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Don Irby Obituary
His funeral service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with Reverend Carrol Lindsey, Reverend Harold Leatherman and Reverend Drew Southern officiating. Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM Tuesday in the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church.
Mr. Irby was born on August 10, 1927 in Huntington, WV to the late Albert and Mary Blankenship Irby. He worked as a project engineer in furniture manufacturing and was a World War II Army Veteran. Mr. Irby was an active member of First United Methodist Church, an usher and a member of the Men's Bible Class.
Survivors include his wife, Geraldine "Jerri' Irby of the home; son, David Allen Irby and wife, Theresa, of Lincolnton, NC; daughter, Janet Kay Davis and husband, Charlie, of Lincolnton, NC; grandchildren, Jennifer Irby Hilburn and husband, Chad, of Charlotte, NC, David A. Irby, Jr. of Lincolnton, NC, Duane L. Evans of Morgantown, WV, Ashley Evans of Lincolnton, NC; sister-in-law, Martha Irby; and a very special niece, Myra Taylor and husband, Gary.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 201 E. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092.
Warlick Funeral Home of Lincolnton is in charge.
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Stephen Morton
April 22, 2003
There are people that are "fixtures" in the communities one finds when they relocate to a new town. Don, and his loving wife Jeri, were this kind of people. I have come to expect, and will surely miss, seeing Don, leaning against the radiator at the back of our church, ready to hand me a bulletin and tell me something good about something or someone. My family and my church will hold this same memory of Don and we are all blessed to have known him. My deepest sympathy goes out to the family in the loss of someone who gave us all so much. God bless you all.
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