John Alvin Fincher Sr.

Mr. John Alvin Fincher, Sr., 90, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at NC State Veterans Home in Salisbury.

A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 am Friday, March 22, 2024, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Greg Sloop and Rev. Demps Ray Overcash Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 10:45 am Friday at Lady's Funeral Home.

Mr. Fincher was born September 28, 1933 in Union County. He was a son of the late James Franklin Fincher and Elsie Honeycutt Fincher. Mr. Fincher was a veteran of the US Army and served as a member of the Honor Guard. He was a member of Kannapolis Church of God and a proud Republican Poll worker in Cabarrus County. Mr. Fincher formerly worked for Cannon Mills in the order and data processing department.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Polly Jo Maxwell Fincher in 2021; and a son, Danny Thomas Fincher in 2005.

Mr. Fincher is survived by two daughters, Rebecca Fincher Cranford and partner Pat of Kannapolis and Beverly Fincher Hammond of Rolla, MO; two sons, Richard David Fincher and wife Audra of Kannapolis and John "Sonny" Fincher, Jr. and wife Betty of Ocean Isle Beach; five grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to Kannapolis Church of God, 2211 West A Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or to the Church of God Children's Home, 3485 Weatherby Circle, Concord, NC 28027.