John (Jay) Walter Temple, III, age 59 of Dunn passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2021 after a courageous battle with complications caused by a stroke in August of 2018.
Jay is preceded in death by his beloved parents John Walter Temple, Jr., Nancy Rae Clodfelter Temple and his “pet children”, dog Rascal and cats Tam & Zipper.
Jay is survived by his sister Kathy Temple Sykes & (husband) Steve and his best friend for 47 years Mark Wicker.
Jay was a 1980 graduate of Dunn High School (Valedictorian) and a 1984 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill where he was a Morehead Scholar majoring in Business and minoring in Spanish. After college, Jay was employed by Independence Securities as a financial advisor and then Bank of America as a financial analyst. After leaving BOA, he worked as an independent financial advisor and then helped in the family business, Dunn Auto Parts.
Jay made lifelong friends easily with his big smile, warm manner and gift of being able to say just the right things and meaning them. He was extremely compassionate and giving in nature and always thought about others before himself.
He loved to travel and his favorite places were Oak Island, NC and Maui, Hawaii. He swore he had salt water in his veins.
A Celebration of Life is scheduled for June 6, 2021 at Hood Memorial Christian Church in Dunn, NC with a visitation at 2:00 and service at 3:00.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Safe Haven for Cats.
(https://www.safehavenforcats.org/)
On-line memorials can be made on-line at dignitymemorials.com
A Service of Cromartie Miller Funeral Home of Dunn NC
