Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....Middleton, Frank Faison Jr. August 27, 2006
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Albany Herald Tuesday Aug 29 2006

Frank Faison Middleton Jr.

Albany... Frank Faison Middleton Jr of Albany died on August 27, 2006, at 
Morningside Assisted Living.

His funeral service will be at 11 AM Tuesday (today) at Covenant Presbyterian 
Church with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. William D. Coker and Rev. 
Walter Flint Officiating.

A lifelong resident of Albany, Mr. Middleton was born April 24, 1913, the son 
of Frank Faison Middleton and Martha Fleck VanHouten Middleton. He graduated 
from Albany High School in 1930 and was an Eagle Scout.

He graduated from Emory University in 1934, where he was a member of ATO 
fraternity. Mr. Middleton married his high school sweetheart Eleanor Joy Miller 
on Oct. 31, 1936. He served his country in the US Army during WWII with the 
209th Hospital Shop Complement. After leaving the European theater in 1945, he 
was honorably discharged as a decorated veteran in February of 1946. He 
succeeded his father as the owner/operator of Albany Drug Co. and Palmyra 
Pharmacy. He devoted much of his energy and resources to the First Presbyterian 
Church where he served as a Deacon, Elder, Treasurer and hIstorian for many 
years, also volunteering his time and talents to the downtown outreach cener 
organizsed by the then five downtown churches. He was a longtime active member 
of the Lions Club of Albany,  the Flint Skeet and Trap Club and the YMCA. He 
enjoyed hunting birds and playing golf and was a member of the Doublegate 
Country Club. His hobbies also included coin collecting and genealogical 
research, serving as a volunteer in the Genealogy room of the Albany Public 
Library. More recently he enjoyed membership in the Golden Key Kiwanis Club and 
the Covenant Presbyterian Church. 

He was, like many in his Greatest Generation, a veteran, a proud citizen of 
State and COuntry, a teacher through is actions, a hard worker by his nature, 
an unselfish giver of his time and his resources, a true friend, an honest 
small businessman, a dedicated and loving husband, brother, father, grandfather 
and great-grandfather.

Mr. Middleton was a devoted family man and will be greatly missed by his family 
and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years and his sister 
Mary Key Hutton. He is survived by two children, Joy Middleton Carver and her 
husband, Buckett and Dr. Frank Middleton III and his wife Pam; a beloved niece, 
Katrina Hutton Lewis of Cordele; six grandchildren, John Thomas Rutland IV, 
Frank Middleton Rutland, Margaret Middleton Hatcher, Frank Faison Middleton IV, 
Sarah Middleton Vrolijk, Banks Middleton Margeson; nine great-grandchildren, 
Chrostopher Lane Hatcher, John Taylor Hatcher, Benjamin Allen Hatcher, Jacob 
Middleton Vrolijk, Catherine Eleanor Vrolijk, Anna Banks Vrolijk, Frank Faison 
Middleton V, William Boles Middleton and Richman Brooks Margeson.

The family will be at the residence of Dr. & Mrs. Frank Middleton.

Thomas desiring please make memorials to Albany Community Hospice, P.O. Box 
1828, Albany Ga 31702 or to Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2126 W. Edgewater Dr. 
Albany Ga 31707.

You may sign the guestbook and share your own special thoughts and memories 
with the family of Mr. Middleton by visiting Kimbrell-Stern's website at 
www.kinmbrellstern.com

 



Additional Comments:
Frank Middleton Jr

Son of Frank & Martha Fleck VanHouten
Grandson of
Ransome Middleton & Susan E. Faison
Edwin Van Houten & Martha Ann Fields

Great-Grandson of
William Robert Middleton & Jemima Whitfield
Franklin J.Faison CSA Lt. & Susan Mary Bryant
John Kidney Van Houten & Sarah Clark Meeks

Great-Great Grandson of
James Middleton & Mary Ann Nixon
William Alexander Faison & Susannah Moseley
John Bryan & Eleanor Torrans
John P Van Houton &  Anatje Kidney
(more on Middleton & Faison (My Faison line)
Ms. Gerry Hill- Albany Ga.



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