William O. Drummond

Thursday, December 31, 2009

William O. Drummond, 95, of Cottondale passed from this life on Tuesday, December 29, in Dothan, Alabama. 

He was born on March 8, 1914 in Campbellton to John Henry and Vicie Lee (Dudley) Drummond.  He was a lifelong resident of Cottondale.  He was of the Holiness faith and a member of the Oak Grove Church of God.  He was an active farmer of 81 years up to the time of his death. 

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 2, at the Brown Funeral Home Chapel on Brickyard Road with Rev. Pat Drummond, Rev. Kenneth Adkison and Rev. Gwynn Hayes officiating.  Interment will follow in the Lovewood Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home directing.  The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 1, at Brown Funeral Home on Brickyard Road. 

He was preceded in death by his wife Jimmie Lee Drummond and daughter Marileigh Adkison. 

He is survived by one son, Joe and wife Carolyn of Cottondale; three daughters: Barbara and husband Leonard Storm of Cottondale, Carolyn and husband Roy Kight of Hazelhurst, Georgia, and Linda and Armin Alexander of Cottondale; one brother, Freddie Paul Drummond of Sneads; three sisters: Hazel Thompson of Jacksonville, Johnnie Sue Braxton of Winter Haven and Betty Ann Drummond of Cottondale; 23 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.