Dr. Denver C. Stringfellow Jr., 96, affectionately known as “Grandadoc” and “Doc”, born November 18th, 1917 in Dothan Alabama, walked into heaven’s courts on May 6th, 2014. He attended Samford (Howard) University and, after World War II, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he met and married his sweetheart, Helen Walters. He went into the Ministry and later obtained a Doctorate in Theology (ThD) at Southwestern Seminary, and later a Doctorate in Education (PhD) at the University of Alabama, where he accepted a professorship.
During his distinguished and decorated World War II career, Denver served as a commissioned Officer in the Naval Reserve. He was chosen for the Marines and attended Officers’ Training School at William and Mary. He served as Chaplain in the First Marine Division of the South Pacific in Peleliu, Pavuvu, Okinawa, the Solomon Islands, and Iwo Jima, from 1943–1946. Graciously declining a Purple Heart, Denver was recently honored in 2008 in Washington, D.C. at a Veterans Memorial Ceremony.
Actively teaching Latin in Houston until the age of 88, Denver is survived by daughter, Cindy Caldwell (Hamlin) of Huntsville; sons, Robert A. Stringfellow (Raymonda) of Springhill, TN and Philip D. Stringfellow of Florence; grandchildren, Drew, Hunter, Mary Catherine, Hamlin Jr, and Alex; and six great-grandchildren.
A family graveside service will be held in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at Valley Creek Baptist Church, where he will be buried beside his beloved Helen-“NaNa”. May Dad’s legacy of faith live on through these words of praise he often spoke, “God bless you! And may the good Lord be as good to you as He has been to me. Dominus Tecum.”
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to www.stillservingveterans.org.
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I was friends with Denver when he was teaching in Houston. He was a great man and was very good to me. I am a better person for having known Denver. I will miss him.
Randy Knowles