CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A memorial service for Gary Robert Deal, 46, will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. The family will receive friends following the service. Memorials may be made to Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Lugoff. Mr. Deal died Monday, November 12, 2007. Born in Camden, he was a son of Barbara Ann Abercrombie and the late Robert Mickle Deal. He had a life-long career of working on boats and performed numerous under water rescues. Surviving are his mother of Newberry; his lifelong companion, Francine Madge Baker and her daughter, Elizabeth Baker; sisters, Judy Wright and her husband Jerry of Crosshill, and Linda Deal of Wyoming; sister-in-law, Joan Deal of Lugoff; nieces, Nikki Wright, Connie Dodmead, Chrystal Olfs; and nephew, Clay Wright. He was predeceased by a brother, Carroll Deal.