Rev. Joseph Emmett "J.E." Mainer Jr.

January 22, 1924 - January 17, 2020

Rev. Joseph Emmett "J.E." Mainer, Jr., 95, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020, at his home in Concord. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Monday, January 20, 2020, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ronald Cooper will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. Military Honors will be conducted by the Cabarrus County Veterans Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:45 pm Monday at Lady's Funeral Home. Rev. Mainer was born January 22, 1924 in Concord. He was a son of the late Joseph Emmett Mainer, Sr. and Sadie McDaniel Mainer. He was a member and Pastor of Cedar Grove Freewill Baptist Church. J.E. enjoyed reading his Bible and playing Bluegrass and Gospel music. His father, J.E. Mainer, Sr. and the Mountaineers are in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN and Wilkesboro. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Mary Alice Mainer; two sisters, Mary Hadley and Carolyn Covington; two brothers, Earl and Glenn Mainer; and one great-grandson, Nathaniel Hooks. Rev. Mainer is survived by three daughters, Carol Laws and husband David of Concord, Debbie Hicks and husband Charles of Iron Station and Barbara Taylor of Concord; two sons, Allen Biggerstaff and wife Kayren of Concord and Gary Mainer of Flag Pond, TN; brother, Charles Mainer and wife Kay of Concord; nine grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren on the way. Memorials may be sent to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.