OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Families in Kannapolis, NC

Christopher Edward Beaver

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Louise Carter Rouse

Louise Carter Rouse

Apr 11, 2010

Mrs. Rouse, 95, went to meet her Heavenly Father on April 11, 2010. Mrs. Rouse was a resident of Transitional Health Services in Kannapolis, NC. She would have celebrated her 96th birthday on June 14. She began her life in Patrick Springs, VA. She was the daughter of the late William Dennis and Margaret East Carter. Mrs. Rouse was preceded...

Michael Dean Beaver

Michael Dean Beaver

Apr 10, 2010

Michael Dean Beaver, 51, died Saturday, April 10, 2010 at his home and went home to our Lord Jesus Christ. He was born March 2, 1959. He was a son of Jerry and Patsy Bouknight Beaver. He was a graduate of A.L. Brown High School class of 1977. He was employed with Sysco Food Service in Concord. Michael was a...

Lois Walker Smith

Lois Walker Smith

Apr 10, 2010

Mrs. Lois Walker Smith, 87, of 6762 Davidson Highway, Concord, died Saturday, April 10, 2010, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Bethpage Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Rick Hoffarth and the Rev. Phillip Kingsland will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to...

Naomi Garlene Troutman

Naomi Garlene Troutman

Apr 9, 2010

Mrs. Naomi Garlene Troutman, 83, of Weddington Road, Concord, died Friday April 9, 2010 at the Bob and Carolyn Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Funeral services for Mrs. Troutman will be conducted Monday, April 12, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Pitts Baptist Church. The Rev. Scott Davis will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive...

Fay Parker Alexander

Fay Parker Alexander

Apr 9, 2010

Mrs. Fay Parker Alexander, 90, of Concord, died Friday, April 9, 2010 at Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House. Mrs. Alexander was born in Kannapolis on December 9, 1919, a daughter of the late Oscar Franklin Parker and Minnie Lee Guy Parker. She was a homemaker and formerly worked at Cannon Mills. She was a member of Concord First Assembly....

Lillian Ruth Ferguson Fryer

Lillian Ruth Ferguson Fryer

Apr 9, 2010

Mrs. Lillian Ruth "Honey" Ferguson Fryer, 84, of Mable Avenue, Kannapolis, and formerly of Waco, Texas, died Friday, April 9, 2010, at the Bob and Carolyn Tucker Hospice House. A memorial service will be conducted at 6 p.m. Friday, April 16, 2010, at Jackson Park United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 5...

Rex Clinton Tucker

Rex Clinton Tucker

Apr 7, 2010

Rex Clinton Tucker, 57, of 9255 Castor Road, Salisbury, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 9, 2010, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 a.m. until noon Friday at the funeral home. Born August 2, 1952 in Iredell...