Gregory Landers
CHICKAMAUGA — Gregory Scott “Coach Landers” Landers, 49, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. He was born in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to the late Major Franklin “Bud” Landers and Vera Jewell Kell Landers.
He was a lifelong
resident of Chickamauga and a graduate of Gordon Lee Memorial High School – Class of 1987. He attended undergraduate school at The
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, graduate school at Berry College and Lincoln Memorial University. After college he returned to his Alma Mater and was entering his 27th year teaching 8th grade Science and coaching girls softball at Gordon Lee Middle School. Greg was a very compassionate teacher and coach who strived every day to be a positive influence on his students. He taught each one of his students the words to the school’s Alma Mater and came up with “It’s All Navy Baby” as a name for a fund raiser that turned into a notorious phrase at Gordon Lee. Although Greg had no biological children, he had a life lasting impression on legions of his students.
Greg was a member of Elizabeth Lee Methodist Church and the Gordon Lee Alumni Association.
He is survived by his sister, Janet Landers, of Chickamauga, Ga., brother, Jeff (Antonella Bugattella) Landers, of Atlanta, Ga.; aunts, Cora Ann (Roy) Parrish, Mildred
Kell, all of Chickamauga, Ga., Carolyn Kell, of Buford, Ga.; and countless cousins.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gordon Lee High School gymnasium. Funeral services will be held
at 4 p.m. Sunday – Aug. 12, 2018, at Gordon Lee High School in the gymnasium with Reverends: Zach Fitzpatrick and Roger
Haston officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be the faculty and staff of Chickamauga City Schools.
Those attending Greg’s funeral are
requested to wear their favorite Gordon Lee attire. Burial will follow in Chickamauga Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests
memorial donations be made to Greg’s favorite charity at Gordon Lee Middle School – 300 Crescent Avenue – Chickamauga, GA 30707. “In memory of Greg Landers” to be used to assist less fortunate children.
Arrangements by Wilson Funeral Homes – Chickamauga Chapel, Chickamauga, Ga. Online register book at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com
Published August 11, 2018