Rena Carter Steele

Mrs. Rena Carter Steele, 95, of 902 West B Street, Kannapolis, died Saturday, June 21, 2003, at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at North Kannapolis United Methodist Church. The Rev. Susan German will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the residence. Born March 17, 1908, in Robeson County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Levi Charles Carter and the late Susie Bissell Carter. Mrs. Steele retired several years ago from the sewing room of Cannon Mills, Plant One in Kannapolis. She was an active member of North Kannapolis United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Earl H. Steele; two sons, Bobby Steele and Sonny Steele; three sisters, Mary Smith, Mildred Weaver and Lina Shinn; and two brothers, David Carter and Major Carter. Survivors include three daughters, Mary Mills and her husband, Benny, of Kannapolis, Brenda Belk and her husband, Ralph, of Landis, Jeanie Deese and her husband, Robert, of Monroe; three sisters, Zula Morgan of Landis, Eunice Haigler of Marshville, Anna Dwiggins of Kannapolis; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to North Kannapolis United Methodist Church, 1307 N. Main Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.