Thursday, March 19, 2015 8:21 am

Dennie Nollis Canaday, age 72, of Ellenboro, NC, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015.

A native of McDowell County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Basil Glen Canaday and Pearl Nichols Canaday, a painter and precision sheet metal mechanic with Comsat Laboratories, former deacon with the Mt. Paran Presbyterian Church in Randallstown, Maryland, and was lovingly known by his grandchildren as "Paw-paw". He was preceded in death by a brother, Wayne Larry Canaday.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia Canaday of the home, a son, Wayne Canaday and his wife Amanda of Ellenboro, a daughter, Lori Huddleston and her husband William of Ellenboro, three brothers, Billy Canaday and his wife Alice of NC, Richard Canaday of Florida, Athal Canaday of West Virginia, a sister, Dollie Perkins of Florida, four grandchildren, Emily and Kelly Huddleston, and Morghyn and Jackson Canaday.

Memorial services were held at the First Baptist Church of Forest City with the Reverend Billy Honeycutt officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be able to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.