Nancy Brown Pless' Obituary
Nancy Brown Pless, age 80, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.
A funeral service is scheduled for 4:00 pm Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Landis. Rev. Jarrod Lanning will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Wednesday in the church parlor at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Ms. Pless was born May 21, 1930 in Gaston County, NC. She was a daughter of the late Alfred Charlton Brown and Ruth Wilson Brown. She worked in the personnel office for Cannon Mills in Kannapolis and formerly taught Sunday school at Trinity Lutheran Church. She enjoyed camping and spending time with her family and loved to cook and bake cakes.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by: Jerry B. Pless and Jerry B. Pless, Jr. and a daughter, Sharon Pless Russell.
Ms. Pless is survived by a daughter, Patty Williams and husband John of China Grove, brother, Alfred Charlton Brown and wife Sherry of Lake Wiley, SC, sister, Mary Charlton McElroy and her husband Col. Robert McElroy of Kiawah, SC, sister, Susan Pharr and husband Bob of Salisbury, sister, Ruth Ward of Belmont; granddaughters, Lisa Bracewell and Candace Williams, grandson, Alex Query and wife Kari; great grandchildren, Ashlee Bracewell, Austin Bracewell, Avery Bracewell, Aaron Query and Austin Query.
Memorials for Ms. Pless may be made to: Trinity Lutheran Church Building Fund, 108 West Rice Street, Landis, NC 28088
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