Dr. Coy Hansel Poitevint

Dr. Coy Hansel Poitevint, a longtime resident of Dothan passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was 96.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, August 23, 2010 at the First Baptist Church of Dothan with Dr. Johnny Fain and Rev. Bob Gross officiating and Robert Byrd directing. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church Missions Fund, 300 W. Main St., Dothan, AL, 36303, or to the Kiwanis Club of Dothan, P.O. Box 5569, Dothan, AL, 36302.Dr. Poitevint was born on January 1, 1914 near Bainbridge, GA, to James Henry Poitevint and Mary Ida Martin Poitevint. He graduated from high school in 1932 and later worked his way through college at the University of Georgia and Auburn University where he graduated in 1937. He spent a short time as a county agent in Georgia before returning to Auburn to pursue a degree in Veterinary Medicine. He married Louise Darley in 1940 and they were married for 69 years until her death on September 6, 2009. In 1943, shortly after graduating, Dr. Poitevint moved to Dothan and opened his first veterinary office on South Oates St. He sold the office in 1966 and retired but returned to work 6 years later and retired again in 1995. In all, Dr. Poitevint spent 50 years in Veterinary Services and was a longtime member of the Greater Dothan Veterinary Medical Association as well as the Southeast Alabama Veterinary Medical Association.Dr. Poitevint was very active in his church and the community and volunteered his time with several clubs and organizations over the years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church since 1943 and a member of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce since 1945, he helped set up the Peanut Festival during his tenure as the President of the Jaycees, in 1965 he received the 4-H Club Alumni Recognition Award, received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 1967, in 1974 he was given the Alan Matthews Award by the Chamber of Commerce, received the 1980 Houston County Leadership Award, the Kiwanis John Parsons Award in 1980-81 and 1983-84, was distinguished as a George P. Hixon Fellow on January 25, 1996 by the Kiwanis, received the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association Distinguished Service Award in 1997 and was President of the ALVMA in 1951, he received the Houston County Jr. Cattleman’s Award in 1983, he was a member of the Kiwanis Legion of Honor, set up the Dr. Coy H. Poitevint Leadership Scholarship with the Kiwanis, was distinguished with the Mercer Barnett Fellow in 2004 by the Kiwanis Foundation, and received the Kiwanis International Tablet of Honor, he received the Dothan Chamber of Commerce Muley Award in 1997, and was honored by the Alabama Soil and Water Conservation District of 1999 for 25 years of service. Dr. Poitevint was preceded in death by his parents, James Henry Poitevint and Mary Ida Martin Poitevint; his brothers, Dr. Ottis Lamar Poitevint, Alec Lloyd Poitevint, and Quay Poitevint; a sister Mary Kennette Dupree; a brother-in-law Rev. Byron Edward Dupree.rnSurvivors include his nieces and nephews, Stephen P. Poitevint of Bainbridge, GA, Alec Poitevint of Bainbridge, GA, Angela Taylor of Macon, GA, Lynn Lee of Tifton, GA, James Dupree of Pine Lake, GA, William C. Darley, Jr. of Pine Mountain, GA, and D. Ashley Darley of Dawson, GA; 15 great nieces and nephews; sisters-in-law, Agnes Joyce Lynn Poitevint of Bainbridge, GA and Marion Creel Poitevint Hicks of Opelika, AL also survive..Serving as active pallbearers will be John Turner, Dr. Ken Clark, Dr. Bobby Martin, Dr. Kirk Holland, Dr. Will Duke, Dr. Ben Garrett and Dr. Fred Garrett. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Greater Dothan Veterinary Medical Association, the Southeast Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, Dothan Kiwanis and Dr. Poitevint’s Sunday School Class. Burial Date: January 1, 1970