Corbitt's Funeral Home, Tuskegee, Alabama
SEGREST, Henry Neill, Jr., died on Thursday Sept, 10, 2009 in Athens, GA. He was 76 years old. The eldest son of the late Florida and Henry Neill Segrest, he was reared in Tuskegee, AL and educated in the Tuskegee public schools where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. Years later he was honored by the request to preach funeral services for his beloved Coach Thomas who had meant so much to he and his brothers.
He went to the University of Alabama where he majored in History, was on the staff of the Corolla and was in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity along with his identical twin brother Broward Segrest. He expected to become a lawyer like his father and twin brother but was called into the ministry on a college trip to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas. Upon graduation he enrolled in Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia where he earned his Bachelors of Divinity and his Masters of Divinity. In 1960 he attended the Yale School of Alcohol Studies in New Haven, CT in order to be effective in his ministerial counseling of those in his community struggling with addiction as well as families of those with alcohol problems. As a minister he believed that you ministered not only to your church members but to the community.
He served as a Presbyterian minister in Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas. He was deeply involved in the community , starting his ministry in Alabama in the 1950's and 60's, where he was active in the civil rights movement. He built a pioneering educational program for the profoundly developmentally challenged in Commerce, GA, where he served as Executive Director of New Dawn Workshop. He also served on the board of Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, providing supportive services for developmentally disabled children and adults in Arkansas and Louisiana.
Those in the community knew him as someone you could call day or night if you needed him. . He enjoyed playing tennis, being in the Kiwanis Club, the Jaycees, serving as President of the Band Boosters Club, President of the PTA, taking the youth group in his Presbytery to retreats and camp, and later continued some work in genealogy following in the footsteps of his mother who was one of the founders of the Alabama Genealogical Society. He was a scholar and finished reading at least one book a week while reading several at a time.
He wrote a regular column for the local newspaper during a time the area was successfully fighting an entrenched crime syndicate. His work with the New Dawn School was featured in a multi page article in the Sunday magazine section of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Elizabeth "Beth" Thornton Segrest, their infant son Thomas McCaskill Segrest, his parents, his twin brother Douglas Broward Segrest and his younger brother Allan Duncan Segrest. He is survived by his brothers Donald Hutchison Segrest and Stephen Graham Segrest of Alabama, his children Martha Dickey, Caroline Morais, Henry Neill Segrest III, Carlton Segrest of Georgia, Susan Segrest of New York, and Anne McCulloch of Virginia, and by his grandchildren Elizabeth and Elena Morais, Nick and Emilie McCulloch, Gil and Neill Dickey, and , his sister-in-law Martha Thornton McArthur and husband Bobby, sisters-in-law Joan Shinn Segrest, Janice Bahrke Timreck, Jean Meredith Segrest, Dianne Segrest, Jude' Cameron, Cay Matthews Ellis, his former wife Judy Baker Segrest, nephews and nieces Bob and Mari-Beth McArthur of Cleveland, MS, Cameron, Rebecca, Judith, Donna, Joanna, and Carolyn Segrest originally of Union Springs, AL, Hutch Segrest of Montgomery, AL, Douglas, John, and Patty originally of Montgomery, AL, Duncan Segrest originally of Charleston, SC and Birmingham, AL, Steve and Jenna Segrest originally of College Park, GA. . He is greatly missed.
Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee Alabama at 11:00 a.m. on Monday Sept. 14, 2009 followed by a graveside service at Tuskegee's Drakeford Cemetery. The Reverend Mr. James K. Thompson will be presiding. Neill and Jim were at Columbia Theological Seminary together and Jim served at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee. They shared much of the same views, their families vacationed together and Jim is in a unique position to remember the earlier days of Neill's life and ministry.
SEGREST, Henry Neill, Jr., died on Thursday Sept, 10, 2009 in Athens, GA. He was 76 years old. The eldest son of the late Florida and Henry Neill Segrest, he was reared in Tuskegee, AL and educated in the Tuskegee public schools where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. Years later he was honored by the request to preach funeral services for his beloved Coach Thomas who had meant so much to he and his brothers.
He went to the University of Alabama where he majored in History, was on the staff of the Corolla and was in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity along with his identical twin brother Broward Segrest. He expected to become a lawyer like his father and twin brother but was called into the ministry on a college trip to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas. Upon graduation he enrolled in Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia where he earned his Bachelors of Divinity and his Masters of Divinity. In 1960 he attended the Yale School of Alcohol Studies in New Haven, CT in order to be effective in his ministerial counseling of those in his community struggling with addiction as well as families of those with alcohol problems. As a minister he believed that you ministered not only to your church members but to the community.
He served as a Presbyterian minister in Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas. He was deeply involved in the community , starting his ministry in Alabama in the 1950's and 60's, where he was active in the civil rights movement. He built a pioneering educational program for the profoundly developmentally challenged in Commerce, GA, where he served as Executive Director of New Dawn Workshop. He also served on the board of Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, providing supportive services for developmentally disabled children and adults in Arkansas and Louisiana.
Those in the community knew him as someone you could call day or night if you needed him. . He enjoyed playing tennis, being in the Kiwanis Club, the Jaycees, serving as President of the Band Boosters Club, President of the PTA, taking the youth group in his Presbytery to retreats and camp, and later continued some work in genealogy following in the footsteps of his mother who was one of the founders of the Alabama Genealogical Society. He was a scholar and finished reading at least one book a week while reading several at a time.
He wrote a regular column for the local newspaper during a time the area was successfully fighting an entrenched crime syndicate. His work with the New Dawn School was featured in a multi page article in the Sunday magazine section of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Elizabeth "Beth" Thornton Segrest, their infant son Thomas McCaskill Segrest, his parents, his twin brother Douglas Broward Segrest and his younger brother Allan Duncan Segrest. He is survived by his brothers Donald Hutchison Segrest and Stephen Graham Segrest of Alabama, his children Martha Dickey, Caroline Morais, Henry Neill Segrest III, Carlton Segrest of Georgia, Susan Segrest of New York, and Anne McCulloch of Virginia, and by his grandchildren Elizabeth and Elena Morais, Nick and Emilie McCulloch, Gil and Neill Dickey, and , his sister-in-law Martha Thornton McArthur and husband Bobby, sisters-in-law Joan Shinn Segrest, Janice Bahrke Timreck, Jean Meredith Segrest, Dianne Segrest, Jude' Cameron, Cay Matthews Ellis, his former wife Judy Baker Segrest, nephews and nieces Bob and Mari-Beth McArthur of Cleveland, MS, Cameron, Rebecca, Judith, Donna, Joanna, and Carolyn Segrest originally of Union Springs, AL, Hutch Segrest of Montgomery, AL, Douglas, John, and Patty originally of Montgomery, AL, Duncan Segrest originally of Charleston, SC and Birmingham, AL, Steve and Jenna Segrest originally of College Park, GA. . He is greatly missed.
Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee Alabama at 11:00 a.m. on Monday Sept. 14, 2009 followed by a graveside service at Tuskegee's Drakeford Cemetery. The Reverend Mr. James K. Thompson will be presiding. Neill and Jim were at Columbia Theological Seminary together and Jim served at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee. They shared much of the same views, their families vacationed together and Jim is in a unique position to remember the earlier days of Neill's life and ministry.
Corbitt's Funeral Home, Tuskegee, Alabama
SEGREST, Henry Neill, Jr., died on Thursday Sept, 10, 2009 in Athens, GA. He was 76 years old. The eldest son of the late Florida and Henry Neill Segrest, he was reared in Tuskegee, AL and educated in the Tuskegee public schools where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. Years later he was honored by the request to preach funeral services for his beloved Coach Thomas who had meant so much to he and his brothers.
He went to the University of Alabama where he majored in History, was on the staff of the Corolla and was in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity along with his identical twin brother Broward Segrest. He expected to become a lawyer like his father and twin brother but was called into the ministry on a college trip to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas. Upon graduation he enrolled in Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia where he earned his Bachelors of Divinity and his Masters of Divinity. In 1960 he attended the Yale School of Alcohol Studies in New Haven, CT in order to be effective in his ministerial counseling of those in his community struggling with addiction as well as families of those with alcohol problems. As a minister he believed that you ministered not only to your church members but to the community.
He served as a Presbyterian minister in Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas. He was deeply involved in the community , starting his ministry in Alabama in the 1950's and 60's, where he was active in the civil rights movement. He built a pioneering educational program for the profoundly developmentally challenged in Commerce, GA, where he served as Executive Director of New Dawn Workshop. He also served on the board of Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, providing supportive services for developmentally disabled children and adults in Arkansas and Louisiana.
Those in the community knew him as someone you could call day or night if you needed him. . He enjoyed playing tennis, being in the Kiwanis Club, the Jaycees, serving as President of the Band Boosters Club, President of the PTA, taking the youth group in his Presbytery to retreats and camp, and later continued some work in genealogy following in the footsteps of his mother who was one of the founders of the Alabama Genealogical Society. He was a scholar and finished reading at least one book a week while reading several at a time.
He wrote a regular column for the local newspaper during a time the area was successfully fighting an entrenched crime syndicate. His work with the New Dawn School was featured in a multi page article in the Sunday magazine section of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Elizabeth "Beth" Thornton Segrest, their infant son Thomas McCaskill Segrest, his parents, his twin brother Douglas Broward Segrest and his younger brother Allan Duncan Segrest. He is survived by his brothers Donald Hutchison Segrest and Stephen Graham Segrest of Alabama, his children Martha Dickey, Caroline Morais, Henry Neill Segrest III, Carlton Segrest of Georgia, Susan Segrest of New York, and Anne McCulloch of Virginia, and by his grandchildren Elizabeth and Elena Morais, Nick and Emilie McCulloch, Gil and Neill Dickey, and , his sister-in-law Martha Thornton McArthur and husband Bobby, sisters-in-law Joan Shinn Segrest, Janice Bahrke Timreck, Jean Meredith Segrest, Dianne Segrest, Jude' Cameron, Cay Matthews Ellis, his former wife Judy Baker Segrest, nephews and nieces Bob and Mari-Beth McArthur of Cleveland, MS, Cameron, Rebecca, Judith, Donna, Joanna, and Carolyn Segrest originally of Union Springs, AL, Hutch Segrest of Montgomery, AL, Douglas, John, and Patty originally of Montgomery, AL, Duncan Segrest originally of Charleston, SC and Birmingham, AL, Steve and Jenna Segrest originally of College Park, GA. . He is greatly missed.
Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee Alabama at 11:00 a.m. on Monday Sept. 14, 2009 followed by a graveside service at Tuskegee's Drakeford Cemetery. The Reverend Mr. James K. Thompson will be presiding. Neill and Jim were at Columbia Theological Seminary together and Jim served at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee. They shared much of the same views, their families vacationed together and Jim is in a unique position to remember the earlier days of Neill's life and ministry.
SEGREST, Henry Neill, Jr., died on Thursday Sept, 10, 2009 in Athens, GA. He was 76 years old. The eldest son of the late Florida and Henry Neill Segrest, he was reared in Tuskegee, AL and educated in the Tuskegee public schools where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. Years later he was honored by the request to preach funeral services for his beloved Coach Thomas who had meant so much to he and his brothers.
He went to the University of Alabama where he majored in History, was on the staff of the Corolla and was in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity along with his identical twin brother Broward Segrest. He expected to become a lawyer like his father and twin brother but was called into the ministry on a college trip to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas. Upon graduation he enrolled in Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia where he earned his Bachelors of Divinity and his Masters of Divinity. In 1960 he attended the Yale School of Alcohol Studies in New Haven, CT in order to be effective in his ministerial counseling of those in his community struggling with addiction as well as families of those with alcohol problems. As a minister he believed that you ministered not only to your church members but to the community.
He served as a Presbyterian minister in Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas. He was deeply involved in the community , starting his ministry in Alabama in the 1950's and 60's, where he was active in the civil rights movement. He built a pioneering educational program for the profoundly developmentally challenged in Commerce, GA, where he served as Executive Director of New Dawn Workshop. He also served on the board of Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, providing supportive services for developmentally disabled children and adults in Arkansas and Louisiana.
Those in the community knew him as someone you could call day or night if you needed him. . He enjoyed playing tennis, being in the Kiwanis Club, the Jaycees, serving as President of the Band Boosters Club, President of the PTA, taking the youth group in his Presbytery to retreats and camp, and later continued some work in genealogy following in the footsteps of his mother who was one of the founders of the Alabama Genealogical Society. He was a scholar and finished reading at least one book a week while reading several at a time.
He wrote a regular column for the local newspaper during a time the area was successfully fighting an entrenched crime syndicate. His work with the New Dawn School was featured in a multi page article in the Sunday magazine section of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Elizabeth "Beth" Thornton Segrest, their infant son Thomas McCaskill Segrest, his parents, his twin brother Douglas Broward Segrest and his younger brother Allan Duncan Segrest. He is survived by his brothers Donald Hutchison Segrest and Stephen Graham Segrest of Alabama, his children Martha Dickey, Caroline Morais, Henry Neill Segrest III, Carlton Segrest of Georgia, Susan Segrest of New York, and Anne McCulloch of Virginia, and by his grandchildren Elizabeth and Elena Morais, Nick and Emilie McCulloch, Gil and Neill Dickey, and , his sister-in-law Martha Thornton McArthur and husband Bobby, sisters-in-law Joan Shinn Segrest, Janice Bahrke Timreck, Jean Meredith Segrest, Dianne Segrest, Jude' Cameron, Cay Matthews Ellis, his former wife Judy Baker Segrest, nephews and nieces Bob and Mari-Beth McArthur of Cleveland, MS, Cameron, Rebecca, Judith, Donna, Joanna, and Carolyn Segrest originally of Union Springs, AL, Hutch Segrest of Montgomery, AL, Douglas, John, and Patty originally of Montgomery, AL, Duncan Segrest originally of Charleston, SC and Birmingham, AL, Steve and Jenna Segrest originally of College Park, GA. . He is greatly missed.
Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee Alabama at 11:00 a.m. on Monday Sept. 14, 2009 followed by a graveside service at Tuskegee's Drakeford Cemetery. The Reverend Mr. James K. Thompson will be presiding. Neill and Jim were at Columbia Theological Seminary together and Jim served at First Presbyterian Church in Tuskegee. They shared much of the same views, their families vacationed together and Jim is in a unique position to remember the earlier days of Neill's life and ministry.
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