Obituary of Ralph Fike

FIKE, Ralph Herbert of Madison, TN, age 83 passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011. Survived by his loving wife of sixty years, Dorothy Ann (Shanks) Fike; children, Carolyn (Bob) Vermilye, Nancy (Alton) Roark, Linda (Barry) Moran, and son, Ralph David (Christy) Fike; grandchildren, Gretchen Roark (Ron Joe) Whaley, Josh (Amanda) Roark, Victoria Vermilye, Sarah Moran, Matthew Moran, Emily Fike, Erynn Fike and Haydynn Fike; great-grandchildren, Micah and Nate Whaley. Ralph was a graduate of Baxter Seminary and a student at UT Knoxville. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He retired from the Army Corps of Engineers in 1986 after thirty plus years of service. Ralph was an active member of Madison First Baptist Church for thirty-three years, where memorial contributions may be made. Honorary Pallbearers: Josh Roark, Haydynn Fike, Matthew Moran, Micah and Nate Whaley, Robert Shanks, Reggie Shanks, Barry Moran, Alton Roark and Robert Vermilye. Active Pallbearers: Ron Joe Whaley, Ken Ferdon, Larry Kenny, David Mistakovitch, Joe Perryman and Rich Powell. The family will receive friends on Monday, (today) April 11, 2010 from 4 to 8PM and where funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 11AM in the chapel of Madison Funeral Home with Pastor Berry Davis officiating. Interment will follow at 3PM in Maddux Cemetery, Buffalo Valley, TN. Online tributes madisonfuneralhome.net. MADISON FUNERAL HOME, 219 Old Hickory Blvd. East, Madison, TN. Don Garrison Director, (615)868-9020.