Obituary for Michael Ray Dills
Michael Ray Dills, 64, of Franklin, North Carolina went to be with his Savior on June 6, 2021 surrounded by his family due to complications from COVID-19. Mike was born February 26, 1957 in Brevard, NC to Ray & Louise Dills. He grew up in Franklin where you could most often find him at his dad’s service station where he worked. He later married his high school sweetheart, Eva Jane Mashburn. He began doing telephone work after high school until he retired.
Mike was a born again Christian that loved the Lord and loved to serve others. He was a deacon at Cartoogechaye Baptist Church and was actively involved in Vacation Bible School, annual drive-thru nativity and Christmas programs, and the Night to Shine prom for special needs. What most people didn’t see is that he never said no to any need the church or people had, whether big or small. He was the true definition of a deacon serving others and serving the Lord, not for his own recognition but for God’s glory.
Mike’s favorite season was hunting season and whether it was deer, turkey, or rabbit, he loved being outdoors. He was always ready to swap deer tales and pictures with anyone that would listen. If he wasn’t in his stand, he was looking for deer and turkey sign, running his rabbit dogs, fishing in the backwoods, or looking for ginseng. The only thing that he loved more than the outdoors was spending time there with his boys and being the fun, silly Papaw to the grandkids.
He is survived by his wife, Eva Jane, sons Justin (Sarah) & Cody (Lauryn), grandchildren Canaan, Cal, Charlie, Hudson, Landyn, and Maddox, sister Sherry Sanders, and a slew of family and friends that will greatly miss him.
Visitation will be at Macon Funeral Home on Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 6-8. Funeral will be held at Cartoogechaye Baptist Church on Friday June 11, 2021 at 11:00, with the Rev. Jason Smith, Rev. Brian Browning and Rev. Rick Potts officiating. Burial will be at Gold Mine Cemetery in Highlands, NC. Pallbearers will be Cal Drake, David McCoy, Wade Shope, Ronnie Dowdle, Dennis Holland, Jeremy Holland, Rick Carpenter, Jimmy Teem, Ken Shepherd, and Kaitlin Bishop. Honorary Pallbearers will be the deacons of Cartoogechaye Baptist Church.
Mike had a life giving liver transplant in 2012. This gave him the chance to meet all of his grandkids and have nine more years of memories he otherwise wouldn’t have had without a transplant. In lieu of flowers, a donation fund has been set up through Donate Life in hopes to encourage organ donation so someone else could have a second chance at life. Donate Life https://www.classy.org/team/361090
Online condolences can be made at www.maconfuneralhome.com
Macon Funeral Home is handling the arrangements
Mike was a born again Christian that loved the Lord and loved to serve others. He was a deacon at Cartoogechaye Baptist Church and was actively involved in Vacation Bible School, annual drive-thru nativity and Christmas programs, and the Night to Shine prom for special needs. What most people didn’t see is that he never said no to any need the church or people had, whether big or small. He was the true definition of a deacon serving others and serving the Lord, not for his own recognition but for God’s glory.
Mike’s favorite season was hunting season and whether it was deer, turkey, or rabbit, he loved being outdoors. He was always ready to swap deer tales and pictures with anyone that would listen. If he wasn’t in his stand, he was looking for deer and turkey sign, running his rabbit dogs, fishing in the backwoods, or looking for ginseng. The only thing that he loved more than the outdoors was spending time there with his boys and being the fun, silly Papaw to the grandkids.
He is survived by his wife, Eva Jane, sons Justin (Sarah) & Cody (Lauryn), grandchildren Canaan, Cal, Charlie, Hudson, Landyn, and Maddox, sister Sherry Sanders, and a slew of family and friends that will greatly miss him.
Visitation will be at Macon Funeral Home on Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 6-8. Funeral will be held at Cartoogechaye Baptist Church on Friday June 11, 2021 at 11:00, with the Rev. Jason Smith, Rev. Brian Browning and Rev. Rick Potts officiating. Burial will be at Gold Mine Cemetery in Highlands, NC. Pallbearers will be Cal Drake, David McCoy, Wade Shope, Ronnie Dowdle, Dennis Holland, Jeremy Holland, Rick Carpenter, Jimmy Teem, Ken Shepherd, and Kaitlin Bishop. Honorary Pallbearers will be the deacons of Cartoogechaye Baptist Church.
Mike had a life giving liver transplant in 2012. This gave him the chance to meet all of his grandkids and have nine more years of memories he otherwise wouldn’t have had without a transplant. In lieu of flowers, a donation fund has been set up through Donate Life in hopes to encourage organ donation so someone else could have a second chance at life. Donate Life https://www.classy.org/team/361090
Online condolences can be made at www.maconfuneralhome.com
Macon Funeral Home is handling the arrangements