Mary Spry Little

Mrs. Mary Spry Little, 99, of 1311 N. Main Street, Kannapolis, died Saturday, November 20, 2004, at NorthEast Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Darrell Coble and the Rev. Mike Dunn will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of her daughter, Willie Nodine, 1316 N. Juniper Street, Kannapolis, NC. Born February 4, 1905, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Locke Spry and Annie Kluttz Spry. She was educated in Rowan County and retired several years ago from Cannon Mills Plant No. 1, where she was employed for 50 years. She was a member of North Kannapolis Baptist Church and worked in the Primary Department for over 40 years. She enjoyed church, family, friends, cooking, baking and working with flowers. During the time she was home bound, she kept in touch with friends by phone, encouraging them with her calls and good wishes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Campbell Little, who died May 1, 1985; a great-grandson, David Elijah Thomas; a sister, Bertie Spry Freeland; and three brothers, Wade Spry, Sam Spry and Luther Spry. Survivors include her daughter, Willie Little Thomas Nodine and her husband, Jay, of Kannapolis; a grandson, James Michael Thomas and special friend, Sandra Sellers, of Concord; a sister-in-law, Margie Spry of Taylorsville; and many nieces and nephews.