Archie Mccoy Sink

Mr. Archie McCoy Sink, 88, of Partridge Lane, died Thursday, January 7, 2010, at Alston Brook Nursing Center. A funeral service will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday, January 10, at First United Methodist Church, where he was member, with the Revs. Carl Lindquist and Dr. Ray N. Howell 3rd officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Sink lived his life in the Lexington area and served his community in many capacities. He was born January 27, 1921, in Davidson County on a farm in Cotton Grove, to David Early Sink and Carrie Owens Sink. He grew up locally and was a 1938 graduate of Linwood High School. Mr. Sink left Cotton Grove to attend college at North Carolina State University, where he graduated in 1943 having earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy. While at State, he was a member of Alpha Zeta Honor Fraternity, Blue Key Honor Society and was the Student Agricultural Fair President. He proudly honored the college with over 50 years of membership in the NC State Wolfpack Club. Mr. Sink was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Gracie Sowers Sink, whom he first met on a bus ride to college. After college, Mr. Sink served in the U.S. Army during World War II as an officer in the Infantry Corps. He resettled in Davidson County after the war and spent most of his working life as the owner of Green Acres Farm, a commercial egg production and beef cattle farm. As a farmer, Mr. Sink served the State of North Carolina as President of both the NC Beef Cattlemen Association and NC Egg Marketing Association. In addition, he was a member of the NC Agri-Business Council and acted as Chairman of the advisory Committee to the Dean of the School of Agriculture at NC State. Mr. Sink was an active participant in his community and multiple civic organizations. In particular, he dedicated much time and attention to the Lexington Kiwanis Club, where he once served as its President. As a Kiwanian, he served as the President of the Davidson County Fair, which he managed for 30 years. Mr. Sink was instrumental in building Kamp Kiwanis, which provides a safe recreational retreat for disadvantaged children. In addition, he served as the President of the Agricultural Fair Association for the State of North Carolina and as a member of the Lexington City Council and Lexington Memorial Hospital Board of Directors. Mr. Sink also served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee at Lexington State Bank and was later named Director Emeritus of the bank. Finally, he was a member of the American Legion Post 8 and served for over 50 years in the Lexington Masonic Lodge 473AF&AM. For his service, Mr. Sink received the United Way Benefactor’s Honor in 2003. Mr. Sink was a dedicated and engaged member of First United Methodist Church, where he served as the Church School Superintendent and Chairman of both the Administrative Board and the Board of Trustees. For the Thomasville district of the Methodist church, Mr. Sink served as Lay Leader and Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 2004, the United Methodist Church Western Conference honored Mr. Sink at its annual conference at Lake Junaluska with its Laity Award, given for outstanding layperson service to the church. Surviving are his daughter, Helen “Teenie” Sink Tilley and husband, N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., of Lexington; son, Dr. James David Sink of Chapel Hill; grandchildren, Jaye Elizabeth Bingham Hinch and husband, Brendan, of Raleigh, James Hugh Bingham, Jr. and wife, Debra, of Greensboro, James David Sink, Jr. of Honolulu, Hawaii, Emily Grace Sink of Boston, Ma., William Townsend McCoy Sink of Boston, Ma. and Mary Catherine Sink of New York City, NY; great-grandchildren, James Carter Bingham, Michael Hugh Bingham, Isabella Grace Bingham Hinch; brothers, Homer Alexander Sink and wife, Billie, of Greensboro, and Dr. Early Max Sink and wife, Dorothy, of High Point; sister, Maxine Sink Jolley and husband, Paul, of Shelby; nine nieces; six nephews; and sisters-in-law, Emogene Cranford Sink of Denton, and Jimmie Blue Sowers Graeber and husband, John, of Gastonia. The family will see friends from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel and other times at the home of the daughter, Teenie Sink Tilley, 107 Hemlock Drive. Memorials may be made to Kamp Kiwanis, P.O. Box 1951, Lexington, NC 27293; or First United Methodist Church, 310 South Main Street, Lexington, NC 27292.