LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS, HORSES, COWS, BULLDOZERS, WORKING IN THE BARN, SPLITTING FIREWOOD, GETTING STUCK ON MUDDY ROADS, PLOWING THE GARDEN, PICKING UP HAY BALES, RELAXING IN HIS RECLINER WATCHING THE WEATHER CHANNEL, CRUISING TO ALASKA, BEING A GREAT FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR ARE JUST SOME OF THE MEMORIES THAT WILL ALWAYS BRING A SMILE.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT ROSWELL FUNERAL HOME , 950 MANSELL RD. ROSWELL, GA ON MONDAY MARCH 25, 2013 FROM 6 -8 PM. GRAVESIDE SERVICE TO BE AT GREEN LAWN CEMETERY ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013, 1 PM

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASK THAT YOU MAKE A DONATION TO HALYCON HOSPICE, 1435 HAW CREEK CIRCLE EAST, STE 402 CUMMING, GA 30041.