Faye Elizabeth Blackwelder Biggers

Mrs. Faye Elizabeth Blackwelder Biggers, 86, a resident of Caremoor Retirement Center and formerly of Mooresville Road, died Saturday, August 28, 2004, at Caremoor Retirement Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at Bethpage Presbyterian Church. Dr. Steve Mowery will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m. Monday in the fellowship hall at Bethpage Presbyterian Church. At other times, they will be at the home of her daughter, Linda VanPelt, 7171 Tuckaseegee Road. Mrs. Biggers was born February 21, 1918 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of the late Albert Jerome Blackwelder and Cora McCall Blackwelder. She was employed for many years at Hoover Hosiery Mill in Concord. She was a member of Bethpage Presbyterian Church for 46 years and was active in the Circles of Presbyterian Women and the Young at Hearts. She was a former member of Bethpage Home Extension Club. She was a good cook and enjoyed quilting. In addition to her parents, was preceded in death by her husband, Herman W. Biggers, who died in 1985; and two brothers, Floyd Blackwelder and A.J. Blackwelder. Mrs. Biggers is survived by her daughter, Linda VanPelt, and her husband, Reid, of Kannapolis; two grandchildren, Chip VanPelt of Concord and Carrie VanPelt of Kannapolis; two sisters, Leona Pressley of Charlotte and Betty Jean Cranford of Concord; three brothers, Lawrence Blackwelder of Concord, Fred Blackwelder of Charlotte, and Wick Blackwelder of Greensboro. Memorials may be sent to Bethpage Presbyterian Church, 6020 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081.