OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Families in Kannapolis, NC
Harold Lee Goodman
May 6, 2010
Harold Lee Goodman, 72, of 395 Mt. Moriah Church Road, China Grove, died Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Avante at Concord, following one year of declining health. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2010 at Pine Ridge Baptist Church. The Rev. George Bradshaw will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park. The family...
Sydney Anne Helms
May 6, 2010
Sydney Anne Helms, infant daughter of Steven Darrell Helms and Devin Miller Reavis of Tiffany Drive, Kannapolis, died Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Survivors in addition to her parents include a sister, Alexis Michelle Malund; brother, Tyler Clark Reavis; grandparents, Joe and Dianne Helms of Concord and Jerry Miller of Kannapolis; and great-grandparents, Darrell and Dorothy Hampton...
Vyrett Lyman Chamberlain
May 6, 2010
Longtime Kenai resident, Vyrett (Bud) Chamberlain, age 88, died peacefully at the Kannapolis, NC home of his step-son, Michael Carty, on May 6, 2010. He was born in Vancouver, Washington on December 28, 1921, the son of Vyrett Lyman Chamberlain and Mable Emily Bullock Chamberlain. Upon graduation from high school he joined the US Navy to serve bravely in World...
Joseph Patrick Guarnera
May 5, 2010
Joseph "Joe" Patrick Guarnera, 77, of Stonewyck Avenue, Kannapolis, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at his home. A memorial service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday at St. James the Greater Catholic Church, 139 Manor Avenue SW, Concord. Father Joseph Dionne, C.Ss.R. will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday...
Lynn Edward Randolph
May 4, 2010
Faithful husband, loving father, treasured friend and neighbor, Lynn Edward Randolph, 73, of Wilmington passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center after extended months of declining health. Born to the late Charles and Odessa Randolph in Iredell County NC on November 5, 1936, Lynn was an alumnus of Mills Home Orphanage of Thomasville NC from...
Marilyn Arlene Hurlburt
Apr 28, 2010
Marilyn Arlene Hurlburt, 63, of Easy Street, Concord, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Concord First Assembly, 150 Warren C. Coleman Blvd., Concord. The Rev. Jeff Burris and the Rev. Mike Thevenin will officiate. Interment will be private....
Dorothy Arlene Foster
Apr 26, 2010
Dorothy Arlene Bates Foster, 75, of 808 East 22nd Street, Kannapolis, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation in Concord, following a serious illness of three weeks. A graveside service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 30, 2010 at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. Mr. Danny Duran will officiate. The family will...
Christopher Edward Beaver
Apr 25, 2010
Christopher Edward Beaver, 30, of Morgan Place Court, Atlanta, Georgia, and formerly of China Grove, died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Emory University Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at Faith Freewill Baptist Church, 904 Chipola Street, Kannapolis. The Rev. James Pauley will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the...
Gertrude Gearing Freeze
Apr 25, 2010
Gertrude Gearing Freeze, 75, of 435 Sylvan Road, China Grove, died Sunday, April 25, 2010, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jimmy Barrett will officiate. Interment will follow at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service...
Charles Collins Query, Sr.
Apr 23, 2010
Mr. Charles Collins Query, Sr. age 92, of Trinity Oaks, Salisbury, died Friday, April 23, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Monday in Lady's Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis. The Rev. Harold Bales will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 until 1:45 pm Monday prior...
David Mitchell Campbell
Apr 23, 2010
Mr. David Mitchell Campbell, age 34, of Third Avenue, died April 23, 2010. Funeral services for David will be conducted at 12 noon Monday, April 26, 2010 in Lady's Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis. The Rev. J. B. Hawkins will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:30 am Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow on Tuesday...
Faynell Greene
Apr 18, 2010
Mrs. Faynell "Daze" Childers Greene, 86, of Terrell, died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville. Mrs. Greene was born on October 12, 1923 in Kannapolis, a daughter of the late Edgar J. Childers and Judy Mae Reece Childers. She was employed as a cake decorator with Bitsy Bakery until it closed and later worked...
Jimmy Wayne Dalton
Apr 18, 2010
Mr. Jimmy Wayne Dalton, 72, of 902 Oakshade Avenue, died Sunday, April 18, 2010, at Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. A memorial service is scheduled for 7:00 pm Friday, April 23, 2010, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Dalton was born February 3, 1938 in Jefferson, GA. He was a son of the late Oscar Carl Dalton...
Joe Melvin Underwood
Apr 17, 2010
Joe Melvin Underwood's faith became sight on April 17, 2010 as he was reunited in Heaven with his wife, Rachel Dover Underwood, his parents, Joda and Willie Underwood and Josie Morrison, and his sister, Sarah Patterson. Joe was born in Kannapolis on September 12, 1929. He met his wife, Rachel, at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Throughout their 51 years of marriage,...
Kathryne Jordan Collins
Apr 16, 2010
Kathryne Jordan Collins, 74, of 6225 Turkey Road, Kannapolis, died Friday, April 16, 2010 at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation in Concord. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, April 19, 2010 at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Robert Silber will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 18,...
Brian Kennan Forbes
Apr 16, 2010
Mr. Brian Keenan Forbes, 82, of Harrisburg, North Carolina, USA. passed away on Friday, April 16, 2010, after a long illness. Mr. Forbes was born in Lahore, India, on February 18, 1928. He was a son of Arthur Keenan Forbes and Amelia Hannah Sims. A former resident of London, England, he relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, USA where he worked as...
Douglas Calvin Ledbetter
Apr 14, 2010
Mr. Douglas Calvin "Doug" Ledbetter, age 72, of State Street died Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Funeral services for Mr. Ledbetter will be conducted in Lady's Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m. today. Burial will follow in the Zion Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m. today prior to the service. Born in...
Nannie Mae Jordan
Apr 13, 2010
The benevolent earthly life of Nannie Mae Jordan ended on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. A woman full of energy, passion, love, optimism, and integrity, she earned the respect of those whose lives she touched and was an inspiration to many. She was well known throughout Kannapolis and the surrounding areas for her letters, cards, phone calls, visits to the infirm,...
Mary Alexander Puntch
Apr 12, 2010
Mary "Merley" Alexander Puntch, 85, of Virginia Street, Kannapolis, passed away Monday, April 12, 2010, at her home, following several months of declining health. Born November 5, 1924 in Cabarrus County, she was the daughter of the late David D. Alexander and Minnie Mae Spry Alexander. She was a 1941 graduate of J.W. Cannon High School and worked as a...
William Michael Merriman
Apr 11, 2010
Mr. William Michael "Mike" Merriman, 59, of 903 Klondale Avenue, died Sunday, April 11, 2010, at CMC-NorthEast in Concord. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Rich Szekely will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:00 pm...