Ethel Burr Teal's Obituary
Mrs. Ethel Burr Teal, 70, of 1205 Birch Street, the beloved wife of Roger K. Teal and sweetest mother of Sarah Teal Marsh and Kelly Teal Moss, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, September 8, 2002, at NorthEast Medical Center following a sudden illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at West Point Baptist Church. Rev. Greg Barefoot and Rev. Anne Torrence will officiate. Burial will follow at Kannapolis City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:00 P.M. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the residence.
Mrs. Teal was born October 9, 1931 in Kannapolis. She was a daughter of the late Edward Burr and Ethel Barnhardt Burr. Mrs. Teal was employed in the sheet and towel finishing department of Cannon Mills for 49 years. Following the events of September 11, 2001, she decided to retire and spend time with family and friends. She looked forward once a month to join her girlfriends from Fieldcrest Cannon and enjoy and meal together. She was a member of West Point Baptist Church where she was a member of the Samartian Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Randy Thomas Teal, and a daughter, Susan Gail Teal.
Mrs. Teal is survived by her husband, Roger K. Teal; two daughters, Sarah Teal Marsh of Concord and Kelly Teal Moss, of Kannapolis. She was the kindest, most generous, gentle and loving grandmother of, Melanie Marsh, Melissa Marsh Harmston, Chris Hamm, Michael Hamm and Katie Moss. Also surviving are two sisters, Katie Bass and Geneva Edwards, both of Kannapolis; and three brothers, James "Buddy" Burr and Marshall Burr, both of Kannapolis, and Rev. James E. Burr of Baltimore, Maryland.
Memorials may be sent to West Point Baptist Church, 1100 Pine Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081, or to The Gideons International, P.O. Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082.
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