Bertha Propst Garner's Obituary
Mrs. Bertha Propst Garner, 92, of St. Andrews Living Center and formerly of Bishop Lane, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at St. Andrews Living Center.
Funeral services are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Willie Rash will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 11 to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home.
Mrs. Garner was born August 12, 1912 in Claremont, NC. She was a daughter of the late George G. Propst and Emma Sigmon Propst. She retired in 1972 from the Sheet Department of Cannon Mills Plant One in Kannapolis after 50 years of service. She was a member of Centerview Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Garner, on November 15, 1957.
Mrs. Propst is survived by her daughter, Sandra "Sandy" Garner Gilmore and her husband, Billy, of Rockwell; son, Jerry Wayne Garner and his wife, Dot, of Franklin, TN; sister, Rosa Furr of Jonesville, NC; four grandchildren, Cindy Clark and her husband, Austin, Jay Garner, Jason Gilmore and his wife, Chondra, and Steven Gilmore and his wife, Natalie; six great grandchildren, Logan Clark, Jordan Clark, Jay Alexander Garner, Eli Gilmore, Gabriel Gilmore, and Ethan Gilmore.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Cabarrus County, Post Office Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026-1235, or to NorthEast Medical Center Children's Hospital Foundation, 920 Church Street North, Concord, NC 28025.
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