Retired plant manager and ex-civic leader A Florida resident in retirement since 1987 Guin age 83 passed away peacefully at his home as a result of cancer. He enjoyed a 34-year career in manufacturing management with the Procter and Gamble Co. serving as plant manager of the Jif peanut butter plants in Portsmouth Virginia and Lexington Kentucky. Guin played an instrumental leadership position in the development of an area-wide United Way organization for central Kentucky (United Way of the Bluegrass) and later served as its president. He was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel. He was also active as a board member of the Chamber of Commerce Boy Scouts and YMCA. He had the privilege of serving on the board of Trustees of St. Joseph Hospital and the Cardinal Hill Hospital for Crippled Children of Lexington Kentucky and also served as a board member and officer of the Lexington Rotary Club. He served as an enlisted scientific and professional specialist in the U.S. Army Chemical Corp during the Korean conflict. He was born on September the 10 th 1929 in San Angelo Texas the son of David Thomas Guin of Abilene Texas and Geneva Hearne of San Angelo Texas. After attending Abilene High School he graduated from University of Texas in 1952 cum laude with a combined business/engineering degree. In 1950 he married his beloved childhood sweetheart and best friend Margaret Whatley. The couple cherished a marriage of 62 years. Guin was a life-long member of the Episcopal Church serving as an acolyte a vestryman and acolyte master. In retirement in Stuart Florida he was a member of Saint Mary's parish. His interests included extensive fishing and cruising trips aboard his boat to the Florida Keys Bahamas and along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. In later years the Guins were world-wide travelers and the couple shared interest in fishing birdwatching photography and managing family investments. He is survived by his wife Margaret Whatley Guin of Stuart Florida; son Stephen W. Guin of New Orleans Louisiana; son David Thomas Guin of Fairfax Station Virginia; daughter Elizabeth Anne Guin of Orlando Florida; and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m.at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest with burial to follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of North's Funeral Home. Online condolences can be made at www.northsfuneralhome.com.