Bruce Oliver Hockaday, 89, a longtime resident of Granville County passed away Thursday, January 31, 2019 at Presbyterian Home of Hawfields in Mebane, N.C.
He was born November 18, 1929 in Granville County to the late Willoughby Allen Hockaday and Lessie Overton Hockaday. He attended Delrayno Baptist Church and also Poplar Creek. He retired as a supervisor with the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Monday, February 4, 2019 at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford by Pastor Charles Thompson. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife of eighteen years, Christine Graham of Snow Camp; daughter, Louise Hockaday Johnson of Oxford, son, Bruce Hockaday (Connie) of Cary; step-daughters, Katrina Moorefield of Snow Camp, Alana Hehner, of Duncan, SC; grandchildren, Suzie Elliott Clark (Mike) of Holly Springs, Jeff Elliott of Oxford, Jodie Hockaday Holbin (Troy) of Cary, Haley Hufton (AJ) of Cary; great-grandchildren, Aubrie Holbin, Ethan Holbin; sisters, Inez Bowen of Wilmington, Emily Boegli of Lawrenceville, GA, Lessie Noell of Durham, Rosalie Mason of Littletown, PA and brother, Reuben Hockaday of Creedmoor. He was preceded in death by a sister, Naomi Cash and brothers, W. Allen Hockaday, Herbert Hockaday, Elvis Hockaday.
Visitation will be held Monday, February 4, 2019 prior to the funeral service from 12:30 – 2:00 pm at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford.
Flowers are kindly accepted or memorials may be made to Alamance County Hospice, 918 Chapel Hill Rd. Burlington, NC 27215.