Dewey "Mitch" Michelle

Mr. Dewey Donald "Mitch" Michelle, 78, of 330 W. Prensell St. #15, Asheboro, NC, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2010 , at Hinkle Hospice House of Davidson County. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted 11:00 a.m Thursday, February 4, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Connie Weaver and the Rev. Paul Ridolfi officiating. Mr. Michelle was born March 29, 1931 in North Wilkesboro. As a young child he went to live at Barium Springs Home for Children. After graduation he served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Pfeiffer College and did his graduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill. His vocation was as a teacher with the Randolph County Schools. After retirement he worked at the NC Zoological Park for a number of years and drove a handicapped school bus for Randolph County. He coached basketball and tennis with the YMCA and Asheboro City Parks and Recreation. For the last few years he worked part-time at Daves Mountain Racquet Club. Mr. Michelle was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Asheboro where he served in various capacities in Sunday School, youth groups and a deacon. He assisted with the Meals on Wheels program and the Daily Bread. His special area was driving patients for the American Cancer Society and other medical appointments and visiting shut-ins and nursing home patients. He had been active in the Asheboro Jaycees and the Optimist Club. Tennis, history, trivia, Carolina Tarheel ball games and corny jokes were his trademarks. Words to live by would be "Be kind to one another." Mr. Michelle shared his wonderfully full life as a husband, father and grandfather with his wife of almost 52 years, Scottie Michelle, of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Kelly and Nancy Michelle, of Mebane, Greg and Jennifer Michelle, of Asheboro, Courtney and Tracy Michelle, of Raleigh; one granddaughter, Alexis Lee Michelle, of Asheboro, and by marriage, one grandson and wife, Mason and Britney Greeson, of Charlotte; and long time family friends, David and Dawn Kane, of Greensboro. The family will receive friends at a reception after the service in the small fellowship hall at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292, First Presbyterian Church, 420 W. Walker Ave, Asheboro, NC 27203, or Barium Springs Home for Children, PO Box 1, Barium Springs, NC 28010-0001.