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Mr. Donald Gray Darnell, 52, of US 601 S., Mocksville, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 at Rowan Regional Hospital, in Salisbury.
He was born in Forsyth County on Aug. 6, 1954 to Aldene Louis Darnell and Beulah Warden Whitaker. Mr. Darnell was married to Mary Lou Shoaf Darnell and worked at a paving company as a machine operator.
Surviving: his wife of 20 years, Mary Lou Shoaf Darnell; daughter, Belinda Kay Sowder and husband Larry of Shoals; son, Bradley and wife Nichole Darnell of the home; step-daughter, Robyn and husband Van Ray of Winston-Salem; step-son, TSgt William Chadrick Ijames and wife Katherine, serving in U.S. Air Force, stationed in Turkey; 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shelby Gray Beal and husband Matt of Mount Airy.
Funeral services were conducted Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Cox Needham Chapel in Pilot Mountain with the Revs. Charles Kahn and Barry Marshall conducting the services. Burial followed at the Darnell Family Cemetery .