Hughes Brown Poston

Mr. Hughes Brown Poston, 84, a resident of Discovery Program at Concord Place, and formerly of 9701 Archer Road, Davidson, died Saturday, November 8, 2003, at Discovery Program. Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at Gilwood Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home in Kannapolis. At other times they will be at the home of a daughter, Vanessa Crowe, 814 Margate Avenue, Kannapolis. Born April 5, 1919,in Mt. Ulla, NC, he was a son of the late Walter Lee Poston and Katie Ollie Brown Poston. He retired several years ago from the No. 4 Spinning Room of Cannon Mills, Plant One in Kannapolis. He was an active member of Gilwood Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Leona Burris Poston, on December 30, 1957; a son, Ralph Hughes Poston, on May 1, 1996; three sisters, Katie Lee Cross, Mildred Poston and Lobenia Poston; and four brothers, Walter Poston, Warren Poston, Charles Poston and Samuel Poston. Survivors include two daughters, Annie Poston Lucas of Greensboro and Vanessa Poston Crowe of Kannapolis; a son, Dwight Poston of Cornelius; two sisters, Hazel Poston Ross and Nell Poston Wall, both of Kannapolis; two brothers, John Coolidge Poston of Salisbury and Howard Taft Poston of Kannapolis; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Gilwood Presbyterian Church, 2993 Odell School Road, Concord, NC 28027 or Concord Place Discovery Program, 2452 Rock Hill Church Road, Concord, NC 28025 or Hospice of Cabarrus County, PO Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026.