DORIS TART CHINNIS WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 13TH 1930. AGE 86. SHE PASSED PEACEFULLY SUNDAY FEBURARY 12TH AT LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER 2 SONS TIMOTHY W.TART OF WILMINGTON AND TONY W. TART OF ROCKY POINT, 2 GRAND CHILDREN RONALD DALLAS TART AND WHITNEY BROOKE HALL. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER TWO SISTERS; FAYE ENNIS OF ANGIER AND BARBARA MEEKS OF BENSON.
MRS CHINNIS WAS BORN IN BENSON, NC TO PARENTS PAUL AND BESSIE CREECH. SHE MARRIED WARREN G. “BROWNIE” TART AND MOVED TO WILMINGTON, N.C. IN THE MID 1950’S. SHE FIRST WAS EMPLOYED AT TIMMIEE CORPORATION TEXTILE MILL. THEN LATER AT ROSES DEPARTMENT STORE IN THE PERSONNEL DEPT. LATER ON SHE ATTENDED OGDEN ADVENT CHRISTION CHURCH AND WORKED AS THE CHURCH SECRETARY. SHE ALSO WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A DEPARTMENT MANAGER AT WALMART.
MRS. CHINNIS WAS ALSO A DEACONESS AND ON THE BOARD OF SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS AT OGDEN ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SOME YEARS AFTER WARREN TART’S DEATH, SHE MARRIED WILLIAM CHINNIS AND ATTENED LONG LEAF BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MRS. CHINNIS WILL BE HELD AT 1:00PM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 AT COBLE WARD-SMITH FUNERAL SERVICES.
IN LIEU OF FLOWER, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE.
