Giles Eugene Hathaway

GILES EUGENE “GENE” HATHAWAY, 63, OF DULUTH, GA, DEPARTED FROM THIS LIFE ON OCTOBER 23, 2015, AT ATLANTA HOSPICE. GENE WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, AL, TO THE LATE GILES LYNCH HATHAWAY AND MARGARET ATCHISON HATHAWAY. GENE WAS THE MATERNAL GRANDSON OF THE LATE ROSE EDWARD ATCHISON AND HESTER WEAR ATCHISON, AND THE PATERNAL GRANDSON OF THE LATE MABEL KING HATHAWAY AND CLAUDE WRIGHT HATHAWAY.
GENE WAS RAISED IN THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF BESSEMER, AL, GRADUATED FROM BESSEMER HIGH SCHOOL, AND ATTENDED JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY. GENE LOVED HISTORY, GARDENING, BIRD WATCHING, AND, HE WAS A CREATIVE CARPENTER. HE RETIRED AS A CONTRACT PROJECT MANAGER/ESTIMATOR WHEN HE BECAME TOO ILL TO WORK.
LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY ARE HIS WIFE LINDA SLATER HATHAWAY OF DULUTH, GA, A STEP DAUGHTER NANNETTE MANZI WIFE OF JOSEPH MANZI, THEIR CHILDREN AUSTIN JOSEPH MANZI AND ALEXIS ROSE MANZI OF DALLAS, TX, A STEP DAUGHTER MICHELLE WEART AND HER DAUGHTER SADIE ABIGAIL MANZI OF BIRMINGHAM, AL, A SISTER KAY HATHAWAY JONES BURKE OF BUCKHEAD, GA, A NEPHEW HATHAWAY BURKE JONES TAMMIE OF WATERLOO, BELGIUM, GRAND NEPHEWS GILES PATRICK JONES AND HARRISON BRYCE JONES OF WATERLOO, BELGIUM, A MATERNAL AUNT SUE ATCHISON PEARSON JACK OF HOOVER, AL.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO HONOR GILES HATHAWAY’S MEMORY WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AT 11:00 AM, 2490 VALLEY DALE ROAD, HOOVER, AL 35244, 205 982-0222.