Our Staff

Robert (Bob) Sinclair

Owner, Funeral Director & Embalmer, Davie Funeral Service

Owner Robert Sinclair also serves as a funeral director and embalmer, and has been associated with the funeral business for nearly fifty years.  Born in 1949, he became the youngest licensed EMT in Pennsylvania and West Virginia at age 16, when funeral homes also seved as ambulance sevices.  He attended Fishburn Military Academy, Allegeny College, the University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.  He became licensed in 1976, and was associated with two small funeral homes.  During that time, he also worked for Aurora Casket Company.  He holds licenses in North Carolina, Maryland and Pennsylvania.  In 1996, he started Davie Funeral Service in Mocksville, and aquired Mackie-Gentry Funeral Home in 2000. In 2015, he acquired Reavis Funeral Home of Statesville and in 2016 he opened Davie Burial & Cremation Service of Lexington. He owns the the funeral homes with his wife, Sue.  He and Sue have two grown children, David and Emily, and two grandchildren, Bailey and Branden.

Sue Sinclair

Owner, Administrator, Davie Funeral Service

Owner Sue Sinclair also serves as an administrator.   She graduated with honors in Funeral Service Education from Fayetteville Tech in May of 2006. She is married to Bob, and they have two grown children, Emily and David, and two granchildren, Branden and Bailey.

Keenan Walsh

Manager / Funeral Director

Telephone: 1-336-679-8871

Joe Tommy Chaffin

Funeral Assistant

"Joe Tommy," as we all know him, is a lifetime resident of Davie county.  He retired in 2001, after 30 years of service with the North Carolina Department of Transportation.  He joined our staff in 2007, bringing with him 10 years of experience in funeral service.  He has been a volunteer firefighter for over 35 years and attends Ijames Baptist Church.  His late wife, Mary Francis Chaffin died in 2007.  He has one son, Donald Joe Chaffin.  If you ever need to find Joe Tommy, he is either at the funeral home or working in his garden.

Dave Graham

Photographer, Multi-media

Dave Graham was born in 1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in Chula Vista, California.  He retired from 24 years of service in the US Coast Guard, and is a veteran of the Vietnam War.  He attended the University of South Florida, and spent 15 years marketing and merchandising for several nationwide companies.  He has been with Mackie-Sinclair since 2007, and serves as our resident photographer and multi-media director.  He is married to his wife, Cherie, and has 3 children, 10 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.

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Jim Short

Funeral Assistant

Telephone: 1-336-679-8871