Dunklin County Missouri Obituary
Marion Gale
South
Services for Gale South
1944 thru 1997
(Submitted by Don E.
Wright-brotherlaw)
Gale South
Nov. 26, 1997
June 24, 1944 thru November 26, 1997
Musician Gale South, 53, dies
Florida Today
Rockleged Florida -- Gale South, bassist for the country
band Southern Thunder,
died Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Wuesthoff Hopsital. He was
53.
Mr. South was born in Kennett, MO. He came to Brevard
County in 1976
from Missouri to pursue his musical career with the Top 40 band
Proof.
His interest in music began in high school, when he played bass
guitar
and sang harmonies for various bands.
Mr. South performed at many benefit concertgs. he helped
the Joe
Realino Memorial Fund, which helps people who work in the
hospitality
industry and have medical problems.
"He was a loving and giving man," said his daughter,
Christina South of
Rockledge. "He wasn't extravagant; he would sacrifice anything
for his
family. Many times he would go without just so he could give to
his
children."
Mr. South also took care of his dear friend, Thomas "Sandy"
Sanders, a
disabled veteran.
With a flair for telling a joke, Mr. South could lighten up
even the
most serious of mements, his daughter said. He preferred
laughing to
arguing, and because he was fun-loving and a joker, "I would
rather go
out with him than with my firneds," she said.
In addition to his daughter, survivors include his wife,
Georgia South
of Cocoa; daughters, Melissa South of Cocoa, Lori Burke of San
Jose,
Calif., and Terri Johnson of Campbell, Calif; brothers, James
South of
Glennie, Mich, Max South of Flint, Mich., Joe South of Flusing,
Mich,
and John South of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; sisters, Martha Patton and
Peggy
Wright, both of St. Louis; Burdeen Ridge of Lake City, Ark., and
Juanita
Rogers of Sacramento, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 tonight at Brevard Memorial
Funeral Home
in Frontenac. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the
funeral
home. Burial will be at Brevard Memorial Park.