Earl Funderburk

March 9, 2018

Mr. Gilbert Earl Funderburk, Jr., age 65, died Friday, March 9, 2018, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to Noon on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 1471 Banks Road in Fort Mill. A memorial service will follow at Noon. A native of Fort Mill, Earl was a son of Sarah Catherine Wolfe Funderburk and the late Gilbert Earl Funerburk, Sr. He was a 1969 graduate of Fort Mill High School. Earl retired as supervisor of communications of Fort Mill Telephone Company/Comporium after 28 years of service. Surviving are two sons, Shane Funderburk and Jared Funderburk and their mother, Edith Ann Funderburk, all of Fort Mill; his mother, Sarah Catherine Wolfe Funderburk of Fort Mill; two brothers, Wade Funderburk of Fort Mill and Ronnie Funderburk of Mooresville, N.C.; five sisters, Shirley Mauney, Cathy Caston and Diane Faile, all of Fort Mill, and Betty Brakefield and Rita Osborne, both of York; and many nieces and nephews who fondly called him “Unky Earl”. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hearts Secured Ministries, P.O. Box 1534, Fort Mill, SC 29715.