Bobby Gray Stokes, Sr.

Mr. Bobby Gray Stokes, Sr., 83, of Advance passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born March 7, 1934 in Forsyth County to Daniel and Grace Cheek Stokes. Mr. Stokes was retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company with 29 years of service and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Olen, Ray and Hubert Stokes; a sister, Belva Stokes Foster and a daughter-in-law, Janice Poore Stokes. Surviving is his wife of 61 years, Dorothy Dyson Stokes; a son, Bobby Gray Stokes, Jr. of Mocksville; two daughters, Debbie Stokes Mabe and husband Tim of High Point and Donna Stokes Bowman and husband Aubrey of Advance; five grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. A Graveside service will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Westlawn Gardens of Memory, 6135 Ridgecrest Road, Clemmons, NC with Pastor Wayne Swisher officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. on Friday, June 2, 2017 at Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care Center, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or to Fellowship Baptist Church, 1084 Rainbow Rd., Advance, NC 27006. Online condolences may be made to www.hayworth-miller.com

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