Wayne Lee Trull

ROCKY MOUNT - Wayne Lee Trull passed away peacefully Saturday, November 28, 2020, at Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount. Born September 17, 1934, in Union County, he was the youngest of the late Preston Carlyle Trull and Ethel Moore Trull's four sons. Wayne attended Wingate High School where he was a member of the Beta Club Honor Society, President of the Future Farmers of America, worked on the high school annual, and drove a school bus. After graduation he attended Wingate College. Wayne married Shirley Dean Barbee on June 5, 1954 with whom he enjoyed 52 years together before she passed in 2007. Together they had three sons: Michael, Phil, and Don. Wayne's career with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company began in Monroe and took the couple to Easley (SC), Greensboro, and Burlington before the couple found their permanent home in Rocky Mount with the 1971 purchase of a Goodyear retail franchise. In addition to running a successful business, Wayne served as President of the North Carolina Tire Dealers Association (1983), sat on the 12-member National Tire Dealers Association's Executive Committee (1986-1988), and was Secretary of the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (1988-1989). Locally, Wayne served as an officer for several Rocky Mount business organizations including the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. He also led an active civic life chairing numerous committees and serving as an officer with the Lions Club, Rotary Club, Elks Lodge, and Salvation Army. Wayne loved life and cherished his time with friends and family. He loved to travel and was fortunate to have traveled extensively within the United States and abroad. Wayne is survived by his dear friend Nancy Lewis Pridgen with whom he spent much of the last 13 years; his three sons Michael Wayne Trull and wife Sandy Trull of Cary, Phillip Eugene Trull and partner Kelly Suiter of Greenville, and Donald Lee Trull of Rocky Mount; six grandchildren Phillip Ryland Trull, Christopher Lee Trull and wife Lillie Benson Trull, Mary Catherine Trull, Joshua Wayne Trull and wife Amy Webb Trull, Caroline Elizabeth Trull and fiance John Harvey Wester, and Alexander Dean Trull and fiance Ashley Renee Waters; and five great grandchildren. Wayne is predeceased by his wife Shirley, daughter-in-law Susan Clements Trull, parents Carl and Ethel, and three brothers, Boyd Carlyle Trull, Neal Trull, and James Ted Trull. Due to the Governor's Executive Order limiting public gatherings, no memorial service is being held at this time. A memorial service will be scheduled once social distancing restrictions have been lifted. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Lakeside Baptist Church (1501 Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804) or the Nash UNC Health Care Foundation (2416 Professional Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804). The family wishes to thank the staff of Nash UNC Health Care for the kind and loving care given to Wayne while working under stress from the global pandemic. Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com. Service A memorial service will be scheduled once social distancing restrictions have been lifted.