1926-2008
Thomas Carlton Neill Jr., 82, of 200 N. Yadkin Ave., died Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at his home after a year of declining health. He was born April 24, 1926, to the late Thomas C. Neill Sr. and Mary Frazier Neill. Mr. Neill was a 1944 graduate of Spencer High School and a World War II U.S. Navy veteran of the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. He worked at Taylor Mfg. Co. in Salisbury, the Town of Spencer and retired from Power Curbers, Inc. Mr. Neill served as a Special Deputy for the Rowan Sheriff's Dept. and as a town alderman, volunteer fireman and auxiliary police officer for the Town of Spencer. He was a former deacon and choir member of First Baptist Church in Spencer and was a member of Spencer Masonic Lodge 543, Spencer Moose Lodge and the Scottish Rite Temple of Greensboro.
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