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Robert Henry Rhyne Jr. M.D.
Moulton
Funeral for Robert Henry Rhyne Jr. M.D., 79, of Moulton will be Sunday, April 10, 2011, at 3 p.m. with visitation starting at 12:30 p.m. at Moulton First United Methodist Church. Eric Brown and Ira Laney will be officiating and the eulogy will be given by Peter Wolverton and Jackson Wolverton. Burial will be in Moulton Memory Gardens with Elliott Funeral Home directing.
Dr. Rhyne, who died, Thursday, April 7, 2011, was born October 7, 1931, in Perry County to Robert Henry Rhyne Sr. and Eunie Ellen Yelverton Rhyne. He was the first of six children in his family to attend college. He graduated from the University of Alabama and went to the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He served for two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corp., where he was stationed in Iran. He then moved to Moulton and practiced family medicine for 25 years. After closing his practice, he worked in occupational medicine at Solutia in Decatur. During this time as a practicing physician, he was the Medical Director of the Moulton Nursing Home and was a member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Medical Association State of Alabama, Morgan County Medical Society and the Lawrence County Medical Society. One of his many achievements was being awarded the Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Man of Alabama in 1965. He was a founder of and served as the Chairman of the Board of the Lawrence County Chapter of the United Way. While he was a member of the Jaycees, he organized and helped inoculate people throughout Lawrence County with free tetanus shots. He spent countless hours volunteering with the Lawrence County Alternative School where he taught chess. He also spent much of his time volunteering at the Lawrence County Public Library and Moulton Elementary School. Dr. Rhyne enjoyed playing golf, traveling to visit his children and grandchildren, genealogy and "playing" on the computer. Probably the thing he enjoyed most of all was Alabama football.
Dr. Rhyne was deeply loved by his family and will be missed by all those around him. He had such a positive and uplifting effect on everyone. He was truly a great man.
Survivors include his wife, Marilynn Norwood Rhyne; three children, Robert Henry Rhyne III, Patrick Norwood Rhyne M.D., and Melinda Rhyne Wolverton; three grandchhildren, Jackson Walker Wolverton, Anna Catherine Wolverton and Lily Sophia Rhyne; three brothers, Edward Earl Rhyne (Nancy), Leon Bruce Rhyne (Martha) and Emory Yelverton Rhyne (Carolyn). Dr. Rhyne was preceded in death by his parents; and three sisters, Vera Hardy, Betty Johnson and Rhea Rhyne.
Pallbearers will be David Wayne Norwood, Don Parker, Richard Proctor, James Patton, Neal Norwood, Bobby Norwood, David Goodlett and Charles Prickett M.D.
Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Speake, Lyle Bickley, Michael Goodlett M.D., Ray Vincent, Wycoff Terry, Mike Johnson and Tommy Wayne McCullough.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Moulton First United Methodist, 14595 Market Street, Moulton, AL 35650 or Lawrence County Public Library, 401 College Street, Moulton, AL 35650.