Dorothy Mae Simmons Waller

Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Mae Simmons Waller, 61, of Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, NC, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2004, at North Kannapolis Baptist Church. Rev. Marcus Starnes and Rev. James Lankford will officiate. Burial will follow at Rowan Memorial Park in Salisbury. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mrs. Waller was born January 29, 1943 in Kannapolis, NC. She was a daughter of the late Clifford Lemuel Simmons and Eunie Mae Dodd Simmons. She was retired from the maintenance department of Hoechst Celanese as a welder. She was a member of North Kannapolis Baptist Church. Mrs. Waller is survived by her husband, Charlie S. Waller, Jr.; three daughters, Deanna Thompson and her husband, Billy, Susan Deal, and Lisa Waller, all of Salisbury; three sons, James D. Deal, Jr. of King, NC, Alan Waller and his wife, Marie, Charlie "Bud" S. Waller, III and his wife, Rebecca, all of Salisbury; three sisters, Evie Griffin of Salisbury, Betty Robinson and her husband, Hal, of Concord, Karen Shelton of Kannapolis; two brothers, Lonnie Simmons and his wife, Ina, of Grover, NC, Grover Lemar Tolbert and his wife, Bessie, of Locust, NC; seven grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be sent to North Kannapolis Baptist Church , 312 Locust Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or to the American Heart Association , 222 South Church Street, Charlotte, NC 28202.