OZARK…Mr. Charles “Chuck” Auman, a resident of Ozark, died early Saturday morning, April 25, 2026, at his home. He was 92.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at First United Methodist Church of Ozark with Reverend Dr. Jason Thrower officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Wednesday in the Meditation Garden of First United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Vivian B. Adams, 2047 Stuart Tarter Road, Ozark, Alabama 36360.
Mr. Auman, son of the late Frank and Mignon Auman, was born May 30, 1933, in Port Treverton, Pennsylvania. His family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, at an early age, but as he would say, he “grew up” in Pensacola, Florida. While in high school, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where he met Patricia Parker. Following his graduation from Marion Military Institute and two years in the military in Germany, he married the love of his life in 1958, Patricia “Pat” Parker, who preceded him in death. Following the marriage, they moved to Treasure Island, Florida where they engaged in business for several years.
Mr. Auman began his civil service career in personnel management in 1961, working for the Civil Service Commission as an investigator. He later transferred to Washington, where he transferred to the Department of the Army in the Pentagon where he worked in Management Employee relations. He lived in various locations, including Hawaii and Atlanta, Georgia while he worked as a Grievance Examiner and Complaints Investigator. He retired in 1982 at Fort Rucker, where he served as Equal Employment Opportunity Officer. His wife, Patricia, had roots in Ozark, as her father, Wilmer Glenn Parker was born there. There was no doubt that she and Chuck would retire in Ozark, and he often said that it was the “best thing he had ever done, other than marrying Miss Patt”.
Mr. Auman thrived in retirement, as he immersed himself in civic and religious matters. He was appointed to and led several committees in city wide planning efforts. He held numerous volunteer positions in the First United Methodist Church where he became a member in 1983. He formerly taught Sunday school in the John Wesley Fellowship for many years. He and his wife, Pat, initiated the observance of “Make A Difference Day” in Ozark with volunteer activities which achieved national publicity for the church and the City of Ozark.
His principal retirement activity was at the Ozark-Dale County Library where he served as President of the Friends of the Library, Chairman of the Library Board, and a volunteer in various capacities. He helped found the Dale County Genealogical and Historical Society and was a charter member fo the Claybank Master Gardener’s Association. He was also a member of Dale County Council of Arts and Humanities and was an enthusiastic supporter of Vivian B. Adams School and Dale County Rescue Mission. In later years, he served as a hospice volunteer.
Surviving relatives include his two sons, Kenneth Charles Auman, Kansas City, Missouri, and Franklin Glenn Auman and his wife, Gaye Bell Auman, Tucker, Georgia; sister-in-law, Dorothy Parker Keith, and her husband, Linwood Keith, Decatur, Georgia; three granddaughters, Anna Auman Morris and her husband, John-David Morris, Athens, Georgia, Emma Auman Veal and husband, Jason Veal, Dunwoody, Georgia, and Grace Elizabeth Auman and fiancé, Tucker Lewis, Brookhaven, Georgia; six great-grandchildren.
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