Richard Tyndall

TYNDALL MOORESVILLE - Richard Tyndall, 73, of Mooresville died Friday, September 18, 2009 at his residence. He was born on August 30, 1936 in Wilkes County, NC. He was the son of the late Ira E. and Stella Mae Whittington Tyndall and the husband to his first wife, Margaret Nixt Tyndall, who passed away in 1985. He was raised at Sipe' s Orchard Home in Conover, NC and was the fifth boy to enter the facility. In 1983, he became the President of the Sipe' s Orchard Home. He was a graduate of Newton-Conover High School where he was senior class president. He was a U.S. Army Special Agent in the Counter Intelligence Corp in Frankfurt, Germany from 1959-1962. He was a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College and a cum laude graduate of Wake Forest School of Law in 1965. For 31 years, he was a partner with the Hutchins, Tyndall, Doughton & Moore Law Firm in Winston-Salem. He was a past President of the Forsyth Bar Association, member of the Iredell County Bar Association, charter member of the North Carolina Academy of Court Mediators, member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, past member and board director of the Better Business Bureau of Winston-Salem, an adjunct faculty member of the Wake Forest University School of Law, a member of the Lenoir Rhyne College Alumni Association Board of Directors and was later a member of the Board of Visitors. He is survived by his wife since 1987, Carol Hester Tyndall of Mooresville; children, Melissa Tyndall & husband, Peter Bergwall of Boston, MA, Stacy Stevens & husband, Dwayne of Winston-Salem, Jon Tyndall of Winston-Salem, Deborah Sams Sczudlo and husband, Raymond of Washington, DC, Virginia Sams Hackley and husband, Ben of Winston-Salem, and Bonner Sams of Bremerton, WA; a sister, Gloria Jean Smedley; two brothers, Dr. Bill Tyndall and Colin Tyndall; four grandchildren, Taylor and Zachary Stevens, and Tilson and Will Hackley. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the New Beginnings Moravian Church in Huntersville, NC with the Rev. Chris Thore officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the Church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Sipe' s Orchard Home, 4431 County Home Road, Conover, NC 28613-9641 and/or New Beginnings Moravian Church of Huntersville and/or Hospice Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 26625. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home of Mooresville, NC is serving the family of Mr. Tyndall.