Dorothy Carpenter Previtte's Obituary
Dorothy Carpenter Previtte, 74, a resident of Big Elm Nursing Center and formerly of Skyland Street in Kannapolis, died Monday, August 22, 2005, at the nursing center.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, August 25, 2005, at Homestead Baptist Church. The Rev. Terry Brown will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of a son, Robert L. Previtte, 1204 Oakwood Avenue, Kannapolis.
Born May 5, 1931 in Anson County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Carpenter and Annie Burr Carpenter. She had lived in this area since 1967 and formerly worked as the head cashier at Cook's Department Store.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Lalan Previtte, who died July 7, 1990.
Survivors include two sons, Robert L. Previtte of Kannapolis and Richard A. Previtte of Sierra Vista, AZ.; two granddaughters, Michelle P. Miles of Concord and Angela Howard of Kannapolis; and a great-granddaughter, Amelia Mae Howard.
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