Vernon Cone

of Hoover, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at the age of 88. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and was a retired rubber chemist from Specification Rubber Products with over 50 years experience. Mr. Cone was a member of Green Valley Baptist Church for the past 45 years where he was a choir member, a Sunday School teacher and Deacon Emeritus. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and also an avid golfer. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Kitty Cone; 5 daughters, Kathy Purvis (Vic), Mary Rasberry (Johnny), Sue Underwood (Wayne), Sally Martin (Jed) and Carol Reed (Keith); 2 brothers, Paul Cone (Velma) and Harold Cone (Lura); 12 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and 12 nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Green Valley Baptist Church. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the church with Rev. Eugene Nail officiating. Interment will be in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Green Valley Baptist Church Building Fund.