VIRGINIA COLEBURN MINTER

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Virginia Coleburn Minter, age 86, of Dothan, AL and formerly of Jakin, GA, who passed away Friday evening, Jan. 13, 2006 as a result of an accidental drowning. Funeral services for Mrs. Minter will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006 at 4:00 PM at the Jakin Baptist Church with Dr. Calvin Arnold, Rev. Bob Gross, and Rev. Danny Quincey officiating. Interment will follow at the Jakin City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, Jan. 16, 2006 from 7:00-9:00 PM at the Chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home. Mrs. Minter was born in Bolivia, North Carolina on Oct. 8, 1919 to the late William Burton Jessie and Mamie Parks Coleburn. She graduated from Berry College in 1942 with a B.S. degree in Home Economics. Mrs. Minter received her Masters Degree from Auburn University in 1968 and then completed her 6 year degree in 1970, also from Auburn. She taught in the Jakin and Early Co. Schools before moving to the Seminole County School System in 1970, from which she retired in the early 1980s. In all, Mrs. Minter gave 30 years of her life to teaching students in the area schools. She was married to Branson Cyril Minter for 51 years. He preceded her in death in 1994. Mrs. Minter was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dothan, AL and of the Martha Sunday School Class. Mrs. Minter leaves to cherish her memory, 3 daughters; Cynthia Corbin and her husband Charles of Cottondale, FL, Dell Shingler and her husband Bill of Donalsonville, GA, and Ruth Moore and her husband Carl of Dothan, AL; 1 sister, Lola Stubbs of Moultrie, GA; 7 grandchildren, Ginger Reese, Connie and Randy Corbin, Matthew Williams, Kevin and Nikki Moore, Carlee and Andrew Cook, and Billy and Jim Shingler; as well as 6 great grandchildren; Branson and Bradley Andrews, Colton Corbin, Conner Cook, and Ginni and Lexi Badger. Active pallbearers will be Matthew Williams, Kevin Moore, Billy Shingler, Jim Shingler, Andrew Cook, Randy Corbin, Branson Andrews, and Bradley Andrews. Honorary pallbearers will be members of The Martha Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church of Dothan, AL and former fellow teachers. Evans-Skipper Funeral Home of Donalsonville, GA has been entrusted with the arrangements.