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- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Albert Miller Sorrells
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1927
Birth Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
Death Date: 22 Jul 2016
Death Place: Arden, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
Cemetery: Green Hills Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Ernest Franklin Sorrells
Mother: Jessie Florence Sorrells
Spouse: Myrtis Sorrells
MEMORIAL ID 167375344
Albert M. Sorrells, 88, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016, at his residence.
Mr. Sorrells was born in Buncombe County to the late E.F. and Jessie Miller Sorrells. He was also preceded in death by his wives, Myrtis M. Sorrells and Hilda Austin Sorrells as well as brothers, Robert, Ray, and Jay Sorrells, and sisters Virginia Owensby and Maxine Chumney.
Mr. Sorrells graduated from Oakley High School and served during WW II with the U.S. Navy. He worked with the Buncombe County Sheriff Department for many years and served as Chief Deputy for two different sheriffs, Tom Morrisey and Charlie Long. After appointment by the governor, he also served on the Board of the NC Private Protective Service.
He also worked with the Buncombe County Tax Department and with CP&L before retiring in 1988. He was a member of the Biltmore Masonic Lodge, the Vance Chapter, Order of Eastern Star and the Shriner's Temple.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn D. Sorrells; sons, Hal E. Austin II and Mark Sorrells and his wife, Gina; step-daughter, Audrey A. Lawrence and her husband, Kevin; brothers, Eugene Sorrells and wife Helen, Morris Sorrells and wife Kathryn and Jack Sorrells and wife Louise; sister, Betty Chapman; grandsons, Tanner and Austin Sorrells; and step grandchildren, Crystal and Kevin Lawrence, Jr.
The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian, 72 Long Shoals Road, Arden, with the Rev. Ron Brown and Sheriff Van Duncan officiating. Burial will follow at Green Hills Cemetery in Asheville. Pallbearers will be deputies of the Buncombe County Sheriff Department.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday prior to the service.
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1927 - 2016 (88 years)
