June Elizabeth Syfrett Obituary

The funeral service for June Elizabeth Syfrett, 83, of 2018 Robinhood Road, Albany, will be held at 11 AM Wednesday, November 21, 2007, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Mike McAfee, Jim Coleman, and Tami Coleman officiating. She died on November 18, 2007 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Interment will follow in the mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Syfrett was the only child of Claude and Lillie Erwin, born in Hunter, Arkansas on June 9, 1924. She graduated from the Detroit Business School in Detroit, MI, and worked as an armaments inspector for the Department of the Navy in Flint, MI before moving to Riverside, CA. It was in Riverside, at the Riverside Trust and Savings Bank where she was working, that she met her future husband, U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Dovie B. Syfrett, Jr., on March 8, 1946. Dovie courted June long-distance from Roswell Army AFB, Roswell, NM and they were married on May 17, 1946, only months before he was assigned to Rhine Mein, Germany. She joined him in Germany six months later. While in Germany, they visited many places there and in Switzerland and France. Returning to the U.S., and following assignments at San Angelo, TX, Washington D.C., and Formosa (Taiwan), Major Syfrett joined the newly formed Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1955 and was initially stationed at Loring AFB, Limestone, ME. In July 1959, the family moved to Turner AFB at Albany, GA. During her husband's 22 year service in the U. S. Air Force, she was always the perfect military officer's wife, participating in and leading various social activities. In her new home, and after Dovie's retirement from the USAF, June branched out, working for Dr. Chris Thomlinson, DDS for a time before becoming the financial secretary at First United Methodist Church. She served the church from 1971 to 1984 when she decided to pursue a new career selling real estate. She worked first for VR Business Brokers selling commercial real estate before moving into residential real estate as an agent with Walden & Kirkland. June continued working to help people, everyone a new friend, in any way necessary to get the home they wanted. She was well loved and respected by her fellow agents throughout the community. June was an active member of First United Methodist Church and a long-time member of the Fellowship Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Charity League. June loved and supported the arts in Albany as a charter member of the Albany Symphony Guild. She carried her children to almost every Community Concert Association program in the Albany High School auditorium, and supported Theatre Albany. Survivors include her husband, Major Dovie B. Syfrett, Jr. (USAF, retired); two sons, D. Bryant Syfrett, III, and Stephen S. Syfrett and his wife Jerri; four grandchildren, D. B. Syfrett, IV, Scott Syfrett, Cassie Syfrett, and Caitlin Syfrett, all of Albany; and many relatives in Michigan, Arkansas, and California. The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern Tuesday from 5 PM until 7 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to First United Methodist Church, 307 Flint Avenue, Albany, GA 31701.

June Elizabeth Syfrett Obituary

June 9, 1924 - November 18, 2007