ROCKINGHAM: Mr. Thomas Nelson McDuffie, 77, of 129 Belle Drive, Rockingham, died Friday, April 29, 2011 in FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, May 3, in the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Rainwater and Rev. Drew Rainwater officiating. Internment will follow in the church cemetery.
A lifelong resident of Richmond County, Thomas was born on January 14, 1934 to the late George M. and Sarah Thomas McDuffie. He served in the US Army and retired from textiles. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, George Jr. and Tommy McDuffie, and a sister, Faye Bowles.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Steen McDuffie; four sons, Thomas N. McDuffie, Jr. of Rockingham, James Martin "Jim" McDuffie of Rockingham, Carl A. McDuffie of Hamlet, Stephen Wendell McDuffie of the home; and 3 grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 3-4:oo Pm at Mt. Pleasant UMC, and other times at the home.