OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Families in Kannapolis, NC

Eugene Franklin Demarcus, Jr.

Eugene Franklin Demarcus, Jr.

Aug 3, 2008

Eugene Franklin "E. F." DeMarcus, Jr., 85, of 1104 Pump Station Road, Kannapolis, died Sunday, August 3, 2008, at home with his family. Services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Joseph R. Crawford will officiate. A graveside service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2008, at Kannapolis...

Jerry Carson Allen

Jerry Carson Allen

Aug 3, 2008

Mr. Jerry Carson Allen, 66, of 902 McKnight Street, Kannapolis, died Sunday, August 3, 2008, at CMC-NorthEast. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Curtis Parker will officiate. Interment with military rites will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from...

Mary Catherine Honeycutt Patterson

Mary Catherine Honeycutt Patterson

Aug 1, 2008

Mrs. Mary Catherine Honeycutt Patterson, 72, of 2887 Centergrove Road, died Friday, August 1, 2008 from complications following surgery on June 16th. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 4, 2008, in Center Grove Lutheran Church. The Rev Diane Wells and Rev Maurice Staley will officiate. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove. The...

Ruth Carter Overcash

Ruth Carter Overcash

Aug 1, 2008

Ruth Carter Overcash, 84, of Laurels of Salisbury and formerly of Kannapolis died Friday, August 1, 2008 after 1 year of declining health. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, August 4, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Locklear and Rev. Joe Rahme officiating. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The family...

Ruth Barnhardt Taylor

Ruth Barnhardt Taylor

Jul 29, 2008

Ruth Barnhardt Taylor, 83, of Weddington Road, Concord, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday, August 3, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jay Smith, pastor and the Rev. Robert Palisin, parish associate will officiate. Interment will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at the Salisbury...

Pearl Harless Hamby

Pearl Harless Hamby

Jul 27, 2008

Mrs. Pearl Edna Harless Hamby, age 88, of Guinn Avenue, died Sunday July 27, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Curtis Parker will officiate. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2008...

Evelyn Benfield Mclain

Evelyn Benfield Mclain

Jul 18, 2008

Evelyn Benfield McLain, 77, died peacefully on July 18, 2008, at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 3, 1930 in York, S.C., daughter of the late Guy and Elner Nivens Benfield. Mrs. McLain was a 1948 graduate of J.W. Cannon High School. She was Vice President of American Display, Inc. until her retirement in 1984....

Anna Taylor Plaster

Anna Taylor Plaster

Jul 17, 2008

Mrs. Anna Taylor Plaster, 102, died Thursday afternoon, July 17, 2007, at her home on Enochville Road. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2008, at St. Enoch Lutheran Church. The Rev. John Mark Beam and the Rev. Dan Duke will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery The family will receive friends from 7...

Hazel Daniel Reynolds

Hazel Daniel Reynolds

Jul 13, 2008

Hazel Daniel Reynolds, 92, of Greenview Drive, Kannapolis, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at CMC-NorthEast. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, 208, at Kannapolis Church of God. The Rev. Sam Crisp and the Rev. James Griffin will officiate. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to...

Mark James Mckibben

Mark James Mckibben

Jul 12, 2008

Mark James McKibben, 39, of Holly Ridge Road, Rockwell, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Anne Torrence, the Rev. Carl Burrow and the Rev. Andrew Byrd will officiate. Interment will be at a later time at Valley View...

Henry Clay Church

Henry Clay Church

Jul 5, 2008

Mr. Henry Clay Church was a fighter. As a young man in Kansas City, Missouri he had success in fighting in the Golden Gloves tournament. Not long afterwards he enlisted in the Navy, and fought in World War II. His squadron received the Navy Unit Commendation for Outstanding Performance of Duty in Combat with the Air Force Atlantic Fleet, 1943...

Cecil Elmore Gabriel

Cecil Elmore Gabriel

Jul 5, 2008

Mr. Cecil Elmore Gabriel, Jr., 81, of Ebenezer Road, Kannapolis, died Saturday, July 5, 2008. Funeral services for Mr. Gabriel will be conducted at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Charles Overcash will officiate. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30...

Arlie Jason Stirewalt

Arlie Jason Stirewalt

Jul 4, 2008

Arlie Jason Stirewalt, 90, peacefully moved on to his heavenly home from the Hospice House of Cabarrus County on July 4, 2008. He joins his wife of 56 years, Barbara Bogan Stirewalt, who passed on April 19, 2006. Mr. Stirewalt was born May 28, 1918, son of the late George Henry Stirewalt and Effie Yost Stirewalt. He grew up in...

Harry C. Edwards

Harry C. Edwards

Jul 3, 2008

Mr. Harry Charles "Sonny" Edwards, 63, of Kannapolis, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 5, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Born...

Jack W. Spry

Jack W. Spry

Jun 30, 2008

Mr. Jack W. Spry Sr., 75, of 1015 E. 11th St., Kannapolis, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at Big Elm Nursing Center in Kannapolis. A graveside service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008, at Carolina Memorial Park. The Rev. Jessie Overcash will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. Mr. Spry was born Dec....

Martha Alice Dean Roberts

Martha Alice Dean Roberts

Jun 28, 2008

Mrs. Martha Alice Dean Roberts, 87, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Huntersville Oaks in Huntersville after four years of declining health. The family will receive friends from 7:00 - 9:00 pm Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mrs. Roberts was born May 29, 1921 in Muncie, IN. She was the daughter of the late William S. Dean and Garnet...

Eugene Johnson

Eugene Johnson

Jun 28, 2008

Mr. Eugene Johnson, 68, of 807 Academy Street, Kannapolis, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Born April 16, 1940, in Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Horace Lane Johnson and Minnie Davis Johnson. He was retired from Parkdale Mills in Landis, and formerly worked as a supervisor at F.C.M. in...

Ellen Marie Allmon Almond

Ellen Marie Allmon Almond

Jun 26, 2008

Mrs. Ellen Marie Almond, born April 28, 1923 in Cabarrus County, entered into the gates of heaven on her mother's birthday, June 26, 2008. She had been in declining health since January 9, 2008. Marie is the beloved wife of the late Howard "Jay" Harding Almond of Kannapolis. She was a daughter of the late Jacob Monroe Allmon and Laurie...

Guy Robert Williams

Guy Robert Williams

Jun 25, 2008

Guy Robert Williams, 63, of Faulkenbery Street, Pageland, and formerly of Kannapolis, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at Carolinas Medical Center-Union in Monroe. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home. The Rev. Joel Dale will officiate. Interment will be private at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to...

Wilma Winecoff Michael

Wilma Winecoff Michael

Jun 22, 2008

Mrs. Wilma Winecoff Michael, 91, of 1304 McLees Road, Anderson, and formerly of Kannapolis, NC, died Sunday, June 22, 2008, at Anderson Area Medical Center. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at Carolina Memorial Park. Dr. David Bailey will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 24,...