Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Keep the Prayers Coming

Please continue to pray for my Mom and our family. My Granddaddy passed away Sunday night.

This is his obituary from the Montgomery Advertiser.

YORK, Charles Edward, Sr., 86, a resident of Millbrook, AL, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM at Leak-Memory Chapel with Rev. Rhon Carleton officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM on Thursday. Mr. York graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS degree in Civil Engineering and was the founder and President of York Engineering Company. He was also Past Master of Oak Park Lodge F & AM 864 and Past Potentate of Alcazar Shrine Temple in 1970. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar Agnew York and Fannie Hurst York. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Hardeman York; daughters, Candace Vaughan of Elba, AL, Barbara Dunkin of Pike Road, AL, Brenda Terry of Atlanta, GA, Lisa Russell of Clanton, AL, Valerie Painter of Trussville, AL; son, Charles York, Jr. of Cecil, AL; stepdaughter, Jennifer McClendon; sister, Margaret York Holloway of Pike Road, AL; fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandsons, Reid Terry, David Finch, Jr., Lane Finch, Loren Russell, Cody Russell, and Rett Russell. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be sent to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Florida, 33607. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing

2 comments:

Becky said...

i'm so sorry v. our prayers are with you and your family.

vicki Haley said...

Tim and I are sorry for your loss. It is so hard to lose a grandparent. We will be praying for all of you.