Thomas McGrady

Thomas McGrady

Thomas McGrady Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 18, 2002.
DILLON -- Services for Thomas McGrady will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, in Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Mr. McGrady, 83, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002 at the residence of his son in Lilesville, N.C.

Born in Lilesville, N.C., July 4, 1919, he was the son of the late Thomas McGrady and Minnie Bell Sikes McGrady. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and was a textile worker. He was the widower of Mildred Lane McGrady.

Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Jennie McGrady of Lilesville, N.C.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Anson County.

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