Jerry Apple

Jerry Lee Apple 69, of 330 Faith Dr. Gibsonville passed away Monday July 21, 2008 after several years of failing health. He was married to Patricia "Pat" Ann Younger Apple for 49 years. He was born July 2, 1939 in Guilford County to the late Walter Ernest and Mildred Mayberry Apple. Jerry was employed by Lee's Distributing for thirty years before starting his own company Southern Laser Recycling. He was a member of Holly Hill Baptist Church. Jerry always had a smile on his face and a kind word for you. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Survivors include his wife Pat of the home, a daughter Mechelle Apple Jones and her husband Ritchie of Burlington, a son Dwayne L. Apple and his wife Janice of Rochester, NY, grandchildren, Mitchell L. Apple, Patricia Ann Apple, Matthew L. Apple, Blake Thomas Jones, Taylor Nichole Jones, Alexander L. Jones, a sister Linda Jones and her husband Harry of Jamestown. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Peggy McKinney and a brother Leonard "Nig" Apple. The funeral will be held 2:00 PM Thursday at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Jonathan Harrison and Rev. Norman Fargis. Entombment will follow in the Alamance Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Wednesday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. and at other times at the residence. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC 27215 and The Parkinson's Disease Foundation 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018.