UPDATED @ 8:01 PM Funeral Arrangements For Joe Carothers
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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Feb 14 2016 10:36 AM
Dothan passed away Friday, February 12, 2016. He was 77.
Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church of Dothan with Dr. Jim Sanders officiating. Burial will follow at Dothan City Cemetery with Ward Wilson Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends at the First United Methodist Church of Dothan from 5 to 8 P.M. Monday, February 15, 2016. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to the Wiregrass Area Food Bank.
Mr. Carothers was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a lifetime member of Dothan Houston County Chamber of Commerce.
He is preceded in death by his parents Josiah Showell Robins Carothers, Sr. and Katherine Harris Carothers, wife Barbara Burns Carothers and a brother William (Bill) Carothers.
Survivors include sons Robins Carothers and his wife Jerri of Dothan; Merritt Carothers and his wife Paula of Dothan; sister-in-law Rose Carothers of Winfield, AL; grandchildren Robins Carothers IV of Lubbock, TX; Zachary and Kathrine Carothers of Dothan; nephews Jackie Reeves and Bill Carothers.
Pallbearers will be Robins Carothers IV, Zachary Carothers, Jackson Reeves, Eric Crowder, Richie Crowder, and Iverson Garrett.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Legislative Class from 1974 – 2006, National Peanut Festival Board, Past and Present, and The Creek Crowd.
UPDATED @ 8:01 PM
The current and former members of the Alabama Legislature and those who worked or work in the Alabama Legislature, please meet just prior to the service in the building to the right of the main sanctuary. You will be led into the service to a designated area with the Honorary pallbearers to be seated.
The family will receive friends beginning one hour prior to the service time.
Services will begin at 11 AM.
The funeral service will be simulcast from the First United Methodist Church of Dothan website
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