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William Gresham
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[September
19, 2008]
ATLANTA -- William Thomas "Bill"
Gresham, 84, of Atlanta, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at 2:45
p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
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His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home,
with Maurice Stribling officiating. Visitation will be at the
funeral home on Sunday from 2 until 4 p.m. and one hour prior to the
service on Monday. Military rites and burial will be in Atlanta
Cemetery, Atlanta.
Mr. Gresham owned and operated a sawmill and land
clearing company in Atlanta. He retired from Hoblit
Seed in 1987 after 20 years with the company.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He was born March 5, 1924, in Atlanta to Clinton
Otto and Bernice Lawyer Gresham. He married Fern L.
Harvey on Dec. 14, 1947, in Atlanta.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years; one son,
Gary (and Delores) Gresham of Atlanta; a son-in-law,
Bill Timm of Hartsburg; one brother, Delbert (and
Faye) Gresham of Atlanta; one sister, Mary Lou
Gresham of Lincoln; five grandchildren; three
stepgrandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and
seven step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his daughter,
Patricia L. Timm; three brothers; and two sisters. |
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He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion Gresham Crutchley Post 341.
He loved working outdoors in his garden and was
an avid hunter and fisherman.
Memorials may be made to his family or to the
Atlanta Rescue Squad.
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