OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Families in Kannapolis, NC

Carl Eugene Ross

Carl Eugene Ross

Dec 22, 2006

Mr. Carl Eugene Ross 67, of 737 Gaylan Court, died Friday Dec. 22, 2006. He was a kind and loving husband, father and grandfather. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Friday, December 29, 2006, at Solid Rock Worship Center in Kannapolis. The Rev. Raymond Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be...

Kathleen Ford Henley

Kathleen Ford Henley

Dec 20, 2006

Mrs. Kathleen Ford Henley, 97, of 511 Bonita Drive, Landis, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006, at Big Elm Nursing Center. A graveside with interment to follow will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2006, at Carolina Memorial Park. The Rev. Sarah Weaver will officiate. The family will greet friends at the cemetery follow the service. Born November 8,...

Vickie Lane Smallwood

Vickie Lane Smallwood

Dec 20, 2006

Miss Vickie Lane Smallwood, 58, of Hypoluxo, Florida, and formerly of Kannapolis, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006, at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Florida. Born January 1, 1948, in Cabarrus County, she was the daughter of the late Ruby Jo Towell Ervin and John Smallwood. She was the assistant treasurer for the Lake Worth Drainage District in Delray Beach, Florida....

Nina Crider Roberts

Nina Crider Roberts

Dec 19, 2006

Nina Crider Roberts, 80, of 308 North Avenue, Kannapolis, left Tuesday, December 19, 2006, to join her husband, Hoyt Roberts, to whom she was married for 64 years and died October 29, 2006. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Warren Miller will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park....

Ruby Jean Jackson Horne

Ruby Jean Jackson Horne

Dec 15, 2006

Mrs. Ruby Jean Jackson Horne, 58, of 610 Atlantic Court, Kannapolis, died Friday, December 15, 2006, at NorthEast Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Elizabeth Baptist Church Cemetery in Mt. Croghan, SC. The family will receive friends from 7 to...

Sylvia Eudy Hamby

Sylvia Eudy Hamby

Dec 15, 2006

Sylvia Eudy "Nana" Hamby, 61, of 5477 Whiting Avenue, Kannapolis, died Friday, December 15, 2006, at her home, following a courageous 20 year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, December 18, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Gary Posey will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive...

Kenneth E. Gee

Kenneth E. Gee

Dec 12, 2006

Mr. Kenneth E. Gee, 71, of Moose Road, Kannapolis, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at his home. The private family graveside service will be held at the VA National Cemetery in Salisbury, with the Chaplain of the Rowan Veterans Council officiating. Mr. Gee was born July 4, 1935, in Geneva, N.Y. to the late Benjamin Gee and Ethel Simmons Gee....

Rhonda Diane Harrington

Rhonda Diane Harrington

Dec 8, 2006

Rhonda Diane Harrington, 59, of 1109 S. Highland Ave., passed away Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 at her home. Funeral service will be at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Jeff Cloud officiating. The family will receive friends at Lady's Funeral Home an hour prior to the service. Ms. Harrington was born in...

Lucille James Lyles

Lucille James Lyles

Dec 2, 2006

Mrs. Mary Lucille James Lyles, 82, of 4285 Highway 152 East, Rockwell, died Saturday, December 2, 2006, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Lamar Parton will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The family will receive friends from...

Jimmie Lawrence Childers

Jimmie Lawrence Childers

Dec 1, 2006

Jimmie Lawrence Childers, 64, of 2307 Ellerbe Drive, Kannapolis, died Friday, December 1, 2006, at Five Oaks Manor. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, December 4, 2006, at Franklin Heights Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Grigg and the Rev. Tim Jernigan will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6...

Thelma Parham Hall

Thelma Parham Hall

Nov 30, 2006

Mrs. Thelma Parham Hall, 92, a resident of Liberty Commons and formerly of The Yadkin House in Salisbury, died Thursday, November 30, 2006, at the nursing facility. A graveside service with interment to follow will be conducted at 12 noon Saturday, December 2, 2006, at Carolina Memorial Park. The Rev. Garland Faw and Dr. R. J. Hammond will officiate. Interment...

Odessa File Tuck

Odessa File Tuck

Nov 29, 2006

Mrs. Odessa File Tuck, 101, of 325 Russell Street, Kannapolis, died Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis. A memorial service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday, December 1, 2006, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kannapolis. Elder Bill Fulcher will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 3 to...

Steve Brian Wilson

Steve Brian Wilson

Nov 27, 2006

Steve Brian Wilson, 34, of 443 Patterson Farm Road, Mooresville, died Monday, November 27, 2006. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 2, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Herman Absher will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 1, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they...

Nathan Eugene Walker

Nathan Eugene Walker

Nov 26, 2006

Mr. Nathan Eugene Walker, 82, went to be with his Lord, Sunday, November 26, 2006, at NorthEast Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 30, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Richard Rhoades and Dr. Hoke Ritchie will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6...

Marion Loretta Knapp Johnson

Marion Loretta Knapp Johnson

Nov 22, 2006

Mrs. Marion Loretta Knapp Johnson, 66, of 807 Academy Street, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. A service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, November 25, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Born July 24, 1940 in Passaic,...

Clarence Stewart, Jr.

Clarence Stewart, Jr.

Nov 21, 2006

Mr. Clarence Stewart, Jr., 77, of 410 Airport Road, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006, at The Laurels of Salisbury. Funeral services for Mr. Stewart will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Truth Temple. The Rev. Garland Faw and Rev. Joel Fowler, Jr. will officiate. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends in the...

Tony Douglas Sloop

Tony Douglas Sloop

Nov 19, 2006

Mr. Tony Douglas Sloop, 52, of Phaniels Church Road; Rockwell, passed away at home on Sunday, November 19, 2006. Mr. Sloop was born June 18, 1954 in Rowan County to the late Hoyle E. Sloop and Marie Faggart Sloop. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Sloop. He is survived by his wife...

Ishmael Rodgers Gardner

Ishmael Rodgers Gardner

Nov 14, 2006

Ishmael Earthen Rodgers Gardner, 88 of Kannapolis passed away peacefully to her home in Heaven on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at Northeast Medical Center in Concord. Mrs. Gardner was born on August 23, 1918 in Rowan County to her parents, Luke Brady and Minnie Frances Osborne Rodgers who precede her in death. She is also preceded in death by two...

Boyd Franklin Pittman, Sr.

Boyd Franklin Pittman, Sr.

Nov 14, 2006

Mr. Boyd Franklin Pittman, Sr., 72, of 600 West Blume Street, Landis, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, November 17, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Tom Lomax will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The...

Sarah Aldridge Sossoman

Sarah Aldridge Sossoman

Nov 6, 2006

Mrs. Sarah Aldridge Sossoman, 74,a loving mother and grandmother, who loved to shop and travel with her family, died Monday, November 6, 2006, at NorthEast Medical Center. She lived at 703 Elizabeth Street in Concord. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, 2006, at New Gilead United Church of Christ. The Rev. Jimmy Norred will officiate....