Obituary of Richard Lowell Short

Mr. Richard Lowell Short, age 81, of Ozark, died Friday morning, December 11, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 P. M. Monday, December 14, 2009, from Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with Reverend Mike Robinson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:30 P. M. Monday until service time. Mr. Short was born April 27, 1928 in Gary, Indiana to the late Dora Mae Sarnes Short and Richard Marion Short. He owned and operated American Heritage Inn and The International Smorgasbord in Kokomo, Indiana. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed a fishing trip twice each year to Canada and often at Lake Eufaula. He also enjoyed playing golf and cooking. Mr. Short was very proud of his children and grandchildren. He was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church where he was a substitute Sunday School Teacher. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Barbara Ann Brown, and one brother, James Henry Short. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Patricia Ann Bixler Short of Ozark; one daughter and son-in-law, Toni Sue and James R. Myer of Kalamazoo, Michigan; one son and daughter-in-law, Robert Lowell and Rebecca Jo Short of Kokomo, Indiana. Five grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and sixteen nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Building Fund, C/O Miss Shirley Chancey, 4399 East Andrews Avenue, Ozark, Alabama 36360. Service Information