Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:02 am

Dennis Pressley, 64, of Cliffside, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Services with full military honors were held at Cliffside Baptist Church. Burial was held in at Cleveland Memorial Park.

Mr. Pressley served our country in the U.S. Army.

Mr. Pressley was preceded in death by his parents, Boyce and Mary Lee Pressley Floyd; his uncle and aunt who raised him, Dewey and Rosell Pressley and much loved in-laws, Clyde and Ruby Jackson.

He is survived by the love of his life and his wife of 41 years, Joyce; his son, Matt Pressley and wife Dana of Lowell and daughter, Emily Pressley Gibson and husband Jason of Gastonia; and four grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations  may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043, Cliffside Baptist Church, PO Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024, Yokefellow, PO Box 351, Spindale, NC 28160 or Cliffside Fire Department, PO Box 601, Cliffside, NC 28024.

McKinney-Landreth & Carroll Funeral Home is serving the Pressley family.