Born June 11, 1931, in Elkin, he retired from education to Samelot, the family farm.

Surviving: wife of 39 years, Nancy Roberson Shugart; sons, Steve of Nashville, Tenn., Mike of Greenville, Clay and wife Jill of Greensboro, John and wife Terry of Wilmington; daughters, Kate Weaver and husband Steven of Greensboro, A.B. Brown of Zebulon; grandchildren, Kelly, Bailey, Ashley, Alex; brother-in-law, Tom Roberson and wife Emily of Elizabethtown; twin sister, Sue Shugart of Arlington, Va.; brother, Charles Shugart and wife Kay of Sumter, S.C.; sisters-in-law, Jeanette Shugart of Union, S.C., Louisa Shugart of Charlotte; cousin, Bill

Shugart and wife Betty of Raleigh.

Memorials may be made to Eastern Wake EMS, P.O. Box 84, Wendell 27591.