Robert M. Cartner, Sr.

Mr. Robert Milton Cartner, Sr., 90, a resident of Five Oaks Manor and formerly of Wright Road in Kannapolis, died Sunday, December 28, 2003, at Five Oaks Manor. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Randy Foster will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. At other times they will be at the home of his son, Bobby Cartner, 129 Springway Drive, Kannapolis. Born August 29, 1913, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late James Thomas Cartner and Dora Guffy Steel Cartner. Mr. Cartner retired several years ago from the No. 2 weave room of Cannon Mills, Plant One in Kannapolis. He was a member of Bethpage United Methodist Church and a charter member of Allen-Graham Masonic Lodge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Hawkins Cartner, who died in September 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Katrina "Tina" Cross of Kannapolis; a son, Robert M. "Bobby" Cartner of Kannapolis; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Bethpage United Methodist Church Building Fund, 109 Fellowship Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081.