By Staff
Mr. James Arley Buck, 66, of 5676 US Highway 17 South, Chocowinity, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at the Beaufort County Hospital.
A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Union Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with The Rev. Henry Horne officiating. Burial will follow in the Buck Family Cemetery. Leon Page, Glen Page, Russell Page, Richard Scott, Glavin Buck, James Rogerson, Kevin Rogerson and David Dixon will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. this evening at Hillside Funeral Service, 4500 Highway 264 East, Washington and other times at the home.
Mr. Buck was born December 12, 1940 in Beaufort County. He was the son of the late James Thomas Buck and Ella Russell Godley Buck. On June 12, 1966, he married Barbara Fleming, who survives. Mr. Buck was a graduate of Chocowinity High School and East Carolina University. He was a retired teacher, carpenter and farmer. He was a member of Union Chapel Free Will Baptist Church and a former member of the Chocowinity Ruritan Club. He spent much of his time doing home improvement projects. Being a lifelong resident of Beaufort County, he enjoyed meeting his friends at the “The McDonald’s Club.”
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Fleming Buck; two daughters, Wendy Ann Buck of Chocowinity and Robin Buck Wynne of Grimesland; two sisters, Shirley Buck Page and Lou Buck Branch, both of Chocowinity; and one step-granddaughter, Janna Elisabeth Wynne of Greenville.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Buck was preceded in death by his stepmother, Mary Louise Godley Buck; and two brothers, William Edward “Bud” Buck and Dalton Ray Buck, Sr.
Flowers are appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to: Union Chapel FWB Church Building Fund, PO 38, Chocowinity, NC 27817.
You may share a memory with the family and view Mr. Buck’s video tribute by visiting www.hillsidefuneralservice.com
Hillside Funeral Service of Washington is serving the Buck family.
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