Rupert Anton Triplitt

Funeral services will be held Monday, June 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Columbus with Dr. James C. Elder, Jr. officiating, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, 31907. A private interment will follow in Parkhill Cemetery. The family will greet family and friends one hour prior to the service in the church fellowship hall. Honorary pallbearers will be the Bob Scarborugh Sunday School Class and the Columbus Consolidated Consultants.

Mr. Triplitt was born January 23, 1918 in Cisco, TX, son of the late John William and Ethel Limroth Triplitt. He graduated from High School in Lubbock, TX, earned a BBA from Texas Tech University, and graduated from the Harvard Advanced Management Program, Class AMP # 33. Mr. Triplett was a U.S. Navy veteran. He served in both European and Pacific theaters as a naval officer. Mr. Triplitt was the former Commanding Officer of the Columbus, Georgia Naval Reserve Unit, and retired as Lt. Commander, USNR. He worked for Tom Huston Peanut Company for 44 years and retired as Senior Vice President of Tom’s Foods, Inc.

Mr. Triplitt was also very active within the community. He was Emeritus Director of Suntrust Bank of West Georgia, former director of First Federal Savings and Loan Association and the Chattahoochee Valley Fair, Inc. Former member and Chairman of the Columbus Metropolitan Airport Commission, Past President of the National Peanut Butter and Nut Processors Association. Mr. Triplitt also served as Past President of the Columbus Rotary Club, Columbus area Tuberculosis Association, Junior Achievement, and the Wynnton Parent-Teacher Association. Mr. Triplitt was a member of The Rotary Club of Columbus and was a Paul Harris Fellow and a Will Watt Fellow. He was a charter member of the Columbus Consolidated Consultants and was a former member of the Country Club of Columbus. Mr. Triplitt was a member of First Baptist Church of Columbus where he was an Emeritus Deacon, was a member the Bob Scarborugh Sunday School Class, and served as assistant treasurer.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Triplitt was preceded in death by one brother, Joe Will Triplitt and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Helen Kerr.

Mr. Triplitt is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Katharine Andrews Triplitt of Columbus, GA; four children, Tony Triplitt and his wife, Barbara of Rome, GA, Claire Lambdin of Jackson, MS, Tom Triplitt and his wife, Diane of Travelers Rest, SC, and Katharine Carter and her husband, John of Montgomery, AL; one sister, Rouble McMullin of Lubbock, TX; nine grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren; two sisters in law, Isabel Triplitt and Augusta Burrus; numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, those so desiring may make contributions to The Rotary Foundation, in care of the Rotary Club of Columbus, PO Box 1138 Columbus, GA, 31902, The Triplitt Scholarship at Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, SC 29613, or to First Baptist Church of Columbus, PO Box 828, Columbus, GA, 31902.

To sign the online guest register please visit www.shcolumbus.com.