Eunice Carl Stapler

May 4, 1933 - September 15, 2012

Mr. Eunice Carl Stapler, age 79 of Grant, Alabama, passed away at his residence on Saturday, September 15, 2012. Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 11:00 a.m. at Grant Memorial Chapel with burial following in Concord Cemetery in New Market, Alabama.  Bro. Pete Crim will officiate.  Pallbearers are Larry Stapler, Bill Stapler, Matt Stapler, Joseph Stapler, Ernie Woodard, Anthony Parnell, and David Fletcher.  Honorary pallbearers are John Collins, Ray Fletcher, Henry Stapler.   The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, September 17, 2012, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Mr. Stapler is survived by his wife, Joyce Vann Stapler of Grant; sons, Henry Stapler (Janet) of Arkansas, Larry Stapler (Eileen) of Grant, and Bill Stapler (Laural) of Ohio; daughter, Barb Wicker (Tom) of Michigan; step-children, Connie Jewel, Bev Snyder, Brenda Gambrel, and Linda Johns of Michigan, Wanda Draughn of Florida, Vicki Burgess of Alabama, Andy Reyn lds of Indiana, and Roger Chapman, Richard Chapman, and John Milner of Michigan; and sister-in-laws, Vaughna Crim and Vada Stapler.  He had many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Stapler and Mattie Smith Stapler; daughters, Margaret Gilson, Marolyn Stapler, Terry Naayers, Carolyn Parnell, and Shirley Sharp; and son, Kenny Stapler.