Category: 2002

William Chad Winebarger was born July 18, 1980, in Statesville, NC.  He passed away Friday, February 21, 2025. 

Chad grew up in Elkin, NC, a small town that he loved.  He was a thoughtful friend, smart student, and excellent athlete.  He played many sports, but he excelled at tennis.  As a junior tennis player, he was ranked number one in the state of North Carolina and won multiple high school state championships.  He was also president of his senior class at Elkin High School. 

Chad played tennis at Davidson College and played number one singles on the tennis team his senior year.  He was also a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.  Chad graduated from Davidson College in 2002 and graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2006.  He practiced law at Bollinger Law Firm in Charlotte for almost 20 years.  While he had a breadth of legal knowledge and handled a wide array of cases, his practice focused on representing injured workers. 

Chad was a kind and humble person, whose greatest joy was being a father.  He taught his sons how to play tennis, basketball, baseball, golf, and soccer.  Most of all, he taught them how to be kindhearted.  More than anything, he loved spending time with his wife, sons, parents, and other family members.

Chad is survived by his wife, Deepa and sons, Will (10) and Evan (7), whom he loved with all his heart.  He is also survived by his parents, William and Linda Winebarger, with whom he was very close; his sister, Tasha Sheehy and her husband Tim, and their daughters, Lily and Grace, with whom he was also very close; and his brother, Scott Winebarger and his wife, Annette, and their daughter, Annika Wood and son-in-law, Joseph.

A service to celebrate Chad’s life will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC 28207.  A private burial will follow at Crestwood Memorial Gardens in State Road, NC.  The family will receive friends following the service in Jubilee Hall until 11:45 AM.  The service will be livestreamed at: https://test.myersparkumc.org/worship-with-us/funerals/  for those unable to attend in person.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be offered in memory of Chad to The Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte, 3900 Park Road, Suite C, Charlotte, NC 28209 or via https://dsagreatercharlotte.org/donate/.

Terra Dyer Gill, a beacon of light, creativity, and friendship, peacefully left her body on September 8, 2024, surrounded by the beauty of nature that she cherished so deeply. Terra has been the team lead of Expressive Arts at the Center for Conscious Living and Dying (CCLD). Her contributions to CCLD were more than artistic; she brought deep healing to those who experienced her earth-centered being and understanding of ancestry.

Peter Harwood Curry, Jr. 37, departed peacefully in the company of his family and friends on October 7, 2016. He was born June 3rd, 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy in 1998.

A graduate of Davidson College, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and majored in his life’s passion-philosophy. Following his graduation from Davidson College, he taught English in Qingdao, China and then returned home to Nashville to begin a small business career.

A unique individual in every sense of the word, he had an endless wealth of humor, intellectual curiosity, imagination, and generosity. He embraced all the opportunities that life afforded to him. He fought cancer for seven years with all his heart and spirit, giving his family and friends more time than anyone thought possible.

Through it all, he never lost his sense of optimism or his wit. His concern at all times was the well-being and comfort of others, especially those he loved the most.

He is survived by his husband of five years Zachary Adams Mayo (Zac); parents, Patsy and Peter Curry; sister, Page and brother-in-law Kipp Kranbuhl; parents-in-law, Lisa and Mark Mayo; sisters-in-law, Carmen Smith (Drew) and Rachel Ellen (Hunter); and many nieces, nephews and godchildren.

The family would like to thank Dr. Emily Chan and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to support the Peter Harwood Curry Jr. Colon Cancer Research Fund at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Checks can be made out to the University of Illinois Foundation, add “Curry” in memo line, and send to: University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Suite 302, Chicago IL, 60608. Attn. Stephanie Carani.

Visitation with the family will be held 4:00-6:00 PM Friday October 14, 2016 at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 4715 Harding Pike Nashville, Tennessee, 37205. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, October 15, 2016 at St. George’s Episcopal Church.