Through his love of the Bible and music, he made his devotion to the Lord well known. He grew in Christ at the Sink Hole outside the campus of Albany High School, where he led early morning prayer. He graduated from Mercer University in 1965 where many enjoyed the stories of his friendship with Otis Redding, during his rise to fame. He lived his life in Nashville, Albany, and Macon, Georgia, and Greenville, Florence, and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. With his involvement in his Life Group at St. Andrew’s Church, he led Bible book studies, not to say he didn’t also learn from the group he loved. 

Poppa Futch loved a joke; some good, some bad, and some downright risqué. He loved his friends, one and all, egged on by Mag Greenthaler, Charlie Allbritton, Henry Chandler, Barry Hammett, Parker Tuten, Eddie Ravenel, and Johnny Vaughn, and more recently Tick Hair’s backyard squad. Many know him for singing his special rendition of Guy Clark’s “Home Grown Tomatoes” and his collecting Jesus dollars for our mission school in Africa. He was an active member of St. Andrew's Church, Ducks Unlimited, Boy Scouts of America, a founding member of the Looper River Boys, and a gospel leader in his life and music.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jimmy Futch. He is survived by his wife, Harriet Norris Futch, 3 sons, Hank (Nolie), Hal (Tyler), and George (Lynda), 8 grandchildren, Tatum, Halle, Spencer, Sallie, Henry III, Sarah-Grace Harriet, Molly, and Mary MacAddison, and additional “Futch Family” members Mary Butz (Logan), Jessica, and Josh; and his father-son bond with Rick Cook, John Young, and Jimmy Mozen. 

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