Coach Joel Thomas Conway, Jr., age 34, of Jefferson passed away Monday, October 31, 2011. Coach Conway was an assistant football and an assistant baseball coach of East Jackson High School. In lieu of flowers, a Memorial Fund has been established in Memory of Coach Joel Thomas Conway, Jr. at Hometown Community Bank, 55 Freedom Pkwy, Suite 101, Hoschton, GA, 30548. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Zion Baptist Church, 2001 Cherry Drive, Braselton, GA, 30517. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Chris Laskey, Rev. Russell Harbin, Coach Billy Kirk and Drew Lawson will be officiating. Pallbearers are Coach Kirk, Coach Cole, Coach Smith, Coach Aldridge, Coach Gilstrap, Coach Reid, Coach Lindsay and Jason Parker. Honorary Pallbearers will be the East and West Jackson High School Football and Baseball Coaches. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 35 First Street, Hoschton, GA, 30548, 706-654-0966, www.lawsonfuneralhome.org.