OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Families in Kannapolis, NC
Wanda Krimminger Mills
Oct 18, 2009
Wanda Krimminger Mills, 59, of China Grove, died Sunday, October 18, 2009, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Born March 12, 1950, in Kannapolis, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Ruby Krimminger of Kannapolis. Mrs. Mills graduated from A.L Brown High School in 1969, and went on to graduate from Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Radiological Technology and...
Elizabeth G. Suskey
Oct 18, 2009
Elizabeth G. Suskey, 85, of Moose Road, Kannapolis, died Sunday, October 18, 2009. Funeral services will be conducted at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2009. The Rev Francis M. Ezhanikatt, C.Ss.R. will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8:15 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Born in Chesterfield County,...
Dorothy A. Lake
Oct 17, 2009
Mrs. Dorothy A. Lake, 87, of Rockwell, died Saturday, October 17, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Tom Sandquist will officiate. Interment will follow at the Salisbury National Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...


