Gayle Preston Geron (b1920)
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WWII Veteran, Shoe merchant.
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• "He was born on Dec. 6, 1920, in Huntsville to Gayle Figures Geron and Mary Murray Geron. He attended Huntsville High School. He graduated from Columbia Military Academy in Columbia, Tenn. where he was on the tennis team. He attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and played on the tennis team.
During World War II he served in the navy as a pilot and flight instructor. After the war, he returned to Vanderbilt where he met and married Sarah Marilyn Morrison, to whom he was happily married for nearly 57 years. For 35 years he was a sales representative for Roberts, Johnson and Rand branch of International Shoe Company. During this time, he lived first in Huntsville, then Birmingham, and finally Decatur. In addition to calling on stores in north Alabama, northwest Georgia and southeast Tennessee, he was a partner in Gay-Mar Shoe Store in Decatur and Family Footwear and The Shoe Peddler in Huntsville.
In Huntsville, he was a member of First Methodist Church where he was a charter member and first president of the 'Need-Us' Sunday school class which still meets, and served as counselor for the Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship. He was also a member of the Acme Club, a civic club for young men, and played on the 'Hog Meadow' tennis team. In Birmingham, he was a member of Canterbury Methodist Church and the John Williamson (later John Wesley) Sunday school class.
In Decatur he served on the official board of Central United Methodist Church, belonged to the Lovett Sunday school class and taught the seventh grade Sunday school class. He was a longtime member of Gideons International and Decatur East Camp, until ill health necessitated his retirement.
For 20 years he was a member of NORALA Holiday Rambler RV Club and enjoyed traveling across the lower USA, Canada and Alaska in a camper. He was active for 40 years in the Alabama Camp Farthest Out and served a three year term as president. In 1976, he joined Trinity Chapel (now New Song Family ). There he was a deacon and later an elder. He was sponsor and coach of the Junior Bible Quiz team, and with his wife taught the Young Married Couples' class. Mr. Geron was an avid gardener and enjoyed woodworking, especially making furniture in a home workshop. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn M. Geron; two daughters, Celeste Geron Shibata of Cowan, Tenn. and son-in-law John Shibata, and Mary Elaine Geron Norman of Alpharetta, Ga.; one son, Gayle Preston Geron Jr. of Decatur; four grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Askew, David Benjamin Askew, Ashley Elaine Norman and Meredith Grace Norman; a sister, Cora Geron Sibley of Sheffield; and 11 nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Rueben Ledgewood, Jack James, Dick Morrison, Warren Sockwell, Jim Chapman, John Norton and George Loper." - Find A Grave
• There is a Gayle Preston listed living at 234 Walker Ave. and his occupation is listed as Travelling Salesman. - Huntsville City Directory, 1911
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• Gayle Figures Geron (b1884)
| Born: | December 6, 1920, Huntsville, AL |
| Died: | July 7, 2004, Decatur, Alabama |
| Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Son of: | Gayle Figures Geron (b1884) |
Notes:
• "He was born on Dec. 6, 1920, in Huntsville to Gayle Figures Geron and Mary Murray Geron. He attended Huntsville High School. He graduated from Columbia Military Academy in Columbia, Tenn. where he was on the tennis team. He attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and played on the tennis team.
During World War II he served in the navy as a pilot and flight instructor. After the war, he returned to Vanderbilt where he met and married Sarah Marilyn Morrison, to whom he was happily married for nearly 57 years. For 35 years he was a sales representative for Roberts, Johnson and Rand branch of International Shoe Company. During this time, he lived first in Huntsville, then Birmingham, and finally Decatur. In addition to calling on stores in north Alabama, northwest Georgia and southeast Tennessee, he was a partner in Gay-Mar Shoe Store in Decatur and Family Footwear and The Shoe Peddler in Huntsville.
In Huntsville, he was a member of First Methodist Church where he was a charter member and first president of the 'Need-Us' Sunday school class which still meets, and served as counselor for the Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship. He was also a member of the Acme Club, a civic club for young men, and played on the 'Hog Meadow' tennis team. In Birmingham, he was a member of Canterbury Methodist Church and the John Williamson (later John Wesley) Sunday school class.
In Decatur he served on the official board of Central United Methodist Church, belonged to the Lovett Sunday school class and taught the seventh grade Sunday school class. He was a longtime member of Gideons International and Decatur East Camp, until ill health necessitated his retirement.
For 20 years he was a member of NORALA Holiday Rambler RV Club and enjoyed traveling across the lower USA, Canada and Alaska in a camper. He was active for 40 years in the Alabama Camp Farthest Out and served a three year term as president. In 1976, he joined Trinity Chapel (now New Song Family ). There he was a deacon and later an elder. He was sponsor and coach of the Junior Bible Quiz team, and with his wife taught the Young Married Couples' class. Mr. Geron was an avid gardener and enjoyed woodworking, especially making furniture in a home workshop. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn M. Geron; two daughters, Celeste Geron Shibata of Cowan, Tenn. and son-in-law John Shibata, and Mary Elaine Geron Norman of Alpharetta, Ga.; one son, Gayle Preston Geron Jr. of Decatur; four grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Askew, David Benjamin Askew, Ashley Elaine Norman and Meredith Grace Norman; a sister, Cora Geron Sibley of Sheffield; and 11 nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Rueben Ledgewood, Jack James, Dick Morrison, Warren Sockwell, Jim Chapman, John Norton and George Loper." - Find A Grave
• There is a Gayle Preston listed living at 234 Walker Ave. and his occupation is listed as Travelling Salesman. - Huntsville City Directory, 1911
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• Find A Grave - Bio
• Genealogy.com - Family Tree
• Huntsville City Directory, 1911 - City Directory as seen through an Ancestry.com paid subscription.
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• Gayle Figures Geron (b1884)