David Christopher "Chris" Deaton, age 22, of 1880 NC Hwy 109S, Mt. Gilead died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, the result of a motor vehicle accident.Chris was born February 13, 1987 in Chapel Hill, NC, the son of David Nichols Deaton and Linda Kay (Johnson) Mathis. Chris was a Montgomery County native and a 2005 graduate of West Montgomery High School. He was an employee of Deaton's Auto Supply. He is survived by his father David Nichols Deaton and step-mother, Patricia Deaton of Troy; mother, Linda Kay (Johnson) Mathis of Thomasville; two sisters: Kerry Hood of Mt. Gilead, and Amanda Cartrette of Atlantic Beach; step-grandmother, Ruth Simpson of Troy.The family will receive friends Thursday from 6-8 pm at Pugh-Troy Funeral Home, 211 North Main Street, Troy; other times at the home of David and Patricia Deaton, 386 Atkins Dairy Rd., Troy. The funeral will be Friday at 2:00 pm at First Wesleyan Church, 1368 NC Hwy 134 N, Troy with Rev. James Brewer and Rev. Jeff Ray officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Morganton Rd., Jackson Springs, NC.Memorials may be made to Community Home Care & Hospice, 120 N Main St., Troy, NC 27371 or Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.Arrangements by Pugh-Troy Funeral Home