FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR COACH MATTHEW ARTHUR WHO WAS ON THE STAFF OF
COACH JIM CAVAN AT RELEE WERE HELD TUESDAY IN WARNER
ROBINS. COACH ARTHUR DIED OF COMPLICATIONS OF A STROKE DEC.
IST.
COACH
ARTHUR STARTED HIS COACHING CAREER AT RE LEE IN 1959 AND
WAS HONORED AS THE INTERIM HEAD COACH WHEN THE REBELS WON
THE NORTH GA. FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1961.
HE
LEFT TO BECOME HEAD COACH AT NORTHSIDE HIGH IN WARNER
ROBINS AND WAS ELECTED SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT IN HOUSTON COUNTY
IN 1980 AND RETIRED IN 1988.
HIS
SON MATT ARTHUR JR. IS COMMISSIONER OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
SYSTEM OF GEORGIA AND WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLS IN
RABUN COUNTY WHEN HE HIRED COACH KIRBY SMARTS FATHER SONNY
SMART AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.
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