George Eugene Bruce, age 78, passed away December 5, 2020 at Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden, AL. He was preceded in death by his parents George Wayland Bruce and Martha Mae Bruce (Grubbs) and sister Sarah “Sadie” Lane Geiger (Bruce). He is survived by his wife Linda Bruce (Centanni) and their children Paige Batten (Bruce) and Jansen Bruce. Grandchildren Nicholas Batten, Sarah Batten, Brynlee Herron (Bruce) and Lauren Bruce. Great grandchildren are Porter and Amelia Herron.
He was born and raised in his hometown of Boaz, Alabama where he started out delivering groceries for his parent’s grocery store, Bruce and Castleberry. The story is that he could barely see to drive over the pickup truck’s steering wheel because he began delivering when he was only 10 years old. He played on every sports team possible growing up and was an avid Alabama football fan. He never missed watching a game…EVER. He graduated from Boaz High School in 1960 and started college at The