Father: Robert L. Buie
Mother: Mary Emma Doby
R.D. Buie, 98, of Main Street NW, died May 29, 2002 at Gateway Nursing Center.
Born Nov. 22, 1903, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Robert L and Emma Doby Buie.
Retired from Burlington Industries, he held positions in Bristol, Tenn., Mooresville, Newton and Fayetteville. A former memober of Campbell University board of trustees in Buie's Creek, he was involved in a number of activities with local churches and statewide committees. An organizational member and president of Council on Aging in Catawba County, he was active in the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. He received the Governors Award for Volunteers in 1996.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 63 years. Shirley Cox Buie, four brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Martin Buie; a daughter, Rachel B. Cline of Asheville; a brother, S. Jefferson Buie of Conover; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. David Smith at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Lenoir. Burial will be private in Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory.
The family will be at the church one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice, 902 Kirkwood, Lenoir 28645 or Catawba County Council on Aging, 400 Seventeenth St. SW, Hickory, NC 28601.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory, 725 Wilkesboro Blvd NE, Lenoir is in charge of arrangements.
Hickory Daily Record May 31, 2002
Mother: Mary Emma Doby
R.D. Buie, 98, of Main Street NW, died May 29, 2002 at Gateway Nursing Center.
Born Nov. 22, 1903, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Robert L and Emma Doby Buie.
Retired from Burlington Industries, he held positions in Bristol, Tenn., Mooresville, Newton and Fayetteville. A former memober of Campbell University board of trustees in Buie's Creek, he was involved in a number of activities with local churches and statewide committees. An organizational member and president of Council on Aging in Catawba County, he was active in the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. He received the Governors Award for Volunteers in 1996.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 63 years. Shirley Cox Buie, four brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Martin Buie; a daughter, Rachel B. Cline of Asheville; a brother, S. Jefferson Buie of Conover; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. David Smith at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Lenoir. Burial will be private in Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory.
The family will be at the church one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice, 902 Kirkwood, Lenoir 28645 or Catawba County Council on Aging, 400 Seventeenth St. SW, Hickory, NC 28601.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory, 725 Wilkesboro Blvd NE, Lenoir is in charge of arrangements.
Hickory Daily Record May 31, 2002
Father: Robert L. Buie
Mother: Mary Emma Doby
R.D. Buie, 98, of Main Street NW, died May 29, 2002 at Gateway Nursing Center.
Born Nov. 22, 1903, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Robert L and Emma Doby Buie.
Retired from Burlington Industries, he held positions in Bristol, Tenn., Mooresville, Newton and Fayetteville. A former memober of Campbell University board of trustees in Buie's Creek, he was involved in a number of activities with local churches and statewide committees. An organizational member and president of Council on Aging in Catawba County, he was active in the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. He received the Governors Award for Volunteers in 1996.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 63 years. Shirley Cox Buie, four brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Martin Buie; a daughter, Rachel B. Cline of Asheville; a brother, S. Jefferson Buie of Conover; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. David Smith at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Lenoir. Burial will be private in Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory.
The family will be at the church one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice, 902 Kirkwood, Lenoir 28645 or Catawba County Council on Aging, 400 Seventeenth St. SW, Hickory, NC 28601.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory, 725 Wilkesboro Blvd NE, Lenoir is in charge of arrangements.
Hickory Daily Record May 31, 2002
Mother: Mary Emma Doby
R.D. Buie, 98, of Main Street NW, died May 29, 2002 at Gateway Nursing Center.
Born Nov. 22, 1903, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Robert L and Emma Doby Buie.
Retired from Burlington Industries, he held positions in Bristol, Tenn., Mooresville, Newton and Fayetteville. A former memober of Campbell University board of trustees in Buie's Creek, he was involved in a number of activities with local churches and statewide committees. An organizational member and president of Council on Aging in Catawba County, he was active in the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. He received the Governors Award for Volunteers in 1996.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 63 years. Shirley Cox Buie, four brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Martin Buie; a daughter, Rachel B. Cline of Asheville; a brother, S. Jefferson Buie of Conover; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. David Smith at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Lenoir. Burial will be private in Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory.
The family will be at the church one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice, 902 Kirkwood, Lenoir 28645 or Catawba County Council on Aging, 400 Seventeenth St. SW, Hickory, NC 28601.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory, 725 Wilkesboro Blvd NE, Lenoir is in charge of arrangements.
Hickory Daily Record May 31, 2002
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
