Bertie COUNTY NC OBITS Sheffield, Dannie Calvin ********************* Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm ******************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Bill R Sheffield sheffieldreunion@earthlink.net DANNIE CALVIN SHEFFIELD July 2, 1930 – August 2, 2004 Dannie Calvin Sheffield, 74, of 5867 Charlie Little Road., Granite Falls, NC, Died Monday evening at his home. A native of Carthage, NC, he was the son of the late John Wesley Sheffield and Bertha McDonald Sheffield of Moore County, NC, and was also preceded in death by three brother and sister. He retired from Lowe's Hardware. He had formerly been a funeral director, and had owned businesses in Ocean Isle Beach and Shallotte, NC. He was a graduate of Carthage High School and Gupton Jones School of Mortuary Science in Nashville, Tn. He also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He previously served as an elder at Shallotte Presbyterian Church in Shallotte, NC. He was also involved in a beach ministry at Ocean Isle Beach. He was past master of the Masonic Lodge in Southern Pines, NC, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was past President of the Shallotte, NC Rotary Club. He was also a member of the NC and the National Funeral Director’s Association. For many years, he served as a Scout Master in Shallotte. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Daniel Sheffield of the home; sons, Dannie Calvin Sheffield, Jr. of Hyannis, Ma, and John (Gardner) Sheffield of Greensboro, NC; sister, Lydia (Anne) Sheffield Powers and husband, Wilton. Five grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and number of nieces and nephews.