James Larry Yow

Mr. James Larry Yow, 82, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020, at Brian Center Cabarrus.

A funeral service is scheduled for 12:00 pm Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at Centerview Baptist Church. Rev. Willie Rash will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.

The family will receive friends from 11 to 11:45 am Tuesday at Centerview Baptist Church. Social distancing is to be practiced throughout the visitation and service.

Mr. Yow was born May 19, 1938 in Concord. He was a son of the late Jesse James Yow and Jessie Scott Yow. He was a very active member of Centergrove Baptist Church and a veteran of the US Army. He retired from Rexham after 27 years employment as an electrician and maintenance supervisor and also was a classic car collector.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Billie Yow Bost, Bertie Yow Hartsell and Lillian Yow Furr; and brother, Ira Thomas Yow.

James is survived by wife, Allie Eleanor Coley Yow; four children, Sandra Yow Morris and husband David of Clover, SC, James Larry Yow, Jr. of Las Vegas, NV, Rene Baker and husband Paul of Mooresville and Suzanne Lentz and husband Daniel of Kannapolis; five grandchildren, Andrew Baker and wife Sarah, Alex Baker, Ashley Morris, Ali Lentz and Anna Lentz; a great-grandson, Rowe Burgess; and two step-grandchildren, Adrienne Morris Burgess and husband Thomas and Hayley Morris Robinson and husband Justin.

Memorials may be sent to Centerview Baptist Church, 415 Walter Street, Kannapolis, NC, 28083 or to the Gideons International Kannapolis Camp, PO Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082.