Valdese, North Carolina
John Brinkley
1928 — 2022
John Dallas "Dack" Brinkley Jr., of Valdese, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 19, 2022. He was born October 25, 1928 in Morganton, the son of the late John Dallas Brinkley Sr. and Ruth Holloway Brinkley. He attended The Darlington School in Rome Georgia and graduated from Staunton Military Academy in Staunton Virginia. He graduated from Duke University with a bachelors degree and returned to Valdese to work in his family's lumber and building supply business. Dack was co-owner of Brinkley Lumber Company, Pilgrim Full Fashion Hosiery Mills, DBA Best Binders Markets and College Timber Products. Mr. Brinkley was a past board members of the Valdese General Hospital for seventeen...