Our annual holiday luncheon is coming up soon on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Vestavia Country Club from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

MEETING AGENDA
11:00 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
Sign in / Social Hour
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
Noon
Seated Luncheon
Menu:
Chef’s Tossed Salad, Roast Turkey Breast and Cornbread Dressing, Sweet Potato with Praline Crunch and Southern Green Beans, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Roulage or Pecan Pie
12:40 p.m.
Program: Instrumental Group
“Just Friends Quartet”
1:15 p.m.
Business Meeting / Election and Installation of 2017 Officers
1:45 p.m.
Door Prizes and Adjournment

You should have received an invitation by mail. Please send it on to Dora Brandt by November 1, 2016. If you did not receive an invitation, you can download one by clicking here.

Sep. 30, 1925 – Oct. 21, 2016: Jerry Vandegrift passed away on Oct. 21, 2016. Jerry grew up in Central Park, Alabama. He was predeceased in death by his father: Erskine Vandegrift, Sr., mother: Lillian Coupland Vandegrift; brothers: Erskine Vandegrift Jr., and Frank Vandegrift; son: John Stuart Vandegrift. He is survived by his wife of sixty two years, Willa Dean Glass Vandegrift; Daughter: Lynn Vandegrift English; Son: James Gregory Vandegrift; Granddaughter: Deanna Jean English; and many beloved nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews. After attending Central Park Elementary, he graduated from Ensley High School where he gained a love for working with electricity from his father, the teacher. He participated in many activities including the Acapella Choir, the Central Park Presbyterian Church was the center of family life and life-long friends were made through the very active Sunday School, choir, youth and young adult groups. He was a Boy Scout, and later he served as a Troop leader and a youth leader in the church. He graduated High School at seventeen and after two quarters at Birmingham Southern, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corp and served to the end of WWII as a Flight Engineer on B-29s. He graduated from Auburn University in 1948 and went to work for Alabama Power. Eighteen years later he began work with Southern Company Services thus remaining with The Southern Company his entire career. His honors include IEEE’s Outstanding Engineer Award and an Electrical Engineer of the Year award. Following his retirement in 1986, Jerry went to Africa to install a generator thus providing electrical power for the first time to the Good Shepherd Hospital in the Kananga area of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. The system also provided water to the hospital and surrounding village. He returned three more times to install a second generator and then maintained the system over many years. In the Congo he is known as Ndongolola, the man who fixes things. Jerry has served his church faithfully through the years, becoming a Deacon and an Elder and a teacher in the congregation. He worked with diligence on many committees in the congregation and the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley where in addition to committee work, he was a Trustee. He was a faithful member of South Highland Presbyterian Church and a member of the Enquirers Class.Memorials may be sent to: The South Highland Presbyterian Church Mission programs, or the James-Vandegrift Engineering endowed Scholarship in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. Visitation will be held Monday Oct. 24th at Elmwood Chapel from 5-7pm. Services will be held Tuesday Oct. 25th at 11am at the South Highland Presbyterian Church.

Sept. 30, 1932 – Sept. 24, 2016 Martha E. Dorrance, 83 of Pelham, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Martha was a retiree of Union Camp/Moore-Handley and Regions Bank, Pelham branch. Mrs. Dorrance is preceded in death by her parents, Herman S. and Wilma Egan. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Frank C. “Jay” Dorrance; son, Drew Dorrance (Roger Brown); daughters, Carol Lee (Bryan) Williamson, Sandra Green (Randy Coker), and Linda (Andy) Cave; brother, Buddy (Mot) Egan; sister, Anna Lee (Bob) Field; grandchildren, Haley (Bruce) Ranke, Natalie (John) Bores, Raleigh (Jenny) Hill, Lauren Green, Kelly Williamson, and Bailey Williamson; great grandchildren, Hollis and Ezra Ranke, Oliver Hill, and Peyton and Presley Bores. The celebration of Martha’s life will be at 3pm on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at Southern Heritage Funeral Home, with a visitation beginning one hour prior to the service.

Roy Wesley Gable, III, age 75, of Leeds passed away 9/22. He served in the Army at Fort Ritchie, Maryland and at the Pentagon He was a member of Huffman Baptist Church. He retired from Southern Company Services. (no mention of years served). Visitation will be Monday 9/26 at 1:00 pm at Ridout’s Trussville Chapel. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Trussville.

Joseph Cunningham Daniel, Sr., age 78, passed away in Gulf Breeze, Florida on 9/16. Mr. Daniel joined Ala Power in 1977 in Corporate Training followed by a stint in HR at So Nuclear with next position at So Company College. Celebration of Life 3 pm Tues, Sept 27 at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in B’ham. Memorials may be made to Episcopal Church Foundation, Samford University, the Alzheimer’s Assoc or any university conducting dementia research.