Eric Michael Ritchie
Dec 29, 2025
Mr. Eric Michael Ritchie, 49, passed away Monday, December 29, 2025, at UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton.
A graveside service is scheduled for 3:30 pm Thursday, January 1, 2026, at Greenlawn Cemetery. Rev. David Franks will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3:00 pm at Lady's Funeral Home.
Eric was born April 6, 1976 in Concord. He was...
Ruby Mae Collins Smith
Dec 27, 2025
Mrs. Ruby Mae Collins Smith, 82, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury.
A graveside service is scheduled for 12:00 pm Friday, January 2, 2026, at Rowan Memorial Park. Rev. Billy Sechrist will officiate.
Mrs. Smith was born May 15, 1943 in High Point. She was a daughter of the late Alvin Collins and Roxie...
Betty Ann Abernathy Bare
Dec 26, 2025
Ms. Betty Ann Abernathy Bare, 84, passed away Friday, December 26, 2025, at Lenoir Health and Rehabilitation Center.
A memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 pm Sunday, January 4, 2026, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bruce Graham will officiate.
The service will be live streamed at https://www.ladysfuneralhome.com/live.
Ms. Bare was born August 28, 1941. She was a daughter of the late Grier...
Cookie Ketchie Athanaelos
Dec 22, 2025
Cookie Mae Ketchie Athanaelos, 84, of Kannapolis, died Monday , December 22, 2025.
Cookie was born October 29, 1941, the daughter of the late R.L.(Bob) Ketchie and Myrtle White Ketchie Roberts (Step-father, J.B. Roberts, Jr.) In addition to her parents, Cookie was preceded in death by grandparents, Cordia Teague and Arthur C. White and Herman and Amanda Taylor Ketchie.
She had one...
Quenton Damon Gulledge
Dec 21, 2025
Mr. Quenton Damon Gulledge, 30, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2025, at his home in Kannapolis.
A memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 pm Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:45 pm Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home.
Quenton was born May 23, 1995 in Concord. He was a son of Antonio Lawing and...
Robert "Bob" Lee Lemasters
Dec 18, 2025
Robert Lee (Bob) Lemasters was born October 21, 1943 in New Martinsville, WV. Bob began his rest in his Saviors loving arms December 18, 2025. Bob lived and believed in God, family, and country. He was baptized into the family of God at the Church of Christ in New Brighton, PA. Bob was active duty in the military for 32...
Stephanie Karen Emerson Tucker
Dec 16, 2025
Mrs. Stephanie Karen Emerson Tucker, 79, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at her home in Kannapolis.
Stephanie was born June 12, 1946 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of the late Emmett Wishart Emerson and Mildred Lipe Emerson. She graduated from W.R. Odell High School in 1964. In her earlier years, she worked for Terry Products in Kannapolis until...
Phyllis Jene Cox Dobson
Dec 16, 2025
Mrs. Phyllis Jene Cox Dobson, age 84, of Salisbury, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Atrium Health Cabarrus.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Dr. Johnny Boggs. A graveside service will follow at 12:30 p.m. at Salisbury National Cemetery.
Phyllis was born on October 9, 1941,...
Worth Allen Orvin, Sr.
Dec 12, 2025
Mr. Worth Allen Orvin, Sr., 87, passed away Friday, December 12, 2025.
A funeral service is scheduled for 1:00 pm Friday, January 9, 2026, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Mike Roper will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
The family will receive friends from 12 to 12:45 pm Friday at Lady's Funeral Home.
Mr. Orvin was...
Sandra "Sandy" Julie Feibelman-Coppola
Dec 11, 2025
Mrs. Sandra Julie Feibelman-Coppola, 71, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2025, at Duke University Hospital in Durham.
A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Monday, December 29, 2025, at Lady’sFuneral Home Chapel. Rabbi Jacquie Marx will officiate. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:45 pm Monday at Lady’s Funeral Home.
The service will be streamed live at www.ladysfuneralhome.com/live.
Sandra was...
Derron David Dulkoski
Dec 11, 2025
Derron David Dulkoski, 58, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, December 11, 2025, following a courageous battle with ALS. He passed peacefully, surrounded by family and friends in prayer, sustained by the faith that guided his life.
Born on April 8, 1967, in Wheeling, West Virginia, Derron was raised in Adena, Ohio, by his parents, Muzz and Lee Dulkoski. From an...
Donald Ray Sheets
Dec 10, 2025
Retired Air Force veteran of over 20 years, Donald Ray Sheets went to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, December 10th at 11:58 p.m.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years Sheila Allman Sheets. He is also survived by his daughter Ashley Sheets Eudy and husband Chad Eudy of Charleston, SC as well as his stepson Brian Richard...
Sue Diann Shue Beaver
Dec 9, 2025
Mrs. Sue Diann Shue Beaver, 77, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis.
A graveside service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Friday, December 12, 2025, at Carolina Memorial Park. Pastor Mark Murphy will officiate. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:30 pm Friday at Lady's Funeral Home.
Sue was born January 1, 1948 in Mount Pleasant....
Thelma Hooks Milstead
Nov 27, 2025
Mrs. Thelma Hooks Milstead, 88, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2025, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis.
A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Monday, December 1, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Debbie Lewis will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 1:45 pm Monday at...
Louise Lewis Threatt
Nov 26, 2025
Mrs. Maggie "Louise" Lewis Threatt, 87, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at her home in Landis.
A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 am Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at West Lawn Memorial Park in the Mausoleum. Rev. Zachary Sizemore will officiate.
Louise was born November 20, 1938 in Concord. She was a daughter of the late Sam Lewis and Beulah May...
Jerry Lee Horne
Nov 23, 2025
Mr. Jerry Lee Horne, 71, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2025, at his home in Kannapolis.
A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 am Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. George Morris will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 10:45 am Wednesday at Lady's...
Ressie Carroll Wright
Nov 21, 2025
Mr. Ressie Carroll Wright, 75, passed away Friday, November 21, 2025, at Compass Healthcare and Rehabilitaion in Spencer.
A funeral service is scheduled for 6:00 pm Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Jamie Brown will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 5:45 pm Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home.
Mr. Wright was born March 20, 1950 in Chesterfield...
Frances Poole Staton
Nov 17, 2025
Mrs. Frances P. Staton, 96, of Landis, entered the Church Triumphant on Monday, November 17, 2025.
Born November 27, 1928, she was the only child of Oscar and Kate Hammill Poole. She graduated from Landis High School. She was an associate librarian at the Landis Public Library, later the South Rowan Regional Library. After retirement, she continued to work part-time at...
Zimmie Colin Cranford
Nov 15, 2025
Mr. Zimmie "Buck" Colin Cranford, 96, went home to be with the Lord with his family by his side on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury.
A memorial service is scheduled for 1:00 pm Monday, November 24, 2025, at Calvary Baptist Tabernacle Church in Salisbury. Rev. Steve Holshouser, Rev. Roland Mills, Mr. Chip Graham, and...
Brenda Sue Wise Epley
Nov 14, 2025
Brenda "Sue" Wise Epley, 83, peacefully passed away on Friday, November 14, 2025 in her home. She was born on June 26th, 1942, in China Grove, NC to the late Margaret White Wise and Earl Wise. Sue is predeceased by her husband, William Epley; and her sister, Clara Flowe; and her brothers, Gerald, Bernard and Bill Wise.
Sue graduated from nursing...
