John Carl Spoon

John Carl "Papa" Spoon, 72, of 500 Allen Drive, Concord, died Wednesday, November 30, 2005, at Transitional Health Services in Kannapolis. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, December 2, 2005, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Kannapolis. Bishop James R. Johnson and Jonathan King will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Maplewood Cemetery in Durham. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. At other times they will be at the home of his daughter, Laura Elizabeth Morgann, 153 Corban Avenue, Concord. Born May 30, 1933, in Durham, he was the son the late Carl Spoon and Sarah Evelyn Salmon Spoon. He served in the US Navy as a machinist and was honorably discharged. He worked for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga. for over 32 years and retired in 1989. Following his retirement, he worked for Carolina Truck Repair, and as a bus driver for Cannon School and a tow-truck driver for Daveray Services in Concord. His interests included fishing, auto-racing, wood-working, and gardening. He also loved his many dogs, especially the dachshunds. John married Maxine Merrell Spoon, now deceased, in October of 1961. After joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the couple was later sealed in the Salt Lake City temple by Elder Paul H. Dunn. He served in the past as a member of the bishopric of the Atlanta, Ga. Second Ward and as the Sunday School President of the Kannapolis, NC Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Survivors include his daughter, Laura Elizabeth Morgann of Concord; two sons, Broughton Christopher Simpson of Sonora, Mexico and Steven Merrell Simpson of Atlanta, Ga.; four grandchildren, Christopher Simpson, Marie Morgann, Marley Simpson and Sarah Morgann; an aunt; Elizabeth Salmon; uncle, John Timothy Salmon; cousins, Mary Thomas Ayers, Martha Salmon Cox, Elinor Salmon Smith and Kay McSurty; and special friends, Amy Ellison of Harrisburg, Leslie Fisher of Kannapolis, Mike McManus of Mt. Holly, Sharon Fisher of Kannapolis and Joyce and David Evans of Concord. Memorials may be sent to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1601 Cooper Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28081. The family expresses appreciation to Dr. Charles Rhodes, for his special friendship, care and concern.