Joyce Edsell Sides

Mrs. Dora Joyce Edsell Sides, 94, went to her heavenly rest, on July 20, 2004, at Britthaven of Kannapolis, where she had been a resident for four years and formerly lived at 36 Rich Place in Concord. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel in Kannapolis. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times they will be at the home of a son, Martin Ray (Marty) Sides, 912 Isabelle Street, Kannapolis. Born June 23, 1910, in Spray, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Pinkney Edsell and Liddie Mae Thomas Edsell. She was a homemaker and loved gardening. She lived for many years in Alexandria, Virginia until she and her husband returned home in 1969 to retire. She greatly enjoyed visiting the mountains of North Carolina where she had lived for a time as a child. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Horace Gee Sides; a sister, Dessie May Edsell; and two brothers, Roy Lee Edsell and William Richard Edsell. Survivors include three sons, Martin Ray (Marty) Sides and his wife Nancy of Kannapolis, Carroll Franklin Sides and his wife Linda and Jack Morgan Sides of Concord; five grandchildren, Michael H. Sides and his wife Jill of Kannapolis, Melissa (Dede) Sides Plott and her husband Mark of Concord, James E. Sides of Charlotte, Cynthia (Cindy) Widenhouse and her husband Brent of Anchorage, Alaska and Kiva Barbee and her husband Ted of Concord; eight great-grandchildren, Justin Sides, Emily Sides, Jered Overcash, Joshua (Josh) Plott, Courtney Widenhouse, Parker Widenhouse, Tia Barbee and Houston Barbee; and several nieces and a nephew. Memorials may be sent to Ann Street United Methodist Church, 335 Ann Street NW, Concord, NC 28025.