Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameClonnie “David” Deese Jr. 
Birth9 Jul 1941, Rowan County, NC
Death13 Mar 2011, Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial16 Mar 2011, St Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rowan County, NC
FatherClonnie David “Tom“ Deese (1919-2003)
MotherLizzie Leona Ludwig (1920-2004)
Spouses
Marriage11 Jun 1961
Divorce1983
ChildrenConnie Dee (1969-)
Birth3 Feb 1941
FatherClyde Mitchell Robinson (1921-)
MotherElma Eunice Basinger (1922-<2013)
Marriage9 Oct 1983
Divorcebef 1989
Marriage1989
Notes for Clonnie “David” Deese Jr.
C. David Deese Jr
SALISBURY - Clonnie "David" Deese, Jr., 69, passed away Sunday afternoon, March 13, 2011, at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born July 9, 1941, in Rowan County, he was the son of the late CD "Tom" Sr. and Lizzie Ludwig Deese. He was a 1959 graduate of Granite Quarry High School, a graduate of Salisbury Business College and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Mr. Deese served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era and was an accountant and tax service preparer for more than 37 years, owning Deese Accounting and Bookkeeping.
David began playing and performing music at age 12 with his father, Tom Deese. His love of good music led him to become an accomplished professional bluegrass musician, playing his banjo for people such as Arthur Smith, Bill Monroe, Red Smiley, The Jones Brothers, Betty Fisher and the WBT Briarhoppers.
He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, Ky., and was made a Kentucky Colonel. He received several Lifetime Achievement Awards in North and South Carolina, including the N.C. Heritage Award.
Mr. Deese was also a member of Keller Memorial Lodge, Oasis Shrine Temple, Rowan Shrine Club and Order of Eastern Star in Rockwell.
Surviving family members include his wife, Barbara Bernhardt Deese, whom he married June 11, 1961; his daughter, Connie Dee Christman; his sister, Nina Deese Ridenhour and husband Don, both of Salisbury; grandchildren Connor Allen and Strider Lee Christman; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visitation and Service: The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. and Wednesday 2-3 p.m. at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home in China Grove. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel, conducted by the Revs. William Ketchie and George Kluttz. Burial will follow in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Memorials: May be made to Rowan Regional Hospice; St. Paul's Lutheran Church; Shriner's Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC; Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship Fund, Attn: Fredia Nettles, Apex, NC; or to the donor's choice.
Salisbury Post, 15 Mar 2011
SALISBURY - Clonnie "David" Deese, Jr., 69, passed away Sunday afternoon, March 13, 2011, at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born July 9, 1941, in Rowan County, he was the son of the late CD "Tom" Sr. and Lizzie Ludwig Deese. He was a 1959 graduate of Granite Quarry High School, a graduate of Salisbury Business College and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Mr. Deese served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era and was an accountant and tax service preparer for more than 37 years, owning Deese Accounting and Bookkeeping.
David began playing and performing music at age 12 with his father, Tom Deese. His love of good music led him to become an accomplished professional bluegrass musician, playing his banjo for people such as Arthur Smith, Bill Monroe, Red Smiley, The Jones Brothers, Betty Fisher and the WBT Briarhoppers.
He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, Ky., and was made a Kentucky Colonel. He received several Lifetime Achievement Awards in North and South Carolina, including the N.C. Heritage Award.
Mr. Deese was also a member of Keller Memorial Lodge, Oasis Shrine Temple, Rowan Shrine Club and Order of Eastern Star in Rockwell.
Surviving family members include his wife, Barbara Bernhardt Deese, whom he married June 11, 1961; his daughter, Connie Dee Christman; his sister, Nina Deese Ridenhour and husband Don, both of Salisbury; grandchildren Connor Allen and Strider Lee Christman; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visitation and Service: The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. and Wednesday 2-3 p.m. at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home in China Grove. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel, conducted by the Revs. William Ketchie and George Kluttz. Burial will follow in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Memorials: May be made to Rowan Regional Hospice; St. Paul's Lutheran Church; Shriner's Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC; Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship Fund, Attn: Fredia Nettles, Apex, NC; or to the donor's choice.
Salisbury Post, 15 Mar 2011