John L. Delp

Delp John L. "Jay Bird" Delp, 74, died Sunday at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born July 9, 1935 in Marion. He was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and retired from the Montgomery Board of Education in Maryland. He was a Lutheran by faith, and was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Pearl. Survivors include his three sisters, Bobbie Blevins and husband, Herbert, of Marion, Christine Stone and husband, Ivan, of Delaware, and Edith Jean Brown of Louisville; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel in Marion. Burial will follow in the Attoway Cemetery where military rites will be conducted by Francis Marion VFW Post 4667. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the time of the service at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N. W. 9th Avenue/Bob Hope Road, Miami, Fla. 33136-1494. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.