Gaither E. Trogdon

Mr. Trogdon was born May 2, 1922 the son of Fletcher L. and Maude Jarrell Trogdon. The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 6-8 PM at Pugh Funeral Home, Randleman. The funeral service will be Friday, January 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel, Randleman with Rev. Mark Jordan officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, Asheboro, NC. Buck was a native of Virginia but was raised in High Point, NC. He served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII as Staff-Sargent in the 8th Air Force stationed in England where he was a crew member on a B-17 on the "Flying Fortress Bomber." He worked for many years delivering laundry for High Point Laundry and retired as a Security Guard from a hospital in Virginia. He was proud to be an American and enjoyed many Saturday nights cuttin' up and cuttin' a rug at the VFW Hut in Randleman. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his first wife: Jerri Hodge; brother: PVT Basil Jett Trogdon; sisters: Marie Bush and Manzeline "Dude" Smith; nephews: Earl Stanley Smith, Jack Sheldon; step-son: Neal Christopher and step-daughter: Jerri Saylor. He is survived by: daughter and her partner, Michelle Trogdon and Jane Hege of High Point, NC; Former Wife, Mary York of Asheboro, NC; Step Daughter, Carolyn Tayloe of VA; daughter-in-law: Linda Christopher; grandsons: Neal Anthony Christopher; Mark and Tim Tayloe; granddaughter and her husband: Heather and Dray Asbell; great-grandson: Gavin Asbell; nieces and nephews: Danny Smith, Debbie Hill, Steve Hodge, Trudy Jackson, Rodney Trivette, Beth Cecil, Cindy Miller, Mike Hodge, David Hodge,Eddie and Ricky Sheldon, Janice Sheldon-Ritter and a host of friends at the VFW Hut of Randleman. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of Randolph P.O. Box 0009 Asheboro, NC 27204 or to The Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org or 2115 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101. Online memorials may be made at www.pughfuneralhome.com.