Mr. Robert Charles Finley

Mr. Robert C. Finley, 65 of LaFayette, AL passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, AL.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 30, 2018, 1:00 p.m. CST at New Mt. Sellers Baptist Church in LaFayette, AL, Rev. Terry Magby, Pastor; Rev. Douglas Jones, Sr., Officiating, Rev. Ed Vines, Eulogist. Burial will follow in Handy Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Finley is survived by his wife, Mattie Finley of LaFayette, AL, son, Alton K. Laney of LaGrange, GA, two daughters, Erica L. Moss of Lanett, AL and Valeria (Dante)Leverette of Valley, AL, two grandsons, Justin Laney of LaFayette, AL and Khalungie Moss of Lanett, AL, three brothers-in-law, Leonard Staples, II, Athan Staples and Lovell (Luenell) Staples, all of Atlanta, GA, two sisters-in-law, Betty Staples of Atlanta, GA and Estella Ann Giles of Detroit, MI, host of other relatives, cousins and friends.
Mr. Finley was born June 12, 1953 in Chambers County, Alabama. He attended the Chambers County School System and graduated from Lafayette High School. To pursue his career in law enforcement he attended and graduated from Jacksonville Police Academy. Mr. Finley was a police officer with the City of LaFayette Police Department from February 6, 1978 until April 1, 1992. He then became a Deputy with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department where he obtained the rank of Captain until his retirement. He became a LaFayette City Council Member in October of 1996 and served there until he became the first African-American Mayor of LaFayette and served two terms from October 2000 until November 2008.

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