Tipp City Herald

KINGREY, CHARLES M. - Charles M. Kingrey Sr., 87 of Troy, died Sunday, Feb. 3. He was born April 7, 1920 in Bradford, IL to Shirley E. and Hazel (Zimmerman) Kingrey, Sr. Charles was a 1939 graduate of Elizabeth High School. He was a retired dairy farmer, a member of the Cove Springs Church, Troy; Cove Springs Grange, American Dairy Farmer's Association, the Farm Bureau and a 4-H advisor for 10 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother Mary Kingrey, his first wife Vivian Jo Kingrey, brothers Shirley Kingrey Jr. and Howard Kingrey and grandson Jeff Kingrey. Surviving are his wife of 27 years Margaret (Middletown) Kingrey; his sons Charles and his wife Carmen Kingrey, Jr., Versailles; Wayne and his wife Wanda Kingrey, West Milton; Mark and his wife Patricia Kingrey, Troy, OH. Stepchildren Robert Lee Wolfe, Norfolk, VA and Mary J. Wolfe, Troy. His sister Virginia Baxley, NC and brothers Harold and his wife Ruby Kingrey, Covington; Samuel Kingrey, Tipp City; and J. Wesley and his wife Sandy Kingrey, NC. Thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home in Tipp City with pastor Evan Garber officiating with burial in New Carlisle Cemetery. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Cove Springs Grange services at 5 p.m. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County in Charles name.