George Gunn

George Gunn
George Howard Gunn, 78, of Adamsville, departed this life on Wednesday, September 24, the son of the late Richard Cornell and Mary E. Millwood Gunn.
He was united in marriage to Jean Ann Lyons Gunn, who survives.
George worked in Oxon Hill, Maryland, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a fingerprint technician. He then worked for Bud Weatherly Airlines as a pilot, flying United States Airmail on Beach 18 Aircraft. He also served as a flight instructor for most of his adult life. George also had the role of an Air Frame and Power Plant Mechanic with Southern Airways in New Orleans, Louisiana. George also flew as a pilot for both Hawaiian Airlines and Eastern Airlines. George retired after 22 years as a Flight Safety Inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration in Stockbridge, Georgia. He had received the Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” award and the Gold Seal Flight Instructor. George was a member of ALPA Union and Quiet Birdmen and a former member of the Professional Airways Systems Specialist Union. He was also a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Corinth, Mississippi.
Addition to his wife of 59 years; he is survived by his children, DeAnna Davenport and Susan Siddiqui; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and brother, Theron E. Gunn.
In addition to his parents, George was preceded in death by his brother, JC Gunn; sister, Annie R. Crane; and his grandparents, John Daniel Gunn, Floy Cunningham, John M. Millwood, and Annie Odom.
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