Richard Guy (Dick) Pumphrey passed gently into eternity November 16, 2016, after 94 glorious years of life. He was born in Decatur, Illinois September 11, 1922 to Frank and Lucille Pumphrey, the third of seven children. The family moved to south Florida in 1924 and eventually to Daytona when Dick was thirteen. They were active at First Christian Church and going to church regularly became important to him during his junior high years. He loved all sports and was an enthusiastic athlete who purposely stayed an extra year in high school just to play football and run track. Graduating from Mainland in 1941 he went to college at Transylvania in Kentucky (his “best year ever”) until WWII intervened. Dick saw how well pilots were treated so he decided to follow that dream. He flew C-47’s and often said he never felt like he had a dangerous job. After the war Dick married his first wife, Verna Witt, in 1948, and finished his undergraduate degree at Stetson in 1950. He took a job teaching biology and chemistry at Haines City High School where he was a favorite with students because of his patience, caring and wonderful sense of humor. Those he taught and coached held a special place in his heart and he delighted in visiting with them at their high school class reunions. And we must mention Dick’s Master’s degree from the University of Florida (early 60’s) and passion for the Gators! Dick had a lovely baritone voice and often sang solos in church (First Christian in Haines City), as well as for weddings and funerals. He was a giver. Verna called him “Good neighbor Sam” because Dick was always doing something for somebody else. Dick had always wanted to coach track and since there was no program in place, he developed one, producing a number of winning teams including a AAA State Championship in the early 70’s. Wife Verna passed away in 1977 and in 1983 Dick met and married Dorothy Shepherd. By this time he was retired from teaching and Dick and Dotti moved to Tennessee where they lived on a 40 acre farm with a few sheep, cows and a horse or two. While in Tennessee Dick wrote and published a book, “Streets Jackson” about a gifted high school athlete with a lot of growing up to do. Dick and Dotti moved to Port Orange in 2001, became involved in First Christian Church (where he served as an elder) and settled into Act III of their lives. A beloved husband, father, teacher, coach, friend and Christian brother, Dick was blessed to enjoy good health nearly to the end. He played his last golf game in April of this year and still had a mean short game. He is preceded in death by wife Dorothy, survived by daughter and son-in-law Lynn and Leon Lyon of Ormond Beach, sister Lucille Reeves of Port Orange, Morris Pumphrey of Elk Grove Village, Illinois and many dear nieces and nephews. His family, church family and friends grieve the loss of his company but rejoice in the sure knowledge that today he is in the presence of the Lord.