6/11/2003
Mrs. Evelyn Rumley Conklin
BURLINGTON — Mrs. Evelyn Rumley Conklin, 78, of 4408 Burch Bridge Rd., died Tuesday June 10, 2003, at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a dedicated and loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister.
A native of Rockingham County, she was the wife of Daniel W. “Bill” Conklin and daughter of the late Walter Lee and Nancy Brooks Rumley. She was a homemaker, former operator of Conklin’s Grocery and Service Station and a member of Glen Raven Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Daniel William “Bill” Conklin of the home; 1 son and daughter-in-law Terry Dale and Mona Conklin of Burlington; 2 grandchildren, Daniel Joseph Conklin of Burlington and Lisa Suzzanne Conklin of N.Y., N.Y.; 1 sister, Mrs. Margaret Beckom of Burlington.
Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM Thursday at Glen Raven Baptist Church by Rev. Bobby Fann and Dr. Terry Prichard. Interment will follow in Alamance Memorial Park. Mrs. Conklin will remain at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory through the funeral service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 PM this evening. At other times, the family will receive friends at the home.
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9/19/2008
Daniel William "Bill" Conklin
BURLINGTON — Daniel William "Bill" Conklin, 81, of 4408 Burch Bridge Road, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Conklin was born December 25, 1926, in Gibsonville, to the late Andrew and Lillian Tickle Conklin. Bill formerly attended Bethel United Methodist Church, where he was a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts. He was the former owner and operator of Conklin Grocery and he was a Senior Air Policeman for the U S. Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Sadie Hall Conklin of the home; a son, Dale Conklin and his wife, Mona, of Burlington; two grandchildren, Lisa Conklin and Danny Conklin; four stepchildren, Pat Walker and her husband, Phillip, of Elon, Barbara Overby and her husband, Donald, of Burlington, Glenn Hall and his wife, Debbie, of Burlington, and Don Hall and his wife, Sandy, of Graham; 10 stepgrandchildren; five great-stepgrandchildren; and two great-great-stepgrandchildren; a sister, Doris Ammons of Gibsonville; and two brothers, Bobby Conklin of Gibsonville, and John Conklin of Leesburg, Fla.
Bill was preceded in death by his first wife, Evelyn Conklin; two brothers, Holt Conklin and Hubert Conklin; and a sister, Estelle Huffines.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dave Gilbert and the Rev. David Neff officiating. Interment will follow at Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory, and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.
You may sign the online register book at
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