Elliott Curtis Daniels
Elliott Curtis Daniels, better known as Curtis Daniels, was one of the most wonderful people I have ever met. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to know and love someone as much as him. Curtis was very laid back and hardly let anything bother him. He enjoyed life to the fullest. His passion was racing motorcross, which he was quite good at. He was also one of the biggest St. Louis Rams fans I’ve ever seen. Then there were his games. He had them all – Saga, Nintendo, Playstation 1 and 2, Xbox and a collection of regular computer games. He had awesome hand/eye coordination. He had so many talents. He could draw, sing, play guitar, ride a motorcycle, and was beautiful on top of all that. He had his own business – clearing lots, etc. – and could operate a tractor like you would not believe. One person he once worked for told me Curtis was so good on the tractor he would let him scratch his head with the bucket. Another told me he could actually pick up a quarter with an excavator. He was a great father, too. We have a beautiful baby girl that he loved so much, and his stepdaughter he treated like his own. I don’t believe Curtis had even one enemy. You just couldn’t help but love him. He would look at you with those pretty blue eyes and you just had to love him. Curtis was such a loving person and loved his family and friends. He was the kind of person who would give you the shirt off his back. He always tried to help people. It was an unfortunate automobile accident that took his life, but I know he is in a better place now, and I will see him again some day! I hope the gift of sight he gave someone else will bring them as much joy as Curtis brought to all of the people who knew and loved him.
Allen (Bo) Davis, Jr.
Allen, better known as Bo, was an avid sports player. He started playing recreational sports at the age of 8. Bo played football, basketball and baseball in middle and high school, where he was a starter each year.
After graduation, he played minor league baseball for 2 1/2 years for the Baltimore Orioles. In the last two years, he began to love the game of golf – he also loved bowling.
Bo was very loving – he visited and talked a lot with older people. He was an inspiration to the community.
Bo was born September 7, 1970 and departed this world on July 15, 2005.
Margarita De Martino
Born March 27, 1937.
Margarita was born in Havana, Cuba; she was the youngest of three children. Margarita was very proud of her birthplace and culture. As a young girl she attended boarding school at Ursuline Academy in Arcadia, Missouri. After completing high school she returned to Cuba. She later married and due to political reasons came to the United States – a country she idolized.
Margarita was known for her beautiful smile and love of life. She was kind, humble and always helping others. She was a beautiful and friendly individual who loved the beach, music, dancing and making everyone around her happy with her sweet demeanor. She left the indelible legacy of a life lived with high morals and respect for others.
She believed in the gift of life, through organ donation. We are blessed that she was able to help someone who was in need. She would be very happy!
Gloria Debiec
Gloria will always be remembered for her smile and easygoing personality. She lived her life always believing that her glass was half full instead of half empty. When she found out that she had lung cancer, her approach to life remained unchanged and she considered herself fortunate especially when visiting Duke Cancer Center for treatment and seeing other cancer patients who were less fortunate. She enjoyed traveling to Chicago each summer to see her daughter perform as a classical musician as well as attending concerts in Richmond, VA.
She also enjoyed making stained glass, which she was very good at, but had a hard time accepting praise for her work. For relaxation she enjoyed the Carolina beach, walking and watching all of the shore birds. Bird watching was a favorite pastime and she would participate in an annual bird watch survey during the winter months. She was an inspiration to all who knew her and is immensely missed by family and friends.
Raymond Lloyd Dills
Words can’t describe our father and my husband Lloyd Dills, Jr. He was born in Walland, Tennessee. He and his family moved to North Carolina when he was young. The homeplace was in Swain County where Fontana Dam is located. His father helped build the dam and when it was completed they moved to the High Point area.
I met Lloyd in Knoxville, Tennessee and moved to High Point in 1968. He worked in the furniture manufacturing business until he was forced to retire in 1995.
My husband was a wonderful dad to our children, always having time to listen and to play with them and all of the other children in our neighborhood. He believed in God and the Bible. He tried to live by the golden rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
He carried a poem in his wallet for years. He asked me to do his wish. One of the lines in the poem said he wanted his eyes given to a person who had never seen the sun rise, the smile on a baby’s face or the love in the eyes of a woman.
A giant in our eyes, a kind, gentle, loving man and one who is missed by many.
By his wife, Elaine, his children Sarah, Donnie, and Dale and the grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Johnny Dixon
Johnny Dixon was a man of great determination, strength, and faith. The biggest part about Johnny was his heart. He loved the Lord, his family, and life. His prayer was that everyone would be a born again Christian and have a relationship with the Lord.
An avid NASCAR fan, Johnny loved going to and watching races with his son. He was a true fan, whether his man was winning or losing. He spent much time tinkering and fixing things with his daughter, teaching her his skills.
Singing in church and testifying about what the Lord had done for him was something Johnny loved to do. He had a passion for working with youth, being a scout master, youth leader, and Sunday School teacher. He was the best husband and father anyone could hope to have. He said in the end “He was getting the better end of the deal”, knowing his struggle would be over and he would be in the presence of the Lord.
Johnny Dixon…husband, father, son, brother, friend, scout, redeemed, rejoicing, healed.
Clarence E. Drew
Clarence Elsworth Drew was a loving and caring son, brother, husband, father, uncle, grandfather and friend. Family and friends knew when they talked to him, he was actually listening and took the time to give them his undivided attention. He loved people and never met a stranger. Meeting someone for the first time was his opportunity to share his friendly smile and make a new friend. He also loved the outdoors and the wonders of his Lord’s creations. He took his family on many camping trips, where they could observe the beauty of nature, especially trees and the birds that occupied them. Bird feeders and baths were never empty on his property.
One of Clarence’s lifelong hobbies was working with his hands and creating wooden furniture. Large pieces he produced for his parents and smaller ones he made in more recent years are still in use today. As a disabled American veteran he lost sight in one eye, but believed God granted him greater sight in the other one. His woodwork was later built with one-eyed precision and accuracy. Clarence enjoyed spending time with family, friends, nature and woodworking, to name a few, and he took the time to enjoy them all.
