Lillian Lear Almond

Mrs. Lillian Freeze Lear Almond, 86, a resident of Trinity Oaks, and formerly of Janie Street, Kannapolis, died Friday, February 8, 2008, at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008, at First Baptist Church in Kannapolis. Dr. Tom Cabaniss will officiate. Interment will follow at Rowan Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church. Born September 26, 1921 in Lansing, TN, she was a daughter of the late Roy Samuel Freeze and Pearl Smithers Freeze. She retired in 1986 from the data processing department of Cannon Mills. Mrs. Almond was an extremely active member of First Baptist Church for more than 60 years, where she taught Sunday school and was a choir member. She was preceded in death by her first husband, David Lear, whom she married December 20, 1941 and died July 11, 1989, and her second husband, Hugh Harward Almond, whom she married June 15, 2002 and died January 8, 2008. Survivors include two sons, Mike Lear and wife Dale of Rockwell, Bill Lear and wife Sue of St. Cloud, Florida; and four grandchildren, Will Lear and wife Rachael of Wilmington, Jeff Lear of Rockwell, Matthew Lear and Bradley Lear, both of St. Cloud, Florida. Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church, Building Fund, 101 N. Main Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081. The family expresses thanks to the staff at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks, for the wonderful care given their mother during her stay.