Staley Edward Fincher

The funeral service for Staley E. Fincher,Sr. will be held Monday 2:00 pm December 11, 2017 at Jeffcoat – Trant Funeral Home with burial at Auburn Memorial Garden Cemetery to follow, Reverend Libba Stinson officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00-6:00 PM at the funeral home.  Staley passed away Friday December 8, 2017 at East Alabama Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Fincher was born September 29, 1929 in Randolph County Alabama and moved to Auburn when he was a child with his adoptive parents Robert “Rob” and Lura Fincher. He attended school and graduated from Auburn High School. He is survived by his wife, Leona Dawson of Auburn, a long time Nurse in the Lee County area and two sons Staley E. “Ed” Fincher, Jr, (Cathy) and George R. Fincher (Jackie) and grandchildren Jacob E. Fincher (Noel), Megan Smith, Kyle Smith. Mr. Fincher was preceded in death by his daughter, Nancy Jean, parents Robert and Lura Fincher, sisters Nellie Rue Parker and  Christine Cunningham of Randolph County , AL., Lera Wilson Baxter of Auburn and brothers Porter Fincher and Judson Fincher of Valley, AL.

A Korean War Era Veteran, he earned his poultry science degree from Auburn in 1955, and went to work on the Auburn University poultry farm and became farm superintendent in 1958 and served in that capacity until retirement in 1993. During that time he served as a valued member of the research, teaching and extension team and assisted with many research projects that have had a significant impact on the poultry industry. One of his proud accomplishments was induction into the Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame in 1994.

Visitation will be held Sunday December 10th from 4:00pm – 6:00 pm at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the:

Dr. Robert N. Brewer Scholarship Fund
c/o Alabama Poultry Foundation
P. O. Box 240
Montgomery, AL  36101

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