SOUTHPORT — Alexander Emil Gabany Jr., 84, passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017.
Mr. Gabany was born Jan. 2, 1933, in West Virginia, the son of the late Alexander E. Gabany Sr. and Madeline May Mason Gabany. Alex retired from Union Carbide, where he had worked for 40 years.
He enjoyed stamps and clocks; he also enjoyed genealogy and photography. Mr. Gabany was active in his church in West Virginia, a deacon, Sunday school superintendent and sang in the choir at First Baptist Church of St. Albans in North Carolina. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Oak Island. Mr. Gabany was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served in the Korean Conflict.
Mr. Gabany was preceded in death by a grandson Andrew Gabany; and two brothers, Vern Gabany and Don Gabany.
Survivors include his wife, Nona P. Gabany; son, Robert Jay Gabany, and hia wife, Anne; brother, Bobby Jay Gabany, and his wife, Marilyn; sister, Betty Jo Gabany; granddaughter, Elizabeth Hope Brost; two great-grandchildren, Ellie Taylor Brost and Arto Brost; and Nona’s children, Cary Webb and Kristal Webb.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Oak Island. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the service at the church. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 4, in the mausoleum chapel at Cunningham Memorial Park in St. Albans, W.Va.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Oak Island, Capital Campaign, 4608 E. Oak Island Drive, Oak Island, NC 28465; or to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 955 Mercy Lane, Bolivia, NC 28422.
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