LINWOOD D. CHAMPION


LOUISBURG—Linwood Denton Champion, 87, died Monday morning, Nov. 4, 2013. A funeral service was held Wednesday in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Champion-Gupton family cemetery at White Level Community Holiness Church.

He was a son of the late Blanche Gupton and George Mack Champion, Sr. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Bland Champion; sister, Ruth Dorsey, and brother, George Champion, Jr. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

Surviving: brother William E. Sr. (Anne) Champion of Louisburg; many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Louisburg Baptist Church, P.O. Box 730, Louisburg, NC 27549 or Sandy Creek Baptist Church, 4160 NC 561 Hwy., Louisburg, NC 27549.

Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.