Delmer Reid Smith

Mr. Delmer Reid Smith, 75, of 2203 Summit Avenue, Kannapolis, NC, died, Thursday, May 2, 2002, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, May 4, 2002, at North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church. Rev. Edwin Luther will officiate. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:00 PM Friday at Lady's Funeral Home. The body will remain at Lady's Funeral Home until taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service. At other times, the family will be at the residence of Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith was born June 3, 1926 in Cabarrus County, NC. He was a son of the late Millard Clayton Smith and the late Ollie Ashby Smith. He retired several years ago from Linn-Corriher Mills in Landis. He was a member of North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church and was a US Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Ruby Barnett Smith; son, Douglas R. Smith and his wife, Marilynn, of Statesville; sister, Nellie Wright of Kannapolis; three brothers, Mack Smith, Roland Smith, and Harvey Smith, all of Kannapolis; one grandson, Danny Smith of Kannapolis; and great granddaughter, Allison Smith. Memorials may be sent to North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church, 314 West 12th Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or The Gideons International, Post Office Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082.