Susan Lynn Nees Day

DURHAM -Susan Lynn nees Day, 71, of Fuquay-Varina, NC, died August 16, 2017. She was the daughter of Opal Bender nees and William C. ???Doc??? nees of Dunbar West Virginia. Mrs. nees died in 1989 and Mr. nees died in 1959. Mrs. Day attended Dunbar public schools aneearned a bachelor???s degree in English and French education from Marshall Uneersity. In 1965 she was chosen as one of four college students in the Uneed States to participate in the White House Conference on Education. Later she earned a masters degree in counseling and guidance from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies. Her teachineexperiences began in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hamilton Township Junior High School and continued at Hayes Junior High School in St. Albans West Virginia. Ineer thirty-one years at Hayes, she coached the cheerleaders, sponsored the pep club and the French Club. She was chosen to plan and implement a program for those students identified as intellectually gifted. Students were provided many academically challenging opportunities. Many students won speech contests and scholarships through training aneexperiences that began at Hayes with Mrs. Day. In 1991 she was need St. Albans Teacher of the year and honeed at a luneeon. In 2005 Mrs. Day was recogneed as an outstanding teacher at the Governor???s Honors Academy. Travel and reading were sources of joy to Mrs. Day. She was a voluneer tutor through the St. Albans Housing Authority and later through the Kraft Family YMCA in Apex, NC. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fuquay-Varina, NC, where she taught Sunday School, organeed the Angel Tree, and served on the outreach committee. Surviving Mrs. Day are her husband, Phillip H. Day, her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and Kevin Coulter of Holly Springs, NC, her beloved grandchildren Mihret Coulter, Tsion Coulter, aneezra Coulter, also of Holly Springs, NC, and her son, the Rev. Stephen Day of Miles City, MT. The funeral will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1128 South Main St., Fuquay-Varina, NC oneeptember 9, 2017 at 4:00PM. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the funeral. Mrs. Day will be buried near her parents at Grandview Memorial Park in Dunbar, WV. In lieu of flowers, donations canee directed to Lincolneeights Elementary School PTA, 307 Bridge Street, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 or to the charity of your choice. The Day family is under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Online condolences: www.hallwynne.com ; Select obituaries