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Wynema Sharon Canupp Lazenby

October 1, 1945 — August 17, 2025

Mrs. Wynema Sharon Canupp Lazenby, 79, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2025, at her home in Kannapolis.

A funeral service is scheduled for 1:30 pm Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Franklin Heights Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.

The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:15 pm Thursday at Franklin Heights Baptist Church.

Wynema was born October 1, 1945 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of the late Ralph Alexander Canupp and Nora Belle Wike Canupp. In her earlier years, she worked at Terry Products in Kannapolis. She later worked for Cannon Mills in the weave room until the mill closed. After the mill closed at age 58, she went back to school at Rowan Cabarrus Community College and earned her GED. Afterwards, she worked as a subcontractor at Hoechst Celanese in Salisbury. After retirement, she looked after her grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Jimmy Dawayne Canupp and Jeffery Darrell Canupp; three sisters, Emily Canupp, Sylvia Perry and Frances "Ollene" McCombs; two brothers, Johnny Canupp and a stillborn baby brother; and two grandchildren, Blake and Cass.

Wynema is survived by her husband, Willard Lazenby; daughter, Tamara Alston (Ronald) of Salisbury; son, Richard Holloway (Jennifer) of Kannapolis; five grandchildren, Darren, Morgan, Dakotah, Hayden and Caleb; and three great grandchildren, Ava, Georgia and Abigail.

Memorials may be sent to Franklin Heights Baptist Church, 526 Wright Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28083.

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