Donald McCullough, age 85, died on Monday, October 23, 2017.
Don volunteered for the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Most of his career was in aviation. After his honorable discharge from the Air Force, he worked for the Department of Defense, then in general aviation and finally with commercial airlines. He was employed by Eastern Airlines for 22 years and Northwest Airlines for nine years. He moved his family to Fayette County in 1977. He volunteered at Fayette Samaritans, Lutheran Community Food Kitchen for the homeless and at Atlanta Mission. Sylvia and he liked to travel.
He was predeceased by his parents, Lester and Abbie McCullough and his only child, Kyle.
He is survived by his wife, Sylvia, to whom he was married for 61 years.
Don was a member of Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church, located at 2365 Highway 138, SW, Riverdale, Ga., where a memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 5, 2017. Interment will be in the family cemetery in Rhode Island.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be sent to Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church, P. O. Box 961690, Riverdale, Ga. 30296.
Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville – www.mowellfuneralhome.com.
