Kitty Hawk, NC - Joseph Leroy Dail, Jr., 65, died November 23, 2007 at his residence. Joe was born in Franklin, Va., the son of the late Joseph Leroy and Annie Worrell Dail and reared in Newsoms, Va. He was a graduate of Southampton High School, attended East Carolina University, and was an Army veteran of the Viet Nam Era. Joe was a former relief pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. Joe was retired from the Technical Department of Union Camp Corporation and was a former realtor. He was a member of Kitty Hawk United Methodist Church.
Joe was very involved in community affairs, having served on the board of Paul D. Camp Community College, the Franklin Chamber of Commerce, and the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce. An avid golfer, he helped organize many charity golf tournaments. He was a former basketball coach at Southampton Academy in Courtland, a former YMCA basketball coach in Franklin, and was a former member of the Courtland Ruritan Club. Joe was chairman of the clean-up committee of downtown Franklin after the flood from Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Lannie Gene Gardner Dail; one daughter, Dee Larion and husband, Ken; one son, J. Michael Dail and wife, Amy; five grandchildren, Victoria Dail, Jacob Larion, Kelsey Honeycutt, Deanna Larion, and Kyle Honeycutt.
A funeral will be conducted at 3 pm Monday in the chapel of Wright Funeral Home, 206 W. 4th Ave., Franklin, Va. 23851, with the Dr. John Check officiating. Burial will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home and suggests memorials be made to Kitty Hawk United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 900, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949. www.wrightfuneralhome.org