It is with great sadness to report the sudden and unforeseen loss of one of our family members,

Patricia Anne Andersen Troy, who died peacefully at Kitty Askins in Goldsboro, on May 27, 2023. She was born on October 20, 1938 in Sidney, Australia, the daughter and only child of Eric Tooley and Doreen Andersen. She was raised by Stan and Doreen Andersen.

     She graduated from High School, Class of 1956 and immediately started her professional ballroom dance career with Ron Troy with whom she later married. Miss Patti had an incredible ballroom dance career. Ms. Troy served on the Board of Directors of the Heritage Dance Foundation and was the artistic Dance Director and manager at Top Hat Ballroom Dance Studio. She was the former Australian representative and World Finalist in International Standard & Latin World Championships and in Asian Pacific Ten-Dance Championship; certified Worldwide championship adjudicator; Fellow of the North American Dance Teachers Association and qualified examiner of all styles; member of the International Dance Teachers Association of the United Kingdom; coeditor of DanceWeek; delegate and member of the Board of Governors of the National Dance Association of America; Master licensed Teacher and Examiner.

     Miss Patti is survived by her adopted family of Dr. Charles and Melissa Grimes Zwerling and her grandchildren Tiffany and Alexis Zwerling and her great grandchildren Charlee and Haylee Thomas. Miss Patti’s beloved cat T.Q. was adopted by her dear friends Marty and Joann Barbour. She would also wish a special thanks to Hope Drawhorn and Carl and Joy Williams for their love and support.

 A private celebration of life will be held for Miss Patti. As per her wishes, he will be cremated and have her ashes spread off the coast of North Carolina. May she have eternal peace in the sea.

     It is with great sadness to report the sudden and unforeseen loss of one of our family members, Allen Ray Grimes, II died unexpectedly, on April 1, 2022 at his residence in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 32. He was born on August 17, 1989 in Goldsboro, NC, the son of William Allen Grimes and Barbara Grimes Bailey.

     He graduated from Eastern Wayne High School, Class of 2007. Following graduation, he studied Applied Animal Science at Wayne Community College. He learned to dance at Top Hat Ballroom Dance Studio under the direction of his uncle, Charles and his beloved aunt, Melissa Zwerling. He participated in numerous dance competitions in North Carolina and was one of the competitive amateur expert members of the Dancing Stars of Wayne County in 2012. He pursued a professional career in scuba diving in Morehead City, NC, and Costa Rica. He became certified as an open water diver and an advanced instructor with numerous PADI certifications. After travelling to Japan with his dear friend Corey, he returned home and studied culinary arts. Thereafter he worked as a senior chef in Columbus, Ohio.

     He was predeceased by his father, William Allen Grimes, his beloved Maternal Grandmother, Martha Grimes, his Grandfather Allen Ray Grimes, and Grandparent John Dimunccio. Surviving in addition to his mother, Barbara Grimes Bailey and her husband Mark, his sister Lacey N. Bailey of Jacksonville, Maternal Grandmother Linda Dimuccio of Warwick, RI, Grandfather, James M. Massey of Princeton, NC, Aunt, Sonya M. Johnson of Warwick, RI, and his Maternal Aunts, Linda Grimes Giuliani and her husband Michael and Melissa Grimes Zwerling and her husband Charles and their children Tiffany and Alexis, and his cousins, Ashlee Schallert and her husband Chris, Stacy Sherman and many other beloved cousins. To his special friends Scott, Cory and Blake, you guys saw the world together.

 A service of remembrance will be held 6p.m., Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Seymour Funeral Home, Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, NC. As per his wishes, he will be cremated and have his ashes spread off the coast of North Carolina where he loved his scuba diving. May he have eternal peace in the sea.