Kathleen Snelling Herring's Obituary
Mrs. Mary Kathleen Snelling Herring, 95, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Tucker Hospice House.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 am Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Tim McQueen will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 10:45 am Saturday at the church. At other times, the family will be at the home of her daughter, Sharon Rodgers, 920 Laura Avenue, Kannapolis.
Mrs. Herring was born August 2, 1917 in Madison County, GA. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie Allen Snelling and Ruby Burroughs Snelling. She retired from Johnson Furniture Company in Kannapolis where she worked in the business office. After her retirement, she was the Secretary and Treasurer for Memorial Baptist Church, where she was also a Charter Member.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Milton Herring in 1999; brother, Curtis Snelling; son-in-law, Donald "Don" Rodgers; and a grandson, Jonathan Thacker.
Mrs. Herring is survived by her daughter, Sharon H. Rodgers of Kannapolis; sister-in-law, Allene Laton of Concord; two grandchildren, Lauren Guilliams and Joseph Thacker, both of Concord; niece, Ann S. Rymer of China Grove; and her loving church family.
Memorials may be sent to Memorial Baptist Church, 1785 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis, NC 28083 or to the Jonathan Foundation, PO Box 900, Kannapolis, NC 28082.
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