Pastor Ronald Cannon

Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral Home and Crematory, LLC
1700 Barrington Rd. Midland City, AL
(334) 983-6604
Robert and Toni Byrd

www.SunsetMemorialPark.com

Pastor Ronald Cannon, 86, of Dothan passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at his residence.

Funeral services will be held 3pm Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kim Cannon officiating. Graveside services will follow with Robert Byrd directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 2pm until 3pm and a reception to follow the services.

Pastor Ronald Cannon was born on August 3, 1928 in Chiefland, Florida. Working for Dr. J. Frank Norris at the First Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, Texas, he put himself thru Seminary. He graduated in 1946 with a Bachelor of Divinity Degree, and was called to the Canton Baptist Temple to serve with Rev. Harold Henniger, where he served faithfully for 13 ½ years as Associate Pastor and Minister of Music.

In 1961, he was called to the Lima Baptist Temple, in Lima, Ohio and served that church for nearly 40 years as Pastor. He retired in 2000. After retirement, he filled pulpits across Florida and Alabama. He also served as interim Pastor at Westgate Baptist Church in Dothan, Alabama.

Preceded in death by his first wife Joyce Cannon and sons, Keith and Kent Cannon; father, Marshall Cannon and mother, Pearl Hogan Cannon; Vallie (Janney) Cannon; brothers, Charles, Winston, and Kenneth Cannon, Rollin and Rudolph Janney, and sister Betty Carol Parkinson.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn of Dothan; sons, Kim (Jean) Cannon of Destin, FL; Mike Davis of Dothan, AL; Bill (Debbie) Davis of Hendersonville, TN; daughter, Karon Davis (Andy) Sullivan of Upper Marlboro, MD; brothers, L.C. Cannon (Amelia), Chiefland, FL; Al (Eleanor) Janney; and a host of grandchildren.

Robert Byrd of Sunset Funeral Home, (334) 983-6604, is in charge of arrangements. Please call us or visit www.SunsetMemorialPark.com for more information.