LOUISBURG, NC - Wyatt Wilson "Sonny" Thayer, Jr., 81, of Louisburg, died Wednesday morning at his home.

Sonny was a son of the late W.W. and Mildred Russell Thayer, Sr. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mozelle E. Thayer; sister, Marilyn T. Edwards and his brother, Buddy Thayer.

Services will be private.

Sonny is survived by his daughter, Jamie Thayer; son, Teddy Thayer and grandson, Thayer Jones all of Louisburg; sisters, Myra T. Endler of Garrison, NY and Nina T. Reynolds and her husband, Barney of Raleigh; the mother of his children, Allen Dunaway of Louisburg; nieces and nephews.

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

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