Henry Owen Adcock

Mr. Henry Owen Adcock, , 101, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2026, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis.

Owen Adcock was the truest example of an Angel on Earth. He truly followed Walk by Faith not by Sight in every aspect of his life. A true believer of Christ, leading hundreds of people to a relationship with Christ themselves. He was humble, he was kind, he was honest, and he lived a pure life. To know him was to love him and we were blessed to call him ours.

Owen worked as a furniture builder and mover for Waxwell Brothers and Collins Furniture. He worked as an appliance repairman at Johnson Furniture Company and later retired from Sears and Roebuck.

Owen served in the Army during World War II. He served as a cooks helper, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Response Crewman, Heavy Machine Gunner, and Military Police. He didn't talk about his service a lot but if you asked a question, you better pull up a chair because you were going to be there a while.

In 1947, Owen married the love of his life, Lillie Gertrude Brinkley, whom he was married to for 75 years until she preceded him in death in 2022.

He was also preceded in death by his mother and father, Delia Irene Cress Adcock and Henry Ernest Adcock; brother, James Harold Adcock; sisters, Thelma Adcock McCool, Mildred Adcock Hinson, and Ima Jean Adcock; nephew, Brian Thomas Adcock; son-in-law, Thomas Lee Voyles and Alvin Andrew Drye; and daughter, Janet Kay Adcock Voyles.

Those left to cherish his memory is daughter, Brenda Sue Adcock Hatley; four grandchildren, Tonya Goodyear (Anthony), Stephanie Rowland, Chad Drye (Yvonne), and Todd Drye (Danielle); nine great grandchildren, Morgan Newton (Billy), Monica Griffin (Justin), Dalton Rowland (Corrie), Peyton Odum (John), Kelsey, Nathaniel, Owen, and Mackenzie Drye, and Winston Drye; and five great-great granchildren, William, Abigail, and Walker Newton, and Jensen and Emerson Griffin.

A funeral service is scheduled for 12:00 pm Monday, April 6, 2026, at First Wesleyan Church. Rev. Scott Wheeler, Pastor Michael Covington, and Rev. Selina Wheeler will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 am to 11:45 am Monday at First Wesleyan Church.