Thomas Beaty Peel

Thomas Beaty Peel Thomas Beaty Peel, a resident of Dothan, died Tuesday March 1, 2011 at Flowers Hospital. He was 77. Funeral services for Mr. Peel will be held at 10 A.M. Friday March 4, 2011 in Clearman Chapel at Southern Heritage with Rev. Mark Lilly officiating. Burial will follow in Pea River Presbyterian Church cemetery, Highway 51, Clio Alabama at 2 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cloverdale UMC, 102 Rollins Avenue, Dothan, AL 36301 or The Salvation Army, 1001-7 S. Bell Street, Dothan, AL 36301. Thomas was born in Barbour County, Alabama on August 21, 1933. He lived his childhood near Louisville, Alabama. He attended Louisville High School, Troy State University and graduated from Auburn University. He was a Korea veteran spending four years in the U.S. Air Force. He worked five years with Federal-State Inspection Service. Mr. Peel moved to Dothan in 1962 and worked for the state of Alabama for over thirty years, where he was supervisor of the Houston County Food Stamp Office and Alabama Medicaid Office. He coached Dixie Youth Baseball for eight years. He was named "Coach of the Year" in 1965. He also coached men's softball and girl's softball for a number of years. He was a member of the Dothan Civitan Club for more than fifteen years where he served as president and Dist. Lt. Governor. He was a member of the Dothan City Board of Education for four years. He has been a member of Cloverdale United Methodist Church for forty-nine years. He served as chairman of the Administration Board for six years and served as chairman of several committees. He acted as Sunday School Superintendent for over twenty-five years. Mr. Peel is preceded in death by his parents, George Dewey Peel and Berte Beaty Peel; brother, Eugene Peel; nephew, Kevin Peel; brother in law, John Morrow; sister in law, Chris Peel. Survivors include his wife, Imogene Abercrom-bie Peel, Dothan; three daughters, Carol Harrison and her fianc‚, Don Baker, Dothan, Shannon Benton and her husband, Greg, Dothan, Jan McGregor and her husband, Greg, Do-than; four grandchildren, Thomas Blake Harrison, Brittany Retherford (Brian), Drew Benton and Kate Benton; great grandchild, Merrick Kilpatrick; brother, Mack Peel, Louisville; three sisters, Virginia Fountain, Dothan, Jeannette Morrow, Graceville, FL., Betty Mc-Gilvray, Troy. Serving as active pall-bearers will be; Patrick Coe, Greg Peel, Bill Morrow, Ronnie Peel, Stan McGilvray, Keith Fountain, Kendall Fountain and Eddie Brown; honorary pall-bearers will be members of the Lighthouse Sunday School Class. Southern Heritage Funeral Home and Crematory, (334) 702-1712, is in charge of arrangements. www.southernheritagefh.com Sign the guest book at www.dothaneagle.com.