More detail on this person: Cecil Dewey
McCullen Jr. passed at 8:30am on Saturday,
December 22, 2012, after a year long battle with
Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Disease. Dewey was
born on March 11, 1944, in Faison, NC, son of
Cecil Dewey McCullen Sr. and Velma Johnson
McCullen Isenhour.
Dewey graduated from North Duplin High School in
1962. He received the Bronze Star Medal and 2
Distinguished Flying Cross Medals, serving a tour
in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot in the United
States Army. He graduated from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration, class of 1966,
and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega
Fraternity. In 1968, Dewey married the love of his
life, Caroline Watts. They celebrated 44 years of
marriage on July 6th.
Dewey is survived by his beloved wife, Caroline;
his daughter, Shannon Dean McCullen; his son, Ian
Watts McCullen and his wife, Katherine Roach
McCullen, all of Raleigh; his sisters, Sybil
McCullen of Columbus, GA and Pam McCullen
Ortiz of New Orleans, LA; and a host of nephews,
grandnieces and nephews.
Plans are underway for a January memorial service
at White Memorial Presbyterian Church; details
will be added to Dewey's CaringBridge site,
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/deweymccullen as
they become available.
Published in The News & Observer on December
23, 2012
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