OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Families in Kannapolis, NC

Alvin Kerlee Bumgarner

Alvin Kerlee Bumgarner

Oct 17, 2009

Alvin Kerlee Bumgarner, 73, of 230 Allman Farm Road, died Saturday, October 17, 2009, at his residence. Services were held Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. Rev. Leon Hawks officiated. Interment services were held on Tuesday at The City of Social Circle Cemetery in Social Circle, GA. Mr.Bumgarner was born August 4, 1936 in Kannapolis. He was the son of Margaret...

Dee Fowler Gillon Sills

Dee Fowler Gillon Sills

Oct 16, 2009

Mrs. Dee Fowler Gillon Sills, 92, of 495 Pickler Road, died Friday, October 16, 2009, at The Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury. A funeral service is scheduled for 3:00 pm Sunday, October 18, 2009, at Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church. Rev. Richard Rhoades will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends...

Delta Clare Sheets

Delta Clare Sheets

Oct 16, 2009

Delta Clare "Dell" Sheets, age 96, of Cub Street, Kannapolis, died Friday October 16, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast. Funeral services for will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Rom Kerley will officiate. Burial will follow on Monday at noon in the Peak Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Laurel Springs,...

Howard Taft Poston

Howard Taft Poston

Oct 12, 2009

Howard Taft Poston, 86, of 114 McCray Avenue, Kannapolis, walked with his Lord and Savior on Monday, October 12, 2009. Born October 29, 1922 in Mooresville, Mr. Poston was the son of the late Walter Lee Poston and Katie Belle Brown Poston. Howard graduated from China Grove High School. After serving in the US Navy during World War II in...

Johnny Lawrence Mason

Johnny Lawrence Mason

Oct 10, 2009

Johnny Lawrence Mason, a loving brother and resident of Washington Lane, died on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at Avante of Concord. A graveside service is scheduled for 1:30 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at Carolina Memorial Park. Rev. Wade Easom will officiate. The family will receive friends from noon to 1:15 pm Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mr. Mason was...

Lorene Hoffman Faggart

Lorene Hoffman Faggart

Oct 8, 2009

Mrs. Lorene Hoffman Faggart, age 88, of Phaniels Church Road, died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Liberty Commons, Salisbury. Funeral Services for Mrs. Faggart will be conducted in Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church, Saturday at 3:00 pm. The Rev. Robert C. Silber will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from...

Billy Lee Miller

Billy Lee Miller

Oct 7, 2009

Billy Lee "Bill" Miller, 68, of 1250 Dial Street, Kannapolis, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, surrounded by family and friends at Hospice House, on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, after a five and one-half year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 10, 2009, at North Kannapolis Baptist Church....

James Lynn Myers

James Lynn Myers

Oct 6, 2009

Mr. James Lynn Myers, 56, of 603 Locust Street, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Annie Brown and Rev. Mike Newsome will officiate. Entombment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The family will...

Frank Evans Bowden

Frank Evans Bowden

Oct 5, 2009

Frank Evans Bowden, 86, of 3320 Camp Julia Road, Kannapolis, died Monday, October 5, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church. The Rev. Robert C. Silber will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes...

Kenneth Vernon Weast

Kenneth Vernon Weast

Oct 4, 2009

Mr. Kenneth Vernon Weast, age 70, of Bertha Street, Kannapolis, left for his eternal home Sunday, October 4, 2009 from the Tucker Hospice House. Kenneth was born in Kannapolis on May 23, 1939, a son of the late Paul W. Weast and Effie Lambert Weast. He retired from the Kannapolis City Schools at Fred L. Wilson Elementary School and had...

Jean Marie Sims Kirkman

Jean Marie Sims Kirkman

Oct 2, 2009

Mrs. Jean Marie Sims Kirkman, 77, of 1216 Berkshire Drive, died Friday, October 2, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord. A funeral service is scheduled for 3:00 pm Sunday, October 4, 2009, at Bethpage Presbyterian Church, where she was a lifelong member. Rev. Darryl Baker will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Harold R. Hoke

Harold R. Hoke

Sep 30, 2009

Harold R. Hoke, MD, 83, a former resident of Matthews, N.C., died on Tuesday, September 29, at his home in Uwharrie Point on Badin Lake, New London, as a result of Parkinson's Disease and its complications. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Fran Childrey Hoke; his children and their spouses, Virginia Hoke, of Cary, Candice Hoke (and...

James Eugene Matthews

James Eugene Matthews

Sep 25, 2009

Mr. James Eugene Matthews, age 88, of Rainbow Drive, Kannapolis, died Friday, September 25, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday, September 27, 2009 at St. Enoch Lutheran Church. The Rev. John Mark Beam will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the church Sunday from 3...

Frances Hathcock Russell

Frances Hathcock Russell

Sep 19, 2009

Mrs. Frances Hathcock Russell, 90, of North East Avenue, Kannapolis, died Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Born March 29, 1919 in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Russell was the daughter of the late Sam Wilson Hathcock and Margaret Suther Hathcock. She retired following 48 years of employment from Cannon Mills. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Ronnie Morris Scoggins

Ronnie Morris Scoggins

Sep 16, 2009

Mr. Ronnie Morris Scoggins, 56, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, following a year of declining health. A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 am Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:45 am Saturday at Lady's Funeral...

Fred Howard Jordan

Fred Howard Jordan

Sep 15, 2009

Fred H. Jordan, 68 of Enochville, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Lexington Memorial Hospital in Lexington. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Bethpage United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jeff Coppley and the Rev. Duane Melton will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church...

Ruth Martin Steelman

Ruth Martin Steelman

Sep 14, 2009

Ruth Martin Steelman, 88, of London, Ohio, died at 2:45 a.m. Monday, September 14, 2009 at the home of her daughter in London. Born March 29, 1921 in Yadkin County, North Carolina, she was a daughter of John Frank and Gertrude Jane (Allgood) Martin. For 45 years, she was employed with Cannon Mills in Kannapolis, NC. Survivors are her daughter,...

Somphone Kiet Khantignavong

Somphone Kiet Khantignavong

Sep 10, 2009

Mr. Somphone Kiet Khantignavong, 36, of Rice Street, Kannapolis, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Inthava Intisane will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home. Born...

Herbert Joseph Scruggs, Jr.

Herbert Joseph Scruggs, Jr.

Sep 7, 2009

Herbert Joseph "Sonny" Scruggs, Jr., 64, of Concord, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009 at Northeast Medical Center, following an extended illness. Mr. Scruggs was born December 20, 1944 in Salisbury, NC, the son of the late Herbert Joseph Scruggs and Nell Hunsucker Scruggs. He was also predeceased by his brother, Donald Scruggs. He spent his childhood in High Point...

Grace Pauline Hancock

Grace Pauline Hancock

Sep 2, 2009

Grace Pauline Hancock, 94, of Kannapolis, NC, went home September 2nd 2009 to be with her Lord. Her final days were spent surrounded by her family and she is now reunited with her husband, Woodrow Wilson Hancock. She was born February 1, 1915 in Mt. Croghan, SC, the 4th of 12 children to Daisy Jane Rollins and Robert Lester Hancock....