Lillie Ervin Oliphant

Mrs. Lillie Ervin Oliphant, 91, of 7510 Spring Acres Drive, Kannapolis, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 11, 2004, at Central Baptist Church. The Rev. Curtis Parker and the Rev. Ralph Robinette will officiate. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Concord. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at their respective residences. Born February 19, 1913, in Cabarrus County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Ervin and Minnie Eudy Ervin. Mrs. Oliphant retired in 1978 from Linn-Corriher Mills in Landis. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and Poston Perkins VFW Post 8989 Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Oliphant, who died November 15, 1960; and a son Robert D. Ritchie of Michigan. Survivors include a daughter, Bettie Clark of Kannapolis; a brother, Robert Ervin, Jr. of Kannapolis; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Central Baptist Church, 1810 Moose Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083.