Rachael Odell Long

Mrs. Rachael Odell Long, 88, of 1113 Thomas Avenue, Kannapolis, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Avante at Concord. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2004, at Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church. The Rev. Richard A. Rhoades and the Rev. Hoke H. Ritchie will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the reception room at the church. At other times they will be at their respective homes. Born September 26, 1915, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Walter C. Odell and Elizabeth Ritchie Odell. She retired several years ago from the sheet department at Cannon Mills, Plant One in Kannapolis. Mrs. Long was a life member of Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church and the Kannapolis Homemakers Club. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Ray Long; a son, James Ritchie Long; a sister, Mary Ellen Goodnight; and two brothers, Walter C. Odell, Jr. and George Odell. Survivors include two sons, Michael A. "Mike" Long of Charlotte and William R. "Bill" Long and his wife, Mary, of Hickory; a brother, James L. Odell and his wife, Phyllis, of Kannapolis; a sister-in-law, Alice Odell of Concord; two brothers-in-law, Lucius Long and his wife, Sammy, and Howard Long, all of Kannapolis; three grandchildren, Robin L. Leatherwood and her husband, Phillip, of Kannapolis, Heather L. Wallace and her husband, Charles, of Wichita, Kansas and Melinda L. Long of Hickory; and one great-grandchild, William Charles Wallace of Wichita, Kansas. Memorials may be sent to Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, 101 Vance Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.