Alvin Andrew Drye's Obituary
Mr. Alvin Andrew Drye, 50, of 4911 Poplar Tent Road, Concord, died Sunday, December 21, 2003, at NorthEast Medical Center.
Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at First Wesleyan Church, 301 Bethpage Road in Kannapolis. Dr. Forbis Kivett and the Rev. Harold Adcock will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday in the fellowship hall at First Wesleyan Church. At other times they will be at the residence.
Born June 2, 1953, in Cabarrus County, he was a son of Arthur James Drye of Kannapolis and the late Ruby Furr Drye. He was employed at Ben Mynatt Chevrolet as an auto body repairman. Mr. Drye was active in the Boy Scouts of America and formerly served as the assistant scout master of Troop 34 in Kannapolis. He was also coached basketball and baseball for the Winecoff Youth League and was an avid supporter of the Northwest Regiment and Northwest Football.
Survivors in addition to his father include his wife, Brenda Adcock Drye; two sons, Chad Andrew Drye of Kannapolis and Todd Lee Drye of the home; four sisters, Connie Goodman and her husband Rick, Zelly James and her husband Kevin, and Cindy Drye, all of Kannapolis, Holley Drye of Concord; two brothers, James Drye of Kannapolis, Larry Drye and his wife, Valerie, of Mt. Pleasant; mother and father-in-law, Owen and Gertrude Adcock of Kannapolis; sister-in-law, Janet Voyles and her husband, Tommy, of Kannapolis; and seven nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be sent to Boy Scout Troop 34, c/o Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, 301 Mt. Olivet Road, Concord, NC 28025 or The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, North Carolina Chapter, 5950 Fairview Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28210.
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