David Johnson Cannady, Sr. was born in Winston-Salem, NC on November 25, 1934 to Isaac Cannady and Minnie Bell Davis.

He graduated from Carver High School, entered and graduated from Winston-Salem State University and received his degree in Business Administration and completed Plant Engineering Training at FTCC. He was drafted, served and honorably discharged from the US Army 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, NC.

For more than 35 years he was employed by and later retired from AT&T Technologies as an Operating Engineer. Additionally he was a Power Plant Mechanic at Wake Forest University. As a local entrepreneur, he owned and operated Cannady & Sons Heating & Air.

At John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, he served as a Trustee, Preacher, Steward Emeritus, Sunday School Teacher, Male Chorus, 1st Sunday Choir, Memorial Choir; Men's Booster Ministries of the W-S District. He was 3rd degree member of P.H.F&AM.

He passed on December 31, 2023 and was preceded in death by: son, David Johnson Cannady, Jr.; siblings, Doris Cundiff, Johnny Cannady, Blanche C. Boyce, McLacey Cannady, Isaac Cannady, Jr., and Caretha C. Batista. Left to cherish his legacy are: spouse, Juanita Dunlap Cannady; children, Oliver (Patricia) Cannady, Thomas Cannady, Bronell Cannady (Michelle), Debra (Paul) Patterson, Melba Cannady, Soncerae (Clifton) Jones, II, Helen Moore; grandchildren: Chasidy Barber, Xavier Conrad, Kenneth Conrad, Steven Cannady, Clifton L. Jones, III, Casey Jones, Chelsea Jones, Chanel Cannady, Bryan Cannady, Jason Cannady, Bronell Cannady, II, Jordan Moody, Brittney Eisenhauser; sister, Claudette Cannady Henry.

Public viewing will be from 1:00 PM until 6:00 PM, Sunday, January 7, 2024 at Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 1:00 PM, Monday, January 8, 2024 at John Wesley AME Zion Church, 1800 NE 25th Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105. Family visitation will be one hour prior to service. Interment in Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina.

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