James F. Belflower

April 26, 1944 - June 29, 2017

Funeral services for James Franklin Belflower, 73, of Cochran who died at Serenity Place Hospice on Thursday, June 29, 2017 will be held Sunday, July 2, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Fisher Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens with military honors. James was born in Cochran to the late Charles Lester and Ethie Pritchett Belflower and attended Cochran High School. A veteran of The Vietnam Conflict, he entered the United States Marine Corps in 1962. He was retired from Robins Air Force Base. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Arlene B. Purser, Leland Belflower, Welch Belflower, Harris Belflower, Alvin Belflower, and Herman Belflower. He is survived by his daughter, Tonya (Brandon) Hodgkins of Lubbock TX; grandchildren, Payten Hodgkins and Hayden Hodgkins of Lubbock, TX; companion, Doris Cheek of Cochran and a brother, Jerry Alton (Elaine) Belflower of Valdosta. He will be remembered as a loving father to his daughter, Tonya. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in memory of James F. Belflower to M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston TX 77210-4486 or online at www.mdanderson.org/gifts. The family will meet friends from 1-2 P.M. at the chapel prior to the service. Fisher Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. www.fishersfuneralhome.net