OCEAN ISLE BEACH — Mr. William Porter Sing, 86, died Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Mr. Sing was born Sept. 24, 1933, in Charlotte. He attended Mecklenburg County Schools and graduated from Berryhill High School in Charlotte. He went on to further his education at Charlotte College and Wake Forest College, from where he graduated in 1958. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity while at Wake Forest College.
Most of his business career was spent working in the food industry. He worked for Pilot Brokerage Company, Charlotte, during his early career. He later moved to Boxford, Massachusetts, and became national sales manager for Gorton’s of Gloucester in Massachusetts. In 1975, he moved to Raleigh and opened his own food brokerage company, Bill Sing and Associates. After retiring from the food business, he started a postage stamp vending business that he managed into his later years.
In 1997, he and his wife, Linda, moved to Ocean Isle Beach to the house that they built in 1978. He loved living on the coast of North Carolina. He was a lifelong animal lover who had many pets throughout the course of his life. He and his beloved little dog, Lulu, enjoyed riding on their golf cart to the east end of Ocean Isle to take walks by the Intracostal Waterway.
He was preceded in death by his older son, William Porter Sing Jr.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Linda; younger son, Stuart Lee Sing; daughter-in-law, Dr. Jenny Sing; beloved grandchildren, Isabella, T.J. and Juliette; and little dog, Lulu.
He will be inurned in the columbarium at Shallotte Presbyterian Church, where he was a parishioner. He will also have ashes buried in the plot next to his late son, Porter, at his family’s grave site at the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Shallotte Presbyterian Church, which will be announced when permitted.
Memorials may be sent to Shallotte Presbyterian Church, Paws-A-Bility and Lower Cape Fear Life Care Center.
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