Hugh L. Belcher, Sr. Obituary

Hugh L. Belcher, Sr., age 72, died Saturday August 16, 2008 at his home in Lee County, Ga, after a courageous battle with cancer. The funeral service will be held Tuesday 11 AM at Kimbrell Stern Funeral Directors. Dr. Ronald Baxley, pastor of Amazing Grace Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Matthew Brown, Brent Belcher, Chandler Arnold, Sidney Askew, Terry Lamb and Billy R. Harding. Honorary escorts will be Ben Adler, Roger Harding, Bob Taylor, Sam Taylor, Jeff Holloway, Richard Farris and the Hoboken Trojanetts Class of 1958 to 1964.Born March 12, 1936, in Cuthbert, Ga., Hugh was the only child of Gladys Lucille Strickland and Joseph Jefferson (Joe) Belcher, both of whom preceded him in death. Hugh attended school in Albany, Ga., and graduated from Albany High School in 1954. He attended North Georgia Military College in Dahlonega, and graduated from Georgia Teachers' College (now Georgia Southern) in Statesboro. Hugh began his teaching and coaching career in Hoboken, Georgia in 1960. In 1965, he moved to Brooklet, Ga., where he worked for the Bulloch County Board of Education as teacher, coach, and administrator until 1978. In 1978, he returned to Albany, Ga, where he served as Assistant Principal at Westover High School in Albany, Ga from 1978 to 1983. From 1983 to 1990, he was Assistant Principal of Albany Middle School in Albany. He retired in 1990, after 32 years of teaching, coaching and administration. He was a member of Amazing Grace Baptist Church.He is survived by the following: Wife of 28 years, Sybil Jones Belcher, His son, Hugh Leslie Belcher, Jr. (Meredith) Baxley, Ga. and a daughter, Cassandra Sissy Belcher Brown, Statesboro, Ga. Two step-sons, Leo S. Arnold, Jr. (Maria) Cocoa, Fla., Michael Arnold (Traci) Sandy, Utah. Grandchildren and step-grandchildren: Matthew Brown, Sarah Askew (Sidney), Brent Belcher (Brandi), Langley Belcher, Maralyne Belcher, Jarrod Bohler, Tamara Huffman (Jon), Teryn Arnold, Amanda Arnold, Chandler Arnold, Emily Arnold, Allyson Arnold, Chris Carey. Great-grandchildren: Nataleigh Belcher, Kahne Brown, Caden Brown. One Aunt, Lois Belle, Albany , Ga.The Family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors Monday from 6 to 8 PM. Those desiring, may make memorials to the Georgia Sheriff's Youth Home, Inc., P. O. Box 100, Hahira, GA 31632-9989, Amazing Grace Baptist Church Building Fund, 2217 Ledo Rd., Albany, GA 31707 or Albany Community Hospice, P. O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 31702.

Hugh L. Belcher, Sr. Obituary

March 12, 1936 - August 16, 2008