Esther Wilson-Sloop

Mrs. Esther Overcash Wilson-Sloop, 85, formerly of Beaver Road, Kannapolis, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at NorthEast Medical Center. She had been in declining health for a number of years and was seriously ill for one week. Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2004, at St. Enoch Lutheran Church. The Rev. John Mark Beam and the Rev. Constance Garrett will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of a son, Wayne Wilson, 6815 Beaver Road, Kannapolis. Born October 20, 1918 in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late G. L. Overcash and Rella Rodgers Overcash. She was a longtime member of St. Enoch Lutheran Church and resident of the Enochville community. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Albert Wilson, in 1992, and her second husband, Oscar Sloop. Survivors include two sons, Wayne Wilson and his wife, Betty, and Melvin Wilson and his wife, Carole, all of Kannapolis; five grandchildren, Todd Wilson and his wife Dawn, Eric Wilson and his wife Donna, Michael Wilson and his wife Kelly, all of Kannapolis, Susan Lambert and her husband Donald of Concord, Dale Wilson and his wife Stacey of China Grove; and nine great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St. Enoch Lutheran Church, 701 Campbell Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28081.