Edna Brown Solomon

Mrs. Edna Novella Brown "Skinny" Solomon, 92, a resident of Big Elm Nursing Center and formerly of Bertha Street in Kannapolis, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Big Elm Nursing Center. Funeral services will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2003, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Ted Davis will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of a grandson, Nolan Solomon, 503 West Rice Street, Landis. Born August 30, 1910, in Montgomery County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Archie M. Brown and the late Lilly Jeanette Barnes Brown. Mrs. Solomon was a master seamstress during her career. She worked at local apparel establishments; including Virginia's and was the manager of The Gold Shop. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Currie "Lefty" Solomon; a son, Sidney Nolan Solomon; two sisters, Rose Brown and Ruth Brown Mauldin; and two brothers, Henry and Clifford Brown. Survivors include a granddaughter, Rebecca Lynne Moeller and her husband, Craig, of St. Louis, MO; a grandson, Sidney Nolan Solomon and his wife, Skylia Ann, of Landis; four great-grandchildren, Katie, Caroline and John Moeller of St. Louis, MO, Sarah Solomon of Landis; daughter-in-law, Susan L. Solomon of St. Louis, MO; and a niece who grew up in her aunt's care, Janice Solomon Osborne of Raleigh. Memorials may be sent to First Freewill Baptist Church, 405 N. Bostian Street, China Grove, NC 28023.