Funeral services for Albon Lee "Al" Hatcher Jr., 81, of Dublin, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Henry Memorial Presbyterian Church with Brother Bill Otten officiating. Interment will be at Northview Cemetery. Mr. Hatcher passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Mr. Hatcher was born in Dublin in 1929 to Albon Lee Hatcher and Bess Powel Hatcher. He was of Presbyterian faith and attended Dublin public schools. Mr. Hatcher graduated from Georgia Military College in 1946 and attended Georgia Teacher's College. His great-grandfather, Alonzo Lee Hatcher and his father, Albon Lee Hatcher graduated from the University of Georgia. Al was a third generation graduate of UGA, graduating from the University of Georgia School Of Law in 1956 with a Juris Doctor degree. Mr. Hatcher was a Sergeant in the United States Army Infantry, and was a Regimental Instructor-Military Courtesy from 1953 to 1955. Mr. Hatcher was appointed Lt. Governor Peter Zack Geer's Chief Administrative Aide and Executive Secretary in 1963 where he served until 1967. He was then named Deputy Insurance Commissioner by former Insurance Commissioner and Comptroller General, James L. Bentley, serving in this capacity until 1970. He entered the development and real estate field developing apartments, shopping centers and malls, which carry his name: Hatcher Square Mall in Milledgeville, Hatcher Point Mall in Waycross, Beechwood Apartments in Athens, Tumlin Woods Apartments in Athens, Holly Hills Apartments in Dublin, and Williamsburg Village Shopping Center in Dublin. He was a Senior Field Deputy with the Georgia Department of Labor, serving in this capacity until 1989. In 1985, he was named one of the five "Most Outstanding State Employees" in the Georgia Department of Labor, and went on to win the "Governor's Award for Outstanding Service in State Government." Hatcher was first employed with the State of Georgia in 1952 as a Reading Clerk in the "Georgia House of Representatives" under the late Joe Boone, Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives. Beginning with the General Assembly, Session 2002, Mr. Hatcher was employed intermittently by the State of Georgia for the past 50 years. He was appointed Director of Transportation by the Georgia Public Service Commission in 1989 where he served until his retirement Oct. 31, 2001, when the Transportation Division merged into the newly created Department of Motor Vehicle Safety. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Gay Ritts Hatcher; son, Jim Ritts (Gail) Hatcher of Milledgeville, Ga., and grandsons, Jeff, Robby, and Tommy Minter; daughter, Sherri Hatcher (Rocky) George of Plano, Texas, and grandsons, Keigh, Matthew, and Seth George; daughter, Holly Hatcher (Dr. E.J.) Stincer of Augusta, Ga., and grandsons, Stephen and Stuart Stincer; daughter, Melody Hatcher (Michael Joseph) Gold of Marietta, Ga., and granddaughters Heather Huff, Hannah Grey and Bess Harrell, and grandson, Walt Daniel; and numerous great and great-great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be his grandsons.