Dale Fincher

Dale Fincher
Funeral services for Rev. Dale Fincher of Tignall were held Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in the Tignall Baptist Church with Rev. Rick Standard, Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr., and Rev. Kevin Hanel officiating. Interment was in the Tignall Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Fincher died Saturday, June 13, en route home with his youth group from a mission trip to Charleston, S.C.

Rev. Fincher was a native of Floyd County and was the son of Ernestine Arnold Fincher and the late Curtis Fincher. He had served as pastor of the Tignall Baptist Church for the past 13 years and had previously served as pastor of Mt. Alto Baptist Church, Rome, Mt. Pisgah Baptist, Kibbee, and Pisgah Baptist, Rome. He was involved in ministry at the Penfield Christian Home in Penfield, the Georgia Pre-Release Center in Washington, and the Wilkes County Jail. He was a Wilkes County School Bus driver and had also served as Chaplain for the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Kay Edwards Fincher of Tignall; a son and daughter-in-law, Josh and Lacey Fincher, Tignall; a daughter, Julie Fincher, Tignall; a granddaughter, Jade Fincher, Tignall; his mother, Ernestine Arnold Fincher, Rome; three brothers, Gary Fincher, Larry Fincher, and Darrell Fincher, all of Rome; a sister, Felicia Salmon, Marietta; and mother-inlaw, Janette Edwards, Rome.