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Dalton Ruffin
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.jpg) Sept. 6, 1929 - Dec. 21, 2018
Dalton Dillard Ruffin died peacefully on Dec. 21, with his family by his side.
He was born n Knoxville, TN to Lydia Dillard and William Cain Ruffin. He was raised in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and graduated from the Univ of NC at Chapel Hill in 1952. He served in the US Navy from 1952 to 1954 and returned to W-Salem, NC to begin a lifelong career at Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
Dalton married Sarah Shore on April 18, 1953. They raised 4 children in Winston-Salem: Saree (Harvey),Dalt (Paula), John (Fowler) and Jim (Lorre). Granny and Pop had 13 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Dalton had one brother - William Cain Fuffin (Ann) of Gainesville, FL, and one brother-in-law, Robert D. Shore (Adrian) of Winston-Salem, as well as many nieces and nephews whom he adored.
Dalton had many "good buddies". He took great pride and inspiration from the many talented and dedicated people he worked with at Wachovia. He enjoyed seeing friends throughout the community and always recalled fond memories . He also loved to serve his community and beyond, and did so in many ways where he made lasting friendships. Perhaps his favorite was his service on the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. The outdoors and natural habitat was his passion from birth and he thrived in giving back to that source of joy. The friends, memories and contributions from his pursuits in the outdoors were abundant, but most satisfying to him was teaching his children and grandchildren to enjoy and protect nature as well.
Dalton held dear his family and two very special friends who he proudly referred to as his family - Eddie McDaniels and Mary Handy. All were a beautiful example of caring and demonstrative of the power of God's love.
There will be a memorial service for Dalton at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, which he and his wife cherished, on Jan. 4, 2019 at 2pm, with visitation to follow at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 520 Summit St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101, or Trellis Supportive Care, 101 Hospicwe Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
On-line condolences can be made through www.salemfh.com
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David Cotterill
He caled me Good Buddy so much that I started to call him Big D.
I know St Peter welcomed him with "welcome Home Good Buddy" and told him he will know evryones' name in heaven automatically.. Whew!!...
He was a wonderful man in all ways and a treasure to Wachovia and our commubity. Dalt always 'got er done"..
We all miss him so much..
George Fain
Well 'good buddy' to me ment be careful. He usually wanted somethin and usually out of the ordinary. I never failed him but after a few times I know it would take some effort. I did enjoy him and he was a stabaliser for Wachovia.
Georeg Fain
Bob Shaffner
I worked for Dalton briefly in W-S in 1974.
One Friday afternoon late in the day during a coin hoarding period and the government was asking people to bring in their coins, a non- customer came to our bulk deposit with a 20 gallon jar of coins and wanted us to count them and give him paper currency in return. We asked him if we could count it on Monday and he said no. He left in a huff and took it to Northwestern and they were going to try but in the process the jar broke and money went everywhere. WSJS interviewed him outside NW and told everyone the big bank down the street refused to help. Mr. Wailington saw it on the nightly news and called Dalton. He did not know anything about it but said he would find out and get back to him. I saw it too and chocked on my drink. I called Dalton immediately and told him what had happened. He said he had already gotten acall from Big John and he was upset about the bad publicity. Fortunately, he agreed with me. The next week Dalton and I went to WSJS and met with the brass about the one sided interview whIch was not fair. They were nice enough to have a mother segment that evening explaining "our side" of the story!
Dalton was a nice and kind man that stuck up for his team and I appreciated him. I enjoyed working for him, and yes, I too was a "Good Buddy'"! RIP Dalton! Bob Shaffner