Mr. Michael Conroy Deal, 63, of Dalton, departed this life Tuesday morning, July 21, 2009, at the local hospital.
Michael was born April 25, 1946, in Fannin County, a son of the late James Luther and Ailene Pulliams Deal.
He is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Michael James and Angela Deal and Stephen Conroy Deal; daughters and sons-in-law, Angie Arnold and Gary Smith, Melissa Deal and Dale Schisler, all of Dalton; sisters, Henrietta Trammell and Lillian Riddle, both of Copper Hill, Tenn.; grandchildren, Tara and James Adkins, John Deal, Justin Deal, Christopher McFarland, Trenton Deal, Lindsay Schisler and Joshua Schisler; three stepgrandchildren, Lee Fowler, Tyler Horn and Ashley Dean; one great-grandchild, Elijah Adkins; several nieces and nephews.
Services to celebrate the life of Michael Conroy Deal are Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Melrose Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Hill officiating.
Burial will be at Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery in McCaysville.
The family will receive friends and family at the funeral home Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m.
Messages and condolences may be sent to the Deal family at www.pondersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by locally owned and operated Ponders Funeral Home, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton; (706) 226-4002. Your selected independent funeral home.
