Rev. Richard Hal Finney

Rev. Richard Hal Finney, 86, of Boonville, NC passed away at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC on October 22, 2015 at Sunrise after a long fought battle with cancer. Hal was born in East Bend, NC on January 29, 1929 to Clement and Marie Matthews finney. He graduated from Asbury Seminary in 1957 and Emory University with a Masters in Divinity. He served the Methodist Church in Western North Carolina Conference from 1957 to 1965. Always the Scholar he continued his education at the University of Georgia earning a Masters Degree in Social work. Hal served as a Chief of Social Work for the Veterans Administration in Salem and Hampton Virginia. After his retirement from Virginia he returned to his love of ministry with the Methodist Church in the Western North Carolina Conference. Hal moved back to Yadkin County and served as a Chaplain for Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care. Hal was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Gerald "Buck" Finney, his son, Richard "Dickie" Finney. Hal is survived by his sister, Wilma (June) Brooks, and many nieces and nephews; his former wife Virginia Long Finney of Yadkinville and daughters, Janet (Carol) Lineberry of East Bend; Sharon Wright of Shelby, NC; Patricia (Karen) Finney of Navarre, Fla.; and Becky (Della) Finney of Hickory, NC; Grandchildren are Lee (Rhonda) Finney of Boonville; Pamela Lineberry of Winston-Salem, Julia (Joey) Hare of Yadkinville and David (Wendy) Wright of Shelby, NC. Hal had Six great-granddaughters, Cortland Phillips, Salem, Arden and Tatum Finney, Emma Hare and Gracie Wright. The family will receive friends from 2:30-3:30 Sunday at Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville. His funeral service will follow the visitation at 3:30 in the Gentry Family Chapel by Rev. Jenny Stewart and Hal Powell. Burial will follow in the Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery in East Bend, NC. In lieu of flower, memorials may be made to the Mountain Valley Hospice SECU Hospice Home of Yadkinville, 320 Maple Street, Yadkinville, NC 27055. Hals's Family would like to express their gratitude to Peggy North, David Lafferty, Kathy Reece, Bill Shore, and Woltz Hospice Home of Dobson, NC. Online condolences may be made to www.gentryfuneralservice.com.