Tommy Vernon Funderburk

Mr. Tommy Vernon Funderburk, 84, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

A memorial service with military honors is scheduled for 4:00 pm Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Pastor Bob Young will officiate. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:45 pm Saturday in the Fellowship Hall at Ebenezer Lutheran Church.

Mr. Funderburk was born February 27, 1932 in Rowan County. He was a son of the late Robert Thomas Funderburk and Wilma Basinger Funderburk. Tommy graduated from Landis High School in 1950 and later graduated from Lenoir Rhyne where he earned a degree in Business Administration. He retired from banking after 37 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a lifelong active member of Ebenezer Lutheran Church.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Robert Vernon Funderburk; three sisters, Mildred Funderburk, Dorothy Lear and Helen Davis; and four brothers, Robert Thomas Funderburk, Jr., Cecil Funderburk, Charles Funderburk and Herman Funderburk.

Mr. Funderburk is survived by his wife, Melba Morris Funderburk; son, Keith Funderburk and wife Elba of Spartanburg, SC; two step-sons, Jeff Wallace and wife Karen and Joel Wallace and wife Amanda; sister, Latrelle Hudspeth and husband Gerald of Midland; two grandchildren Mark Funderburk and Rebecca Funderburk; six step-grandchildren, Justin Wallace and wife Kara, Jonathan Wallace and wife Brooke, Alison Wallace, Ansley Wallace, Noah Veleke and Silas Veleke; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be sent to Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 4914 Old Beatty Ford Road, China Grove, NC 28023 or to the Humane Society of Rowan County, PO Box 295, Salisbury, NC 28145.