Alan Marshall McGee, Jr.

Alan McGee, 88, passed away on February 1, 2017 at Trinity Elms in Clemmons, NC. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC on July 13, 1928 to the late Alan Marshall McGee and the late Bennie Lee Upchurch McGee. Alan graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1945 and from North Carolina State University in 1949, earning a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering with honors. After graduation he joined Hercules Incorporated, where he enjoyed a 30 year career in marketing, research and development and production management. After his retirement, Alan and his wife Nancy moved to Raleigh, NC and worked in several family businesses. He was an active member of Asbury Methodist Church in Raleigh for 20 years and taught Sunday School and served on numerous committees. After moving to Bermuda Village in Advance, NC in 2000, Alan became an active member of Clemmons United Methodist Church and the Upper Room Sunday School Class. Alan's life was marked by his devotion to God, his wife and family. Alan was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a life-long learner, a fierce competitor in any sport he participated in and a voracious reader. He never missed an opportunity to teach or impart some lesson to his children and grandchildren. He instilled in his children an abiding appreciation for nature through walks in the woods and visits to parks. He derived the greatest joy in his later years from his great-grandchildren and loved hearing about their growth and development. Alan was an avid tennis player from his early 20s until 6 months prior to his death. While living in Raleigh, he joined the Raleigh Racquet Club and became active in senior tennis, winning State Championships in both singles and doubles. He was selected for two consecutive years to play on the United States team in the Osuna Cup, an annual tennis competition between Mexico and the United States. Later in life, he loved playing doubles and enjoying the fellowship of his tennis buddies at Vision Tennis Center. Alan was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow. He was also a lifelong member of the NC State Alumni Association and a member of its R. Stanhope Pullen Society. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughters, Janice Marshall McGee and Susan Elizabeth Smith, and his brother, Lawrence B. McGee. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Nancy Duckworth McGee; his son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Sandra McGee of Winston-Salem; his daughter and son-in-law, Nanci and Chris Robinson of Swansboro; grandchildren, Marshall McGee and his wife Melissa of Ashburn, VA, Sarah McGee Girard and her husband Richard of Key Largo, FL, and Shannon and Christopher Robinson of Swansboro; and five great-grandchildren, Davis, Carys, Conner and Emma Kate McGee and Richard Girard, Jr., his sister in law, Dot McGee of Raleigh and his nephews, David and Greg McGee. The family extends its appreciation to the staff at Trinity Elms for their loving care of Alan. A celebration of life will be held at Clemmons Methodist Church on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11 AM followed by visitation with the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hospice and Palliative Care Center, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or to the Clemmons Food Pantry, PO Box 871, Clemmons, NC 27012

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