FLINCHUM

Fred Elon Flinchum Jr., of Aberdeen, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.
A memorial service celebrating Fred’s life will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, in Southern Pines. The family will receive friends in the church hall immediately following the service.
He was born in Carthage, a son of the late Fred E. and Mary Mills Flinchum, and was a 1950 graduate of Carthage High School. He was predeceased by his sister Betty F. Smith.
He is survived by a son, Michael, of Canada; a daughter, Sharon, of California; friends Martha Flinchum, Ann Campbell and Doris Wood; four brothers, Bill (Anne), of Southern Pines, Charles (Joan), of Seven Lakes West, Reid (Connie), of Sneads Ferry, and Russell (Patty) Flinchum, of Burlington; one sister, Kathryn (John) Kinney, of Pinehurst; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.