Ellen Louise Killian

Ellen Louise Bittle Killian, 79, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Tucker Hospice House.

A celebration of life service will be held at 12:30 pm Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Piedmont Baptist Church in Kannapolis. Rev. Mike Edwards will officiate.

The family will receive friends following the service on Saturday at the church.

Mrs. Killian was born August 28, 1935 in Chesterfield County, SC. She was a daughter of the late Pearl Rufus Bittle and Fannie Jordan Bittle. She retired from Fieldcrest Cannon.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard L. Killian; sister, Margie Bittle Hodge; and brother, Rev. Charles B. Bittle.

Mrs. Killian is survived by her two daughters, Tammy Isenhour and husband, Mike, of the home and Sharon Harris of Kannapolis; four brothers, Ray Boyd Bittle and wife, Maxine, Lloyd M. Bittle and wife, Shelia, Junior Bittle and wife, Linda Kay, and Rev. Earl R. Bittle and wife, Dixie; and three grandchildren, Erica Isenhour, Tiffany Watson and Travis Watson.

Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.