JESSE RICHARD GETTLE

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. JESSE RICHARD GETTLE, AGE 88, OF DOTHAN, AL. MR. GETTLE PASSED AWAY FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 7, 2012 AT HIS RESIDENCE. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR MR. GETTLE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 2012 AT 10:00 CST (11:00 EST) AT TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DOTHAN, AL WITH REV. ANDY GARTMAN OFFICIATING. MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL THEN BE HELD ON FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 2012 AT 2:00 CST (3:00 EST) AT SALEM-SEMINOLE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR. GETTLE WAS BORN ON DEC. 31, 1923 IN LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA TO THE NOW LATE PAUL HENRY AND MAUDE ELIZABETH SMITH GETTLE. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY DIVISION, HAVING SERVED IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND WAS RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS WIFE, OLGA MARANSKY GETTLE OF DOTHAN, AL; A SON, MICHAEL JAMES GETTLE AND HIS WIFE CATHY OF GRANDVILLE, MICHIGAN; A GRANDDAUGHTER, JENNIFER LaVIGNE AND HER HUSBAND NICK AND TWO GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS, CLAIRE ANNE LaVIGNE AND EMMA JOY LaVIGNE. MR. GETTLE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, PAUL HENRY GETTLE AND MAUDE ELIZABETH SMITH GETTLE; A BROTHER, ROY GETTLE; AND A SISTER, ERMA SHEPP. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDSON, JON GETTLE.