Obituary Notice: Donald Edward “Don” Quick

Funeral services for Donald Edward “Don” Quick, 74, of Roanoke will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs and the Rev. Stoney Halsey officiating.

Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Methodist Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

The Rev. Quick died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at his residence.

His survivors include his wife, Cheryl A. Quick, of Roanoke; two step-daughters, Kayla Jarrard (husband, Roger) of Clanton, Ga., and Beverly Hill of Montgomery, Ala.; and four step-sons, Mike Fisher of Roanoke, Albert E. Wheaton III of Jasper, Ala., Michael J. Wheaton of Marietta, Ga., and Ronald Fisher of Atlanta, Ga.

His other survivors also include six step-grandchildren; his mother, Carrie Jane Quick of Wallaceton; three sisters, Bessie E. Schmidt of Winburne, Darelene M. Gallaher (husband, Larry) of Wallaceton and Patricia J. Rousan (husband, Steve) of Morrisdale; a sister-in-law, Dolores Strickland (husband, Wade) of Dawsonville, Ga.; and four brothers, Harry B. Millinder (wife, Millie) of Bowling Green, Mo., Phillip Quick and Randy B. Quick (wife, Irella), both of Wallaceton, and James A. Quick Sr., (wife, Patty) of Curwensville.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Crabtree, Doug Brown, Waymon Hodges, David Harmon, Darryl Harmon and Terry “Smokie” Cole. Honorary pallbearers will be the 5/7th Cavalry.

A Wallaceton native, the Rev. Quick was born on Oct. 22, 1941, the son of Edward John and Carrie Jane Maines Quick.

He was a member of White’s Chapel Methodist Church, where he served as pastor for 23 years. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran, where he served in the Vietnam War.

The Rev. Quick was preceded in death by his father; his first wife, Eunice Roselyn Quick; and three brothers, Kenneth Millinder, Melvin C. Quick and Darrell Quick.

Memorials may be floral or donations may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

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