Clarence Loflin

Clarence Loflin DENTON Mr. Clarence Harold Loflin, 81, of Skeen Road, Denton, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 22, at Siloam United Methodist Church conducted by the Revs. Sandy Young, James T. Webb and Claudie Harrison. Burial will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens. Mr. Loflin was born Dec. 9, 1929, in Davidson County to Fred H. Loflin and Pearl Snider Loflin. He graduated from Denton High School in 1947 and attended N.C. State College for two years. He was a member and attended Siloam United Methodist Church his entire life. He had served his church on all the boards and committees and also served as Sunday school teacher. He was a lifelong farmer and was named "Young Farmer of the Year" by the Denton Jaycees in 1960. He served as a supervisor with the Soil and Water Conservation Board for 31 years. He was selected by N.C. State University to serve on the Davidson County Extension Advisory Board. He received the Good Earth Conservation Award as State Farm Family from Governor James Martin in 1990. He was the 1990 State Award Winner of the National Endowment for Soil & Water. In 1992 he was named to the N.C. Pork Producers Board of Directors and was a delegate to the National Board of Pork Producers. Mr. Loflin served several terms on the board of directors of Mountain Vista Health Park, Inc. He and his family hosted numerous field days for local school students. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Garner Loflin, of the home; a son Dennis Loflin and his wife, Cheree, of Denton; a daughter Vickie Loflin Beaver and her husband, Donald, of Conover; his grandchildren, Christie Carroll Garner and her husband, Kevin, and Callan Loflin, all of Denton; his great-grand-children, Hannah Garner and Stephen Garner. The family will visit with friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and other times at the residence. Memorials may be made to Firefighter Burn Fund, c/o Dr. James Holmes, IV, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Medical Center Bouelevard, Winston-Salem NC 27157; or Siloam United Methodist Church c/o Linda Markham, PO Box 245, Denton, NC 27239. Online condolences may be sent to www.briggsfuneralhome.com