Wayne Carlyle Dance
August 10, 1939 ~ February 23, 2001
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, he was the son of Helen Honeycutt Dance of Greensboro and of the late Woodrow Wilson Dance.
Mr. Dance was a N.C. Army National Guard veteran and was a former resident of Kingsport, Tennessee where he was a branch manager with the Otis Elevator Company. Mr. Dance was a charter member of the Arden Church of the Nazarene.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Earline Thomas Dance; two sons, Jeffrey Dance of Birmingham, Alabama, Keith Dance of Nashville, Tennessee; sister, Trudy Eads of Greensboro; brother, Gary Dance of Greensboro and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian conducted by Dr. James H. Diehl, General Superintendent, International Church of the Nazarene.
Interment will be at 4 pm in the New Garden Friends Cemetery in Greensboro.
His family will receive friends from 6 pm until 8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home on Long Shoals Road.
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Earline, my heart goes out to you during these difficult days. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. God bless.
We have been praying for all of you during this time and will continue to do so.
Dear Earline,
We were so sorry to hear about Wayne’s illness and his sudden passing. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time. If there is anything we can do to help you, please do not hesitate to call. With love, Anne and Jim
Dearest Dance Family & Friends: Just wanted to let you know that we are lifting you up in prayer during these trying days. With Love,
Sonya & Jeffrey
Earline
You are in my thoughts and prayers. I am a very good listener if you ever just need to talk.
YOUR FAMILY ARE IN OUR PRAYERS
BEN & DOROTHY MOORE
I know there’s not much that words can do right now but I want you to know that our hearts are hurting with you. We will keep you in prayer;that God will carry you through this time and give you a sense of His presence that you’ve never known.
We are so sorry to hear about Wayne’s Death.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your
family during this time of sorrow.God is able
to carry you through and He will.
You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Extending Deepest Sympathy to the family. Alice, Dewey, Guy, and Joe Jordan fomer residents of Columbus, GA now residing in High Point, NC.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.
Wayne was one of our favorite friends during his time
at Otis Elevator.
We were so surprised to hear about Wayne’s death. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. We will always remember the good times we all had at First Nazarene. Our love and prayer during this time.
So surprised to hear of Wayne’s death. We know he is with the Lord and rejoicing. We have very fond memories when you lived here for many years. You and the family are in our prayers during these difficult days.
With much love,
Julia & Calvin
So sorry to hear of your great loss. Will be thinking of you all and praying you will be able to get your lives together again.
My prayers will continue to be with you as you go through this difficult time. May God give you the strength you need for each day.
I knew Wayne as a fellow Rotarian a few years back. He was a great guy and one of my favorite people in the club.I remember his devotion to his church in particular.Godspeed.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you..
From,
Mike & Orena Smith Murray
Wanda Smith
Dear Earline,Jeff and Keith,
So sorry for your loss in your husband and father. Heaven will be richer. Will remember you in our prayers.
Love,
Sue & Jay
Greensboro First Church
We still remember you folks from First Church of the Nazarene in Greensboro. We are sorry to learn of Wayne’s death but know that he is in a place far better than here. Remembering you all in prayer.
Henrietta & Gale Summers (Also referred to as Alice and Martha)
We are and will be with you in our Prayers.
We’re so sorry to hear about Wayne’s death. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Love,
Barbara & Bill
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends. Look to the Lord for comfort and shelter.
Marcell
Dear Earline and family,
So sorry to learn of Wayne’s passing. I have fond memories of the times all of us shared in Greensboro. I would recognize that smile anywhere. Heaven is a little sweeter now and it it so comforting to know that one day we will all be together again.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Love,
Betty
You are in our thoughts and
prayers…..The Sun has come
out this day Feb 28,01,Ann &
I feel that our sister Rachel
is rejocing in our loss and
her gain in heaven…We are
the Hobbs girls.
Barbara and Ann
Dear Mrs. Dance,
Our sincere sympathies to you on the death of Wayne. He and I were in Rotary together and I am sure we have met you at one of the socials. I always appreciated his sense of humor and joyful spirit. I always teased him about being the ‘up and down man.’
We trust God will surround you in this hour. God bless you.
Claude and Patsy
I was so sorry to hear of the lost of Mr. Dance. Please know that I have been praying for you and your family. Keith is such a dear friend to me. I can empathize with the lost. God bless you as you continue on.
Marvin Jones