Welcome! Friday, March 29, 2024 | Login | Register
   
Alton Kenneth Devine

Alton Kenneth Devine, 94, of 4034 Devine Road, Lawndale, passed away
Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Carolinas HealthCare System - Cleveland in
Shelby.

He was born in Cleveland County, on January 8, 1922, to the late George
Andrew Devine and Bessie Elver Smith Devine. Alton retired from General
Electric after thirty years of service and also was an agriculture and
cattle farmer. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and former
deacon and also served twenty five years as church treasurer. He also
served in the Army Air Force during World War II in the 7th Air Force as an
Airplane Maintenance Technician.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-six
years, Mozelle Dellinger Devine and sister, Norma McSwain.

He is survived by his son, Chris Devine and wife Lynn of Lawndale; daughter,
Saralyn Maples and husband Archie of Lawndale; brother, Ralph Devine of
Shelby; five grandchildren, David Devine and wife Kim, Chrystal Clinard and
husband Chip, Dana Donaldson and husband Lucas, Laura Davis and husband
Chad, and Kyle Maples and wife Heather; and great grandchildren, Spencer,
Emma and Peyton Devine, Hunter and Max Davis, Ethan and Jacob Clinard, Logan
Maples, and Evan and Ella Donaldson.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at
Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home, Fallston. Condolences may be made online at
www.stameytysingerfuneralhome.com.

The funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Black officiating.

The burial will follow the service in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 3932
Pleasant Grove Ch. Rd., Shelby, NC 28150.

Arrangements by Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc.,
Fallston.


Printer-friendly format