Malcolm Campbell Chapman

A native of Cleveland, Ohio. Malcolm’s life was marked by a strong work ethic, a heart to serve, and a fun, gentle wit. He worked as an accountant for Lakeshore Equipment & Supply Company (LESCO) in Cleveland, Ohio, until his retirement in 1990.

Malcolm was always an active member of the church. This included Wesley Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, Strongsville United Methodist also in Ohio, and White Plains United Methodist Church in Cary, North Carolina.

After moving to North Carolina, Malcolm became an active member of the Capital Squares Dance Club and Cary XYZ Club, both of which he loved. In addition to dancing and XYZ, Malcolm spent much of his retirement volunteering – at Regency Park, in Cary, for the NC Symphony and as a Volunteer Ambassador at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) where he received the Isaac Hunter Award for Excellence in Service in 2002 and was Volunteer of the Year in 2009. After 19 years at RDU, he retired from volunteer service in 2018. Malcolm made a conscious choice to help out as he could whenever there was a need.

Surviving Malcolm are his daughter, Diana L. Sharp; granddaughter, Rachel A. Pannell; grandson, Robert A. Pannell (Christi); great grandchildren Jonathan R. C. Pannell (Elizabeth), David and Aaron Thompson, Stella Maloney, and Alex Pannell; and great great grandson Jeremiah Malcolm Pannell; as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and his dear friend, Becky Wooten.

He was preceded in death by his dearly beloved wife, Caroline Virginia Chapman; his parents, William L. and Clara (Andress) Chapman; brothers Willis and Clyde A. Chapman; and sisters Lauren Wesley Chapman and Verna (Stoney) Leslie.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research: Donation Processing, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014 (https://www.michaeljfox.org/donate/) or The Parkinson’s Foundation, 200 SE 1st Street Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 (https://www.parkinson.org/ways-to-give).

A memorial service (masks required) will be held at 12:30pm on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Cornerstone Fellowship Church, 401 Upchurch St., Apex, NC 27502. A private inurnment will take place at Montlawn Memorial Park.

Arrangements with Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary, NC.