Blanche Baker Lambert

Obituary: Lambert, Blanche Julia Baker Kannapolis, NC- Blanche Julia Baker Lambert, age 82, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC where she had been for over a month. She was born July 29, 1928 in Cabarrus County, the daughter of the late John Henry Baker and Blanche Viola Ward Hipp. She was educated in the Cabarrus County Schools. Blanche was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plt. # 1, #7 Weave Room after many years of service until her retirement. She was a member of Landis Baptist Church, Landis, NC where she sang in the choir, a member of the Ladies Group, and helped in any way that she could in the church. She is fondly remembered for her sitting with sick people and taking care of the elderly. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Noah E. Lambert; a son, Roger Dale Tutterow; a grandson, Michael Dale Tutterow; three brothers, Robert Lomax, Jack Baker, and Bobby Baker; one sister, Juanita Baker; and a son-in-law, Doug Hagler. The funeral service will be at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Landis Baptist Church, Landis, NC officiated by the Rev. Billy Honeycutt and Rev. Jeremy Morton . Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis, NC. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, January 7, 2011 at Whitley's Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Kathy Almond 6727 Bealgray Road. Survivors include two sons, Randy Darnell Tutterrow and James Edward Lambert; four daughters, Kathy Almond & husband, Gary, Betty Jean Welch & husband, Donald, Hilda Smith, and Janice Faye Hagler; one brother, Jim Baker; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081. On-line condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com.
Visitation: 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday, January 7, 2011 Whitley's Funeral Home Kannapolis, NC

Service: 1:00 PM Saturday, January 8, 2011 Landis Baptist Church Landis, NC

Interment: Carolina Memorial Park Kannapolis, NC