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Jim McGinnis Obituary
He was born in Lincoln County on March 5, 1928, son of the late William Auton and Ellen Bryte Leonhardt McGinnis.
Jim was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church where he was a former Sunday School teacher and was a retired dispatcher with over 33 years service with Carolina Freight. Coach McGinnis was an avid baseball fan, coached Little League baseball in Cherryville for over twenty years and was inducted into the Cherryville Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He found great satisfaction in watching his grandchildren play baseball and softball.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 60 years Shirley Brooks McGinnis in April 2008, two brothers Glenn and Don McGinnis, three sisters Willie Bell Roach, Ethlene Gaffney and Ruth Edwards.
Survivors include his daughter, Sharon Sigmon; son, Jimmy A. McGinnis Jr and wife Rita of Cherryville; four grandchil-dren, Audie and Zane McGinnis and Casey and Paige Sigmon, all of Cherryville; four sisters, Sue Gilbert, Carole Boggs and Lib Rogers, all of Lincolnton and Margaret Halter of Cherryville.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist with the Rev. Rick Fite officiating.
Burial will be in City Memorial Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Carpenter's Funeral Home and at other times at the home of Jimmy and Rita McGinnis.
Memorials to donor's choice.
Condolences to www.carpentersfuneralhome.net
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