Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameDonald Ray Basinger 
Birth10 Jun 1932, Stanly County, NC
Death17 Jul 2011, VA Medical Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial20 Jul 2011, Brookhill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherZeb Dee Basinger (1885-1960)
MotherSarah Jane Arey (1892-1968)
Spouses
Birth13 Apr 1931, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
Death19 Jan 2018, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC
Burial22 Jan 2018, Brookhill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
Marriage17 Mar 1951
ChildrenDonald Ray
Brenda (1954-)
Notes for Donald Ray Basinger
Donald R. Basinger, Sr.
SALISBURY - Donald Ray Basinger, Sr., 79, of Salisbury, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Born June 10, 1932, in Richfield, he was the son of the late Zeb Basinger and Sarah Arey Basinger.
Educated in Rowan County schools, he was a veteran of the United States Army, serving 2-1/2 years in the 11th Airborne Division. He worked for Caterpillar for 15 years before beginning a sales career with John Deere Industrial Equipment. Don's hobbies included bass fishing and gardening.
A member of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge 576 for over 35 years, he was past member of the Charlotte Skydiving Club from 1963 to 1970. In his early retirement, he loved catering local events.
Don was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry.
Preceding him in death were brothers Paul, Bill, Ben and Sam Basinger; and sisters Lucille Hatley, Marie Burrage, Hazel Jacobs, Rachel Morgan and Juanita Owens.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Billie Gibbs Basinger, whom he married March 17, 1951; two children, Don Basinger, Jr. of Clayton and Brenda Morgan-Goble of Sherrills Ford; brother Harold Basinger and wife Blanche of Salisbury; grandchildren Brian Morgan and wife Kristen of Sherrills Ford, Grey Basinger of Clayton and Sara Goble of Sherrills Ford.
Visitation and Service: Visitation is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at Lyerly Funeral Home. Entombment Service will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Brookhill Mausoleum with Masonic Rites observed. Military honors will be performed by the Lyerly Honor Guard. At other times, the family will be at the residence.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children, or Nazareth Children's Home.
Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Basinger family.
Salisbury Post, 19 Jul 2011
SALISBURY - Donald Ray Basinger, Sr., 79, of Salisbury, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Born June 10, 1932, in Richfield, he was the son of the late Zeb Basinger and Sarah Arey Basinger.
Educated in Rowan County schools, he was a veteran of the United States Army, serving 2-1/2 years in the 11th Airborne Division. He worked for Caterpillar for 15 years before beginning a sales career with John Deere Industrial Equipment. Don's hobbies included bass fishing and gardening.
A member of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge 576 for over 35 years, he was past member of the Charlotte Skydiving Club from 1963 to 1970. In his early retirement, he loved catering local events.
Don was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry.
Preceding him in death were brothers Paul, Bill, Ben and Sam Basinger; and sisters Lucille Hatley, Marie Burrage, Hazel Jacobs, Rachel Morgan and Juanita Owens.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Billie Gibbs Basinger, whom he married March 17, 1951; two children, Don Basinger, Jr. of Clayton and Brenda Morgan-Goble of Sherrills Ford; brother Harold Basinger and wife Blanche of Salisbury; grandchildren Brian Morgan and wife Kristen of Sherrills Ford, Grey Basinger of Clayton and Sara Goble of Sherrills Ford.
Visitation and Service: Visitation is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at Lyerly Funeral Home. Entombment Service will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Brookhill Mausoleum with Masonic Rites observed. Military honors will be performed by the Lyerly Honor Guard. At other times, the family will be at the residence.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children, or Nazareth Children's Home.
Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Basinger family.
Salisbury Post, 19 Jul 2011