Richard "Dick" Freeman

Dick Freeman, age 100, of Gainesville, GA, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. He was born in Jamestown, NY. He graduated from Jamestown High School and from the University of Michigan with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering. While at Michigan, he lettered in wrestling. He served in the Navy at the end of World War II and during the Korean War. Dick worked for TRW in Jamestown until 1975 and then he led the team to build and operate a new ball bearing plant in Gainesville Georgia. He finished his career after building and operating the Barbe America plant in Gainesville.

Dick loved to talk about his family and was a great father to his children. He took his family on dozens of camping trips throughout the US and Canada. In retirement, he and his wife loved to travel to Europe. Dick enjoyed golf, snow skiing, chess, cribbage, bridge and hiking with the BULLI Hiking Club. He served his Jamestown and Gainesville communities as a Past-President of the Rotary Club of Gainesville, member of the Jamestown Rotary Club, United Way campaign, the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce Board and the Chattahoochee Country Club Greens Committee. He was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church.

He is survived by his children Gary (Jackie) Freeman (of Raleigh, NC); Christopher (Melissa) Freeman (of Tybee Island, GA); Robert Freeman (of Seattle, WA); and Amy (Jervey) Inglesby (of Greenville, SC); grandchildren, Kristin, Chandler and Rollings Freeman, and Dani and Jervey Inglesby. He is also survived by his brother Edward (Sue) Freeman (of Jamestown, NY). He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years Rosemary S. Freeman, and his parents Hjalmar and Edith Freeman.

The family will host a visitation honoring Dick’s life at the Gardens of Gainesville, 3315 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30506 on March 28th from 3:00-4:30. The family will have a private Celebration of Life service at Grace Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Rotary Club of Gainesville, PO Box 382, Gainesville, GA 30503.

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Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Georgia 30501 is in charge of arrangements.

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