David Huffines

David Huffines CHARLOTTE - Dr. David Huffines, Jr. (1920) ended his earthly pilgrimage on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at 2:47 pm. A service in celebration of the Resurrection and in memory of David's life will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 11:00 am. on Wednesday, May 22nd following a private service at the Church's Columbarium. David was born in Harnett County, NC, the son of D.A. Huffines, Sr. of Guilford County and Clemmie Williamson of Steele Creek in Mecklenburg County. He was a graduate of Davidson College and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. At Davidson graduation he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan award for service to the college community. Between college and seminary David served as an officer in the US Army Signal Corps, spending nineteen months in Europe during World War II, which began on Omaha Beach and ended in Munich. After seminary he transferred to the Chaplain Corps. David was ordained as a Presbyterian Minister on April 19, 1949. He served as pastor of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Union County and the Lillington Presbyterian Church in Harnett County. This was followed by forty years in Alabama where he served as the Regional Director of Christian Education for the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education and then as the Presbytery Executive for the Presbyteries of Birmingham (PCUS & UPCUSA). After retirement at the end of 1986 he and Virginia continued to live in Birmingham until 1999 when they moved to Sharon Towers, a Presbyterian Retirement facility in Charlotte. Before and after moving to Charlotte, David served as the Interim Pastor in a number of Presbyterian Churches, including Mulberry and Westover Hills in the Charlotte area. He was a member of the Presbytery of Charlotte. David is survived by Virginia Sikes Huffines, his beloved wife of 66 years (1947) and three children, David William Huffines of Omaha, Nebraska, Ann Huffines Neel and her husband, David of Charlotte, NC and Steven Conway Huffines and his partner Dan McCurdy of San Francisco, CA. David and Virginia have two grandsons, Jonathan Neel and Kevin Neel of Greensboro. David was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister, Laura Lee Huffines White, of Louisville, KY. Though he was the first grandchild of Logan and Mollie Williamson, he outlived all of his cousins by several years. As he often remarked, his "Huffines and Wakefield genes led to a longer life." David was a member of Rotary for fifty-two years. He served as president of the Lillington and Vestavia Hills (Birmingham) Rotary Clubs and he and Virginia attended the meeting of Rotary International in Tokyo in 1978. His hobbies were golf and photography. He "never shot his age" in golf, but he had much more success with photography. Memorials may be made to Residents Assistance Fund at Sharon Towers, Davidson College or to Covenant Presbyterian Church. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them." TH Robertson Funeral Service, Lic. is serving the Huffines family, www.throbertson.com.