Joshua Wayne "Josh" Lanier

LEXINGTON - Joshua "Josh" Wayne Lanier, 14, a resident of 5057 East Old Hwy. 64, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, as the result of a boating accident on High Rock Lake. Josh was born Feb. 20, 1991, in Davidson County, the son of Danny Ray Lanier Sr. and Christina "Chris" Evonne Fowler Lanier. He was a resident of this area all his life. He was a ninth grade student at Central Davidson High School and was a member of Hillside Park Baptist Church and a member of Future Farmers of America. Josh was an avid hunter and fisherman. His dream was to one day take part in the Bass Masters Classic and to win. He loved to ride his horses and ATV. Josh was fun-loving and loved his family very much. He was such a pleasure to be around and was the life of the crowd. One year he was voted the class clown. Josh was such a pleasure to have as a son and he will be missed so much by his family and the people who knew him. Surviving are his mother and father of the home; a sister, Heather Ann Lanier of the home; four brothers, Danny Ray Lanier Jr. and his fiancee, Jeanette, of Denton; Robert Timothy Lanier and his wife, Lauren, of Lexington and Allen Lanier and Christopher Cannady, both of Thomasville; maternal grandparents Judy and Mike Elkins of Statesville; Thomas Wayne Fowler and Gloria Anderson of Winston-Salem; great-grandmother Shirley Pressley of Linwood; paternal grandparents Horace and Janice Lanier of Lexington; aunts and uncles Phillip and Carol Lanier, Darlene and Jerry Causey, Tonya Fowler, Tommy Fowler and Jeniffer White; niece Hannah Lanier; and his very best friend, Joe Harrington. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Westfield Baptist church, with the Rev. Doug Stevens and the Rev. John Wheeles officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will be at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, and at other times at the home. The family request that memorials may be made to Westfield Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 6863 Westfield Church Road, Trinity, NC 27370. The family would like to thank the rescue squads and the recovery teams who took part in the recovery of Josh. A very special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Collins, who opened up their home to the family during the recovery.