Obituaries
Wayne Gordon Ramsey
( April 24, 1934 - September 6, 2017 )
Wayne Gordon Ramsey, age 83, of Royal Drive in Lincolnton, passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at Levine and Dickson Hospice House (Southminster), Charlotte, NC.
His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 8, 2017, at Boger City Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Bigham officiating. Burial will follow in Gaston Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:45 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
Gordon was born April 24, 1934, in Gaston County, to the late John H. and Mamie Finchum Ramsey. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Martha Polk Ramsey. He worked in textiles as a supervisor of quality control. Gordon was a member of Boger City Baptist Church where he was active in the church choir and taught Sunday School. He was a self-taught artist doing wood carving, pencil drawings, and oil paintings.
He is survived by a son, Wayne Ramsey, and wife Debra; three daughters, Donna R. Henson, Nancy R. Watt, and husband Lee, Pamela R. Goodman, and husband Todd; four grandsons; two granddaughters; three great-grandsons; two great-granddaughters; and one brother, Robert L. Ramsey, and wife Colleen.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Boger City Baptist Church Building Fund, 2201 E. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092, or to Levine and Dickson Hospice House, c/o Hospice Charlotte Region, 1420 E.7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28204.
His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 8, 2017, at Boger City Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Bigham officiating. Burial will follow in Gaston Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:45 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
Gordon was born April 24, 1934, in Gaston County, to the late John H. and Mamie Finchum Ramsey. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Martha Polk Ramsey. He worked in textiles as a supervisor of quality control. Gordon was a member of Boger City Baptist Church where he was active in the church choir and taught Sunday School. He was a self-taught artist doing wood carving, pencil drawings, and oil paintings.
He is survived by a son, Wayne Ramsey, and wife Debra; three daughters, Donna R. Henson, Nancy R. Watt, and husband Lee, Pamela R. Goodman, and husband Todd; four grandsons; two granddaughters; three great-grandsons; two great-granddaughters; and one brother, Robert L. Ramsey, and wife Colleen.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Boger City Baptist Church Building Fund, 2201 E. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092, or to Levine and Dickson Hospice House, c/o Hospice Charlotte Region, 1420 E.7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28204.
Posted on 06 Sep 2017
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