Mr. William R.F. Belk, 88, of 1201 Rogers Lake Road, Kannapolis, died Saturday, September 28, 2002, at Universal Healthcare in Concord. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 30, 2002, at 4:00 PM at First Baptist Church. Dr. Tom Cabaniss and the Rev. Don Shuman will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 PM Sunday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times, they will be at the residence. Mr. Belk was born July 14, 1914, in Spencer,NC. He was a son of the late William Atlas Belk and Annie Collette Belk. He was in retail sales for more than 40 years. He worked for Belk's for 13 years and Montgomery Ward for 33 years. He retired in 1979 from the Montgomery Ward store in New Bern. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Kannapolis and the Harold Wyatt Sunday School class. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and served in World War II and the Korean Conflict. He attained the rank of master sergeant. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters, Vera Abernathy, Virginia Bradshaw, Mildred Deal and Ola Mae Adams. Mr. Belk is survived by his wife of 57 years, Zelma Cox Belk; one daughter, Gail Belk Puntch and her husband, Lessie, of Kannapolis; one son, Bobby Ray Belk and his wife, Sarah Hurley Belk, of Charlotte; four sisters, Layvonne Waggoner of Mount Ulla, Betty Hampton of Kannapolis, Juanita Howell of Concord and Mattie Wise of Salisbury; and three grandchildren, Robin Noelle Puntch and Mary Elizabeth Belk, both of Charlotte and Laura Erin Belk of Boone. Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Cabarrus County, PO Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026 or First Baptist Church, 101 N. Main Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
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