Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Dale, James M.,Sr. December 9, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net December 22, 2006, 1:10 am Mitchell News-Journal 12/20/06 JAMES M. DALE SR. SPRUCE PINE - James M. Dale Sr., 86, of the Grassy Creek community, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. He was the son of the late Fred and Agnes Washburn Dale. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Stapleton Hobbs; and two brothers, Bill and Guy Dale. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Air Force, serving in the African Theatre. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Spruce Pine, where he taught Sunday School and was a deacon. He was a salesman at Smith Furniture Store in Marion, retiring after 20 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Carter Dale of the home; two sons, Jim Dale Jr. of Dale City, Va., and Tony Dale of Spruce Pine; one sister, Ruth Uphold of Spruce Pine; two brothers, Daniel Dale of St. Helen, S.C. and David Dale of Bakersville; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Spruce Pine. Burial followed in Grassy Creek Memorial Gardens. The family received friends from 12:30 p.m. until the service hour at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Mitchell County Hospice, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine assisted the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/d/dale404gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb