~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, DL Capt. Paul Emanuel
April 11, 1951 ~ July 22, 2019
Word has reached our group with the passing of retired Delta
pilot Captain Paul Andrew Emanuel, age 68.
Captain Emanuel joined Delta Air Lines 08-21-1987 and retired with Delta
in 2016, based ATL. He is survived by
his wife Katharine, their children and grandchildren, and his siblings.
Obituary information may be viewed online at
From Facebook page:
The Emanuel family invites you to a Celebration of Life for Paul
Emanuel. The service will be held this Sunday, July 28th 4:30pm at:
Grace Church
164 Flat Creek Trail
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Immediately following the service, there will be finger foods
and a time of visiting with the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to the ALS Association of Georgia.
Thank you,
~
Carol for the PCN
Obituary.....................
Paul Andrew Emanuel was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 11,
1951, the second child of Baptist missionaries Bill and Rebekah Sue Emanuel.
Raised in Japan and the Philippines, Paul received appointments to the U.S. Air
Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, ultimately choosing
to attend the former because of his lifelong love of flying.
After graduating from the Air Force Academy and
completing pilot training, Paul requested to be stationed anywhere but Japan,
as he had been raised there and wanted to see other parts of the United States
or the world – so, naturally, his first duty station was Kadena Air Base in
Okinawa, Japan. Fortunately, the Lord knew what He was doing there: while at
Kadena, Paul flew C-130s with the 33rd Rescue Squadron and met his future wife,
Katharine (Gail) Fosback, who was also stationed on Okinawa as an elementary
school teacher for the Department of Defense. Paul and Gail were married on
July 8, 1978, and by 1987 they had four sons: Jeff, James, John, and Joe.
A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a die-hard
Oklahoma Sooners football fan, Paul temporarily left active duty in 1980 to
complete a Master’s Degree in Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma.
He served four more years on active duty as a C-130 instructor before leaving
the military in 1987, moving to Georgia, and becoming a commercial pilot with
Delta Air Lines, where he retired as a captain in April 2016.
Paul’s passions included college football, math, and
whatever his children were interested in. An avid runner and community member,
he was a member of the Peachtree City Running Club’s “1,000 Mile Club,” a
frequent patron of Peachtree City’s many tennis courts, and a longtime member
of Grace Church in Fayetteville.
Paul was diagnosed with ALS in 2017, and passed away due
to complications from the disease on July 22, 2019, surrounded by his family.
He is survived by his wife, sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and
siblings.
A celebration of life will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday,
July 28, at Grace Church, 164 Flat Creek Trail, Fayetteville, Ga.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the ALS
Association of Georgia (http://bit.ly/ALS-GA).
Retired Captain
Paul Emmanuel passed away 7/21/19. Services Sunday
7/28/19 at Grace
evangelical church, flat creek trail, Fayetteville ga.
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