Mr. Avery Thomas Pardue, age 87, passed away, Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Pardue was born January 19, 1926 in Hillsboro County, Florida to Herring and Lilly Green Pardue. Mr. Pardue loved his church family at Cool Springs Baptist Church where he was a member, deacon and a Sunday school teacher. God always came first in his life and he led most of his family to the Lord. Mr. Pardue was an avid gardener and golfer. He loved to make furniture, enjoyed cutting and burning wood and he enjoyed sharing the crops from his garden with his friends and neighbors. Mr. Pardue was a veteran with the US Army. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his daughter, Margaret Pardue Williams, son, Mark Avery Pardue, brothers, Ross A. Pardue, Burnis H. Pardue and George G. Pardue and sister, Sarah P. Woodruff. Survivors include: his wife of 62 years, Dixie Blackburn Pardue of the home; daughters, Ava Pardue Hall and husband Robbie of Elkin and Rebecca Pardue Church and husband Don of N. Wilkesboro; grandchildren Denise H. Eubanks and husband Curtis of Union, SC, Caroline Williams of Greenville, SC, Sean Thomas Williams of Union, SC and Emily Church of N. Wilkesboro and great grandchildren, Riley Elizabeth Shropshire, Morgan Leighanne Eubanks and Mason Blaine Church. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 8, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Cool Springs Baptist Church with Rev. David Key, Dr. Rick Cockerham and Mike Baker officiating. Burial will follow in church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Elkin Funeral Service. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to Woltz Hospice Home, 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017, Cool Springs Baptist Church, 1467 Cool Springs Church Road, Elkin, NC 28621or Turning Point with David Jeremiah, PO Box 3838, San Diego, CA 92163. The family would like to thank the nurses on the 9th floor at Forsyth Medical Center, staff of Woltz Hospice Home, staff of Piedmont Hematology and Oncology in N. Wilkesboro, Dr. Thomas Grote, M.D., Susan Hines, M.D., Sallie Staley, P.A., Dr. Kenneth Curl and staff and Dr. Tamas Soos and staff.
