Lt. Col. Bethell Edrington Jr.

Lt. Col. (ret.) Bethell Edrington, JR., 88, of Columbus died Saturday morning at St. Francis Hospital. A funeral mass will be held on Monday, June 15th at 2:00 P.M. at St. Anne Church with private burial to follow in Riverdale Cemetery. The Reverend J. Gerard Schreck will officiate according to Vance-Brooks Funeral Home. Mr. Edrington was born December 19, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee. The son of the late Bethell Edrington and Mildred Hays Edrington. He was a graduate of Columbia Military Academy, Columbia, Tennessee, The United States Military Academy at West Point and obtained his Masters of Arts from the University of Alabama. After his retirement from the army he was director of Public Relations at Columbus College, now known as Columbus State University. Mr. Edrington was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Martha Joan Humes Edrington and a sister, Cynthia Edrington Nevins. Survivors include his daughter, Joan Humes Edrington Culpepper, son-in-law, Thomas Alton Culpepper, granddaughter Bethell Edrington Culpepper, niece, Bethell Welborn Pritchett of Nashville, Tennessee, nephew, John Pullman Welborn of Morganfield Kentucky, nephew, John Wilson Humes, Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida and sister-in-law, Mary Alice Humes of Columbus. Mr. Edrington was an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus and St. Anne Church. He was a former member of the Country Club of Columbus, The Green Island Country Club and the Valley Seniors Golf Association. He loved golf and was an avid golfer shooting his age at 82. He would like to thank Melinda Holmes for her dedicated service to the Edrington family for the last 23 years. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to PAWS Humane, 4900 Milgen Road, Columbus, Ga. 31907, St. Anne Church 2000 Kay Circle Columbus, GA, 31907 or to the charity of your choice. Vance-Brooks Funeral Home (706) 323-8152