Neal Gerard William Coffey, 31, of Marietta, GA. passed away peacefully on June 21, 2019. Neal was born in Houston, Texas on March 28, 1988. He had the good fortune to live in Texas, New Jersey, England, and Portland, Oregon in his childhood before his family settled in Atlanta, Georgia in 1999. Neal spent most of the rest of his life in Atlanta. Neal graduated from the International Baccalaureate program at Campbell High School in 2006, where he made most of his life-long friends. In 2010, Neal graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with High Honors with his Bachelors of Science in International Affairs and Economics. Neal later received a Masters in Finance from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Soon after, Neal began his career in investment banking.
Neal was an avid fan of all sports, especially Barclays Premiere League (BPL) Football and Major League Soccer (MLS). He was a lifelong supporter of Liverpool F.C. and was a founding season-ticket holder of the Atlanta United. In the past year, two of his great joys were seeing Atlanta United win the MLS cup and just recently seeing Liverpool win the Champions League final.
Neal is survived by his parents, William and Darina, and his younger brother, Brian, and many uncles, aunts and cousins all of whom loved him enormously, and dozens of friends, peers who all considered him a brother.
Neal’s visitation will be from 6:00-8:00PM on Saturday, June 29 at Roswell Funeral Home (950 Mansell Rd, Roswell, GA 30076). The funeral will be the following day, Sunday, June 30 at 2:00PM with a gathering following at Keegan’s Irish Pub (4401 Shallowford Rd Suite 138, Roswell, GA 30075). Please bring your best “Neal Stories.” Neal lived more in 31 years than most people do in 80. Let us not just lament his passing, but also celebrate the indelible impact he made on the people he left behind.
The family asks in lieu of flowers all donations be made to UNICEF, donate.unicefusa.org.
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