Our next meeting will be on Monday January 14, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. at the new Southern Company Services/Southern Nuclear offices at the Colonnade in Birmingham.

Our Keynote Speaker will be the 4-term Mayor of Tuscaloosa, Walt Maddox. Mayor Maddox was in office during the April 27, 2011 tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa. He was named Municipal Leader of the Year by American City and County for his strong, decisive and comforting leadership. Walt Maddox was the Democratic 2018 Alabama gubernatorial candidate. He has worked to support data-driven economic development efforts, and to promote education. While completing degrees at UAB, Mayor Maddox was a four-year letter-winner on the football team. For more information on Mayor Maddox, link to following website for more information: https://www.tuscaloosa.com/government/mayor

Our Retiree Lifestyle Segment kicking off the meeting is an overview of the new Birmingham Iron professional football team, which begins their season February 10. By the time of our January meeting, the college football champions will have been decided and Super Bowl fever will be under way. Don’t despair, football fans will now be able to continue the mania into the spring, as Birmingham Iron kicks off its inaugural game Feb. 10 at Legion Field against the Memphis Express. Birmingham is one of eight franchises in the Alliance of American Football. Birmingham’s roster includes former Alabama players Blake Sims and Trent Richardson and Chris Davis, Auburn’s Kick Six hero and a Birmingham native. See website https://aaf.com/birmingham-iron/ for more information.

MEETING DETAILS:

Date: Monday January 14, 2019
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Central
Place: Southern Company Energy Center, 3535 Colonnade Parkway, Birmingham AL 35243
Room: North Tower 6th floor, Room 600 (requires escort to/from room)

Program:
Retiree Lifestyle Speaker- The Birmingham Iron Football Overview
Keynote Speaker- Tuscaloosa’s Mayor Walt Maddox

Please allow ample time to find parking in deck and sign in at the North Tower. Security procedures require that we are escorted up to and from the meeting room, so allow time to gather in North Tower lobby and be escorted up to conference room 600 in groups. Please plan to eat before you arrive (there are many restaurants in the Colonnade) because due to security procedures changes you would need an active employee to personally escort you to eat at the cafeteria in the South Tower, which we are not set up to do at this time. The APCO Credit Union office is accessible on the first floor of the North Tower.

William “Ricky” Ricks, Age 67, passed away on Friday, December 7, 2018. Burial will be in Alabama National Cemetery On December 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Celebration of Life at 12:00 p.m. at Christian Life Church (490 Valleydale, Birmingham, Al. 35242.  www.charterfuneral.com

Judy Margaret McCleney Reagan, age 65 of Gardendale, AL was born January 16, 1953 and went to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 8, 2018. She was a wonderful and devoted wife, mother, sister, and friend who was very much loved and will be greatly missed. She was a faithful member of Gardendale’s Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church and was retired from Southern Companies with 42 years of service. She enjoyed reading books, trips to the beach with family and friends, watching TV, especially football games with her son Jonathan, and playing games. Most of all she loved spending time with her family, being a mother, and worshiping her God and Savior. Judy always lived life to the fullest and always strived to be the greatest mother, sister, and friend anyone could ever want. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Michael Reagan whom she married in 1972; her parents, James S. and Louise M. McCleney. Judy is survived by her son, Jonathan Reagan of Gardendale; two sisters, Pat Thomas (Don Thomas) and Carolyn Gregory; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 12th at Ridout’s Gardendale Chapel from 6 to 8 PM followed by Chapel services on Thursday, December 13th at 11 AM. Interment will be in Oakwood Memorial Gardens.

Robert Emerson “Bob” Patrick entered into the full presence of his Lord and Savior on September 18, 2018. Bob was born in Atlanta, GA on September 11, 1942 to Dorothy and Harry Patrick. He professed Christ at a young age and was baptized at First Baptist Church in Newnan, Georgia. He graduated from Newnan High School in 1960 and then attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1964, Bob received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and then completed his Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering in 1966. Bob was an avid Georgia Tech fan throughout his life and regularly attended home football games and basketball games. After graduating from Tech, he served as a Captain in the United States Army from 1969 to 1972 with the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. During this time, he was first ordained as a deacon at Kensington Baptist Church in Kensington, Maryland. After his discharge from the Army, he worked for a brief time at the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, South Carolina before moving to Birmingham, AL.

Bob worked for Southern Company Services for 30 years and concluded his career as the Manager of Quality Assurance. Bob coached numerous sports teams for his boys through the years and served as Commissioner for the local baseball league. Bob faithfully served Mountain Brook Baptist Church in various capacities for 31 years. He taught the Young Married Sunday School Class, Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys Sunday School and VBS, attended the Rehoboth Sunday School Class, sang in the choir and was a founding member of the Mellow Brook Singers, was instrumental in developing the Holy Week prayer Vigil and was elected Life Deacon in 2016.

Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years Emma Laura Barron Patrick, his three sons Robert (Bobby) and his wife Kelly, Michael and his wife Monica, and Frank and his wife Beth, nine grandchildren Robert Patrick III, Gunnar, and Ann Kelly; MJ and Luke; Yeadon, Amelia, Colin, ,and Emma Patrick. He was predeceased by his parents Dorothy and Harry Patrick. Services will be held at Mountain Brook Baptist Church 3631 Montevallo Road, Birmingham, AL 35213. The memorial service was held on Saturday September 22, 2018. In lieu of flowers, the family requested memorials in his honor to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. A special thank you from the family to his caregivers and Expect CARE Hospice nurses and staff.