James Caldwell Menius

Mr. James Caldwell "J.C." Menius, 80, of 514 Florence Avenue, Kannapolis, died Saturday, December 27, 2003, at NorthEast Medical Center in Concord. Funeral services are scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Monday, December 29, 2003, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bill Cranfield will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mr. Menius was born October 22, 1923 in Cabarrus County. He was a son of the late Thomas Lucky Menius and Elizabeth Strube Menius. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in World War II. He was retired from Cannon Mills Plant One Bleaching Room. He worked for Beaver Lumber shortly after his discharge from the Army. Mr. Menius, in addition to his parents, is preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Eller Menius, on August 24, 1983, a brother, Thomas E. Menius, and a sister, Maude Menius Rumple. Mr. Menius is survived by his son, Barry Menius, and his wife, Vesper, of Landis; three sisters, Ruth M. Kerley, Margaret Lentz, and Mary "Babe" Godfrey, all of Kannapolis; a brother, Johnny F. Menius, of Kannapolis; two grandchildren, Kevin Dale Menius, of Kannapolis and Max Caldwell Menius, of Landis; and his longtime friend and companion, Ilene Page, of Concord. Memorials may be sent to the American Lung Association of North Carolina, 5315 Greenbrook Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205-6521, or to the American Cancer Society, 500 East Morehead Street, Suite 211, Charlotte, NC 28202.