Dr. Steven Dean Stacy, age 63 of Boone, the Foscoe Community, passed away Saturday,
March 1, 2025.
Dean was a Godly man and showed it in the way he lived. Always generous, kind, loving,
playful, and a hard worker. He wanted the best for his patients, fellow workers, family and
friends.
He had a selfless love for his wife, Patty, and was a wonderful, caring, and thoughtful
husband, son, brother, and friend.
Graduating with his D.D.S. in 1989, he had a private practice in Sparta, NC, practiced
hospital Dentistry in Asheville, NC, served on D.M.O.R.T., and retired from East Carolina
University as the Clinic Director in Spruce Pine, NC. He also served on Mission teams to the
Gambia, Upper Volta, and Mexico.
He was much loved and will be greatly missed by many, even though we know he is in God’s
hands which is the best place to be.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Patty Porch Stacy; a brother Rick Stacy and wife Gail
of Jonesborough, TN; father-in-law 1SG Clarence Porch and wife Christine of Boone, the
Foscoe Community; sister-in-law Diana Calloway and husband Chris of Boone, the Foscoe
Community; brother-in-law J.R. Porch and wife Heather of Boone, the Foscoe Community;
two nieces, Lauren Greer and husband Tanner of Lenoir, and Alanna Stallings and husband
Brandon of Kill Devil Hills, NC; one nephew, Dalton Porch of Boone, the Foscoe
Community; one great niece Mila Greer of Lenoir; also surviving are special friends, the
Don and Sarah Walters family of Johnson City, TN.
Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens, Boone.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Friendship Project, Grace Community
Church, P.O. box 1954 Sparta, NC 28675 and/or Extend International, P.O. Box 5046
Kendallville, IN 46755.
Online condolences may be shared with the family at the website
www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Stacy family.
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