Robert L. Ervin, Jr.

Mr. Robert Lee "Bob" Ervin, Jr., 81, of 532 Kiser Avenue, Kannapolis, NC, died Friday, July 2, 2004. Funeral services will be conducted 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 9, 2004, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Sarah Weaver will officiate. Interment will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the residence and from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Friday at Lady's Funeral Home. Born September 5, 1922, in Cabarrus County, he was a son of the late Robert Lee Ervin and Minnie Kerley Eudy Ervin. He was a 1946 graduate of Wingate College. Mr. Ervin was a former patrolman with the North Carolina Highway Patrol and retired in 1984 from Duke Power Company where he was employed for 32 years. He was a World War II veteran of the US Army and was a life member and past commander of Poston Perkins VFW Post 8989. He was also a member of Allen-Graham Masonic Lodge in Kannapolis and the Scottish Rite and Oasis Shrine of Charlotte. His wife, Ruby Towell "Jo" Ervin, whom he married in 1955, preceded him in death on September 1, 2000. Survivors include two daughters, Sherry Goforth and her husband John of Kannapolis and Vickie Smallwood of Hypoluxo, Florida. Memorials may be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.