Ralph Dale Goodnight, Sr.

Mr. Ralph Dale Goodnight, Sr., 80, of 1364 Rainbow Drive, Kannapolis, died Monday, July 29, 2002, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Joseph R. Crawford will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 PM Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times, they will be at the residence. Born April 15, 1922, in Cabarrus County, he was a son of the late C.R. Goodnight and the late Essie Sink Goodnight. He retired in 1985 as president of Goodnight Clothiers which he owned and operated for many years. He previously worked for Goodnight Brothers Construction for 21 years and was a county appraiser for four years. He was a graduate of J.W. Cannon High School and attended Arkansas State College. Mr. Goodnight was a veteran of the US Air Force and served in the European Theater during World War II. He was a member of Poston-Perkins VFW Post 8989 and Beaver-Pittman American Legion Post 115. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and formerly served as Sunday School teacher, elder, deacon and committeeman of Boy Scout Troop 36. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Brackett Goodnight; two sons, Ralph Dale Goodnight, Jr., and Mark Caleb Goodnight and his wife, Renee, both of Kannapolis; one sister, Mary Lois Conner of Kannapolis; four grandchildren, Ralph D. "Trey" Goodnight III, Christopher Ray Goodnight, Caleb Mathias Goodnight, and Chelsea Victoria Goodnight. Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Cabarrus County, PO Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026 or First Presbyterian Church, 201 Vance Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.