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Charles D. Jeffries, of Saline, MI, age 92, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at his residence in Saline.
Mr. Jeffries was born in Rome, Georgia on April 9, 1929, the son of Andrew J. and Rachel (Ringer) Jeffries. He married, on September 6, 1953, in Lithonia, Georgia to Virginia M. Jeffries who predeceased him.
Charles was a highly skilled furniture woodworker and was active in Saline’s woodworking group.
Charles had a life-long passion for immunology and microbiology that began while a teenager with his first job as a laboratory assistant in Rome, GA. He went on to become a Professor and Dean at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine until his retirement and then continued his teaching career as the Dean of Ross University’s School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica. In 1965-1966 he was awarded a professorship at the University of Cairo, in Egypt, through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. While on sabbatical at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981-1982 from Wayne State University he was the senior researcher who helped develop a technique that could be used as a prototype diagnostic aid for reference laboratories in identifying protein markers of several medical conditions.
Charles was also proud of his service with the United States Army during the Korean War.
He is survived by his nephews; Mark (Arlene) Jeffries and Tracy (Laurie) Jeffries of Elizabeth City, NC and an incredibly special friend Angela Austin of Saline. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Robert Jeffries.
A memorial service is planned for Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 12:00 P.M. at the Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home in Saline, MI. A memorial visitation will start at 10:00 A.M. until the time of service at 12:00 P.M.
Memorial contributions in his name can be made to the Saline Seniors Center or Chieftains Museum in Rome, GA and envelopes will be available at the funeral home. To leave a memory you have of Charles, to sign his guestbook, for more information or directions, please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.
No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,