Ninth Generation

6832. Jeffrey Lynn DEAL was born on 20 May 1954. He died on 26 February 2011 at the age of 56 in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His obituary appeared as follows: STATESVILLE Jeffrey Lynn Deal, 56, of Conover passed away February 26, 2011 at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was a career funiture upholsterer who was employed by Southwood Furniture in Newton, NC. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Claremont, NC. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Bentley Deal; his parents, John and Annie Deal of Conover; and a brother, Dana Deal and wife Pam of Claremont. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday at Bethel Lutheran Church on Bolick Road in Claremont. The family will receive friends, at the church, for one and one-half hour prior to the service. Flowers may be delivered to the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Bethel Lutheran Church or the American Cancer Society . Reavis Funeral Home in Statesville is serving the Deal family. [Published in Hickory Daily Record on March 2, 2011]

Juanita BENTLEY (private).