William “Bill” Hodges Sory passed away peacefully on Monday, January 9, 2017. Bill was born on June 8, 1922 in Atlanta, GA to the late Eugene Gilbert Sory and Aline Reynolds Sory. After high school graduation Bill attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. prior to serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Bill was a sergeant and served in radio communications in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe.

Upon leaving the service he resided in Washington, D.C. and was employed by Phillips Television Company as a television technician. The company threw a thank you banquet for all their employees and at that party Bill met Marie Blair. Bill started his own television repair company and invited Marie to be his receptionist. Bill and Marie married in July of 1968.

Bill is survived by one nephew, Everett Anderson, Jr.; three nieces, Julia Grundmeier, Phyllis Nash and Linda Luth; and Stepdaughters Dorothy Bostian and Joan Ripley.

In addition to his parents, Bill is preceded in death by his wife, Marie; one sister and brother-in-law, Jean Sory Anderson and Everett G. Anderson; stepdaughter Barbara Lauderdale; and stepson Theodore Walker.

Of interest, Bill made the front page of “The Charlotte News” on July 18, 1937. The header was “Boy Is Saved From Death In Sand”. “Bill Sory Well Again After Being Taken From Six Feet of Sand At Cherry Grove, Near Myrtle Beach – Result of Digging Cave.” He was saved by his 75 year old grandfather, W. S. Reynolds, Sr, and Uncle W. S. Reynolds, Jr. after his 11 year old cousin Edwin Wilson ran for help.

A special thanks to all the caregivers at North Carolina Veteran’s Nursing Home in Salisbury.

Carolina Cremation of Salisbury is serving the family. Bill’s remains will be returned to join his parents in Sumter, South Carolina.