The funeral service for Mr. James “Cecil” Lindley, 102, of Anniston, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at KL Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with Pastor Josh Hickman officiating. Interment will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:00-2:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Lindley passed away on May 19, 2019, at NHC in Anniston. He is preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Cofield Lindley; a son, Doyle Lindley; a brother, Lonnie Lindley; a sister, Bessie Kitchens; a grandson, Rob Lindley; great-granddaughter, Melanie Guyer; and his parents, James Pierce and Lettie Lipham Lindley. Survivors include his wife, Imogene Lindley; a son, Don Lindley and his wife, Sheila; granddaughters, Tracy Thompson and her husband, Darren, Cinda Guyer and her husband, Terry, Kerrie Edgeworth and her husband, Jeff; and great-grandchildren, Lindley Brook Thompson, Nic Thompson, Alicia Guyer, and Eric Guyer. Mr. Lindley was a graduate of Jacksonville State University and the University of Alabama. He was a Randolph County native and retired from education with 38 years of service. He served as Director of Vocational Training for World War II Veterans at Anniston High School for several years immediately following the war. He served as coordinator of Vocational Career Training for high school students at Piedmont and Oxford High Schools before working with the State Department of Education in Montgomery, serving 18 years as Supervisor and Director of Trade and Industrial Technical Education. Mr. Lindley’s earlier career included classroom teacher and coach in Randolph County just prior to World war II, where he served three and half years in the Army Airforce; with two years in the Southwest Pacific Theatre. Mr. Lindley received many honors and awards in education including the Hall of Fame in the Alabama Vocational Education Association, Hall of Fame in the VICA Association, the J.F. Ingram Award for outstanding leadership in the field of Trade, Industrial Education, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Fraternity of Lota Lambda Sigma, and many other honors and awards. He also served as past president of the Oxford Lions Club, president of the Oxford Golden “K” Kiwanis Club, and served one year as Lt. Governor of Division 7 of Alabama Kiwanis. He was a member of Wedowee First United Methodist Church where he served several years as the district day leader for the Roanoke district. Mr. Lindley was also a past president of the Randolph County Cattleman’s Association and the Randolph County Retired teachers. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions are made to the Wedowee First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 116 West Broad Street, Wedowee, Alabama 36278. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Mr. James Cecil Lindley please visit our Sympathy Store.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of James Cecil Lindley July 20 1916 May 19 2019.
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