Edwin L. Buchanan

June 23, 1920 Aug. 6, 2007
Edwin Lacy Buchanan, 87, of Meridianville passed away Monday. He was a faithful servant of his Lord Jesus Christ. He was a charter member of Lakewood United Methodist Church, where he served as chairman of the building committee and held many key offices. Mr. Buchanan was a resident of Huntsville since 1953 and retired from the U. S. Army Missile Command with 32 years of service. He graduated from Brandon High School in Brandon, Miss., and was a decorated World War II Army veteran. He received a degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lacy Elisha and Hattie Buchanan; and siblings, James Warren Buchanan, Mary Celeste Buchanan, L.E. Stingley, Vivian Clark Buchanan, David Graves Buchanan, Sam Henry Buchanan Sr., Benjamin Hal Buchanan, Sr. and Hattie Sue Smith Allen. He is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Dorothy; daughter, Nancy Bryson and her husband, Charles, and their sons, Tom Bryson and wife, Ashley, and Steve Bryson of Leland, Miss.; sons, James Buchanan and his wife, Sherri, and their sons, Jamie Buchanan and Jacob Buchanan of Kosciusko, Miss., and David Buchanan and his wife, Nicole, and their children, Katie Buchanan, Michael Buchanan and Nicholas Buchanan, of Nashville; sister, Minnie Stephens of Magee, Miss.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements are being handled by Spry Funeral Home of Huntsville, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Funeral services will be at Lakewood United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Jerry Reeder officiating. Interment will be at Huntsville Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lakewood United Methodist Church, 2614 Mastin Lake Road, Huntsville, AL 35810. The family expresses their immense gratitude to the doctors and nurses of the STICU of Huntsville Hospital for the loving care that they provided.