Drew Conrad Salling,76, of Roswell, Georgia; formerly of Winchester, Massachusetts,loving father of Brian Conrad Salling of Canton, GA and Mark Andrew Salling of Kennesaw, GA. Former husband of Miquelina (Micki) Malone of Mercer, WI and Panama City Beach, FL. Drew died peacefully on November 18, 2024 from health complications at 76 years old. Funeral services will be private. Drew was the son of Raymond Conrad and Patricia Drew Salling of Winchester, MA. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland where Ray started his first job after serving in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant J.G. in World War II. The family lived briefly in Baltimore before moving to Poughkeepsie, NY where Drews sister, Pamela Salling Coady, was born three years later. His youngest sister, Diana (Didi) Salling LaRochelle was born in Boston, and Ray and Patty bought the family home in Winchester, MA until 1976. Drews maternal grandparents, Arno and Frances Drew, lived in West Roxbury, MA. Drews paternal grandparents resided in San Leandro, CA. Frederik and Hilda Salling emigrated to the United States in the early 1900s from Stockholm, Sweden. Drew was very proud of his Swedish heritage. Drew started Kindergarten at the George Washington Elementary School in Winchester, MA at age 5, and met his lifelong, best friend, Jack Stone. They were in the same classroom, one seat apart, through the sixth grade. They participated in many activities together: Boy Scouts, fishing, Boy Scouts Camp in the summer and other camping excursions. During their junior high and high school days, they expanded their friends group to include Billy Brusseau, Paul Staniewicz and John Buzzotta. They did everything together like the 5 amigos. Drew was a talented musician, who studied piano at first, then the sousaphone with the Winchester High School Band. After a Post Graduate year at Bridgton Academy in Bridgton, Maine, he took his musical ability to Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971, and was a member of the Gettysburg College Marching Band. He loved the notoriety of playing the sousaphone; it was not an instrument that many kids signed up for! Drew spent the majority of his work life in sales for a variety of companies, but he worked initially for Otis Elevators and then Westinghouse-Elevator Division in Gettysburg. He once went to the office in Milburn, NJ where he met his future wife, Micki Merces. They married in 1973 and both worked for Westinghouse until they were transferred to Roswell, GA in 1975, where Drew remained for the rest of his life. They welcomed their sons, Brian in 1977 and Mark in 1979. Drews most memorable job was at the Quest Travel Group in Roswell. This company provided group travel to pastors from all over the country to take parishioners to religious and meaningful locations such as the Holy Land and the Steps of Paul/Greece Journeys. Drew was sometimes able to serve as their tour guide as well. Drew is survived by two sons: Brian and his daughters, Juliette and Lila, and his son, Conrad, of Canton, GA; and Mark and Shelley and their sons, Parker and Preston of Kennesaw, GA. He loved seeing them and visiting with them on holidays and watching them grow. He was also very proud of his sons accomplishments. Drew loved all things New England, especially Kennebunkport, Maine (formerly the family summer home), and all that it offered: lobster and steamers, fried clams, lobster buoys, the smell of salt air and the deep blue color of the Atlantic Ocean. Drew travelled north as often as possible to enjoy these things once again and refresh his soul. Didi LaRochelle is Drews sole surviving sibling and she lives with her husband, Bob, in Seabrook, NH. Drew was a fond uncle to Andrew David LaRochelle of Pompano Beach, FL, and Eric Salling LaRochelle and Rebekah LaRochelle of North Andover, MA. He was great uncle to Ean and Adam, who first knew him as "Uncle Dukie." For more information, please contact the Canton Funeral Home in Canton, GA online at https://www.cantonfuneralhome.com/obituaries or by telephone at 770-479-2788. Please Check back for a completed obituary.