Horace Humphries

Horace 'Humpy' Humphries, age 60, of 466 Buck Collins Road, Forest City, NC, died Friday, January 9, 2010 at Rutherford Hospital from a sudden illness.
Horace was born on July 7, 1949 in Cleveland County to the late Horace Ervin Humphries, Sr. and Viola Surratt Humphries. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and a US Army Veteran having served during the Vietnam War. He worked for Cone Mills most of his life and most recently for Charles Hardin's Trucking Company. He was a member of Floyd's Creek Baptist Church and loved fishing, playing with his grandkids and his dog, Peanuts.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Nancy Maness Humphries; three daughters, Kortney Humphries, April Humphries both of the home and Deana Harrill and her husband, Kevin, of Harris; four grandchildren, Grace Harrill, Weston Harrill, Breanna Holland and Luke Holland; one sister, Becky Rabb and her husband, Roger, of Forest City; one brother, Mickey Humphries and his wife, Sharon, of Boiling Springs, NC and by his father in-law, Steve Dyer of Forest City.