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Mrs. Patty June Cryner Stockner, 79, of Advance, NC, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025. She was born February 6, 1946 in Forsyth County. Patty graduated from John Wesley College with a Bachelor’s Degree and from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Master’s Degree. She was a Registered Nurse for the City of Winston-Salem and a member of Ardmore Baptist Church. Patty was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Arthur Cryner and Bernice Wiggins Cryner; her husband, Verlin Stockner and a sister, Peggy Cryner Brown. Surviving are a sister, Penny Kye (Lee); a niece, Jennifer Brown; two nephews, Jay Brown (Tracy) and Jeff Brown (Cristie); a great niece, Olivia Joyner and a great nephew, Emmett Brown. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trellis Supportive Care or to Ardmore Baptist Church.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Ardmore Baptist Church with Dr. Gina M. Brock and Rev. Christa Warise officiating.
Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel is serving the Stockner family.
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