Donnie Luther Conley was born in Huesyville, Ky., on Feb. 5, 1941, to Kessie and Myrtle White Conley.

Mr. Conley died April 3, 2014. He was living with his son, James, at the time of his death. He was buried April 11, 2014, in the National Cemetery in Flint, Mich. He will be sorely missed.

He was retired from the Air Force and was a truck driver for many years. He was a member of the Bogue Chitto Assembly of God Church. He loved his family and his church, and he loved helping people.

Preceding him in death were his parents and a sister, Eleanor Elizabeth Blanton.

Survivors are his children, Diane Adamson and husband, Sean, Deborah, Robert and Donnie of Holyoke, Mass., and James and wife, Becky Conley, of Westland, Mich.