Patricia Ann Lewis Knotts

Obituary: Patricia "Ann" Lewis Knotts, age 65, of 1500 Ontario St. died Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at her residence. Her death was unexpected. Her funeral Service will be at 3:00 PM Saturday, August 29 at Centerview Baptist Church in Kannapolis with Rev. Willie Rash officiating. Private family interment will follow. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:30 to 3:00 PM prior to the service, at other times they will be at 101 S. Rose Ave, Kannapolis at the home of Scott and Melissa Knotts. Ann was born August 9, 1944 in Lumberton, NC to the late Thomas Lewis and the Late Dorothy Peacock Vest. She moved to Hickory, NC from Maryland in 1984 and then to Kannapolis in 2001. She was a homemaker to her family and a dedicated volunteer to her church. She was a member of Centerview Baptist Church in Kannapolis. She was a loving grandmother to her 6 grandchildren and will be dearly missed. Ann is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Marie Stratmeyer and husband, Paul of Perry Hall MD; her son, Christopher Scott Knotts and wife, Melissa of Kannapolis and her daughter, Stacey Knotts Blackburn and husband, David of Rockhill, SC. She is also survived by her 6 grandchildren; Emily and John Stratmeyer, Ashton and Tommy Knotts, Kaitlyn and Hannah Blackburn and her beloved dog"Precious". Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com and in lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Centerview Baptist Church, 415 Walter St. Kannapolis, NC 28083. Whitley's Funeral Home is serving the Knotts family.
Visitation: 1:30 to 3:00 pm, Saturday, August 29, 2009, at Centerview Baptist Church

Service: 3:00 pm, Saturday, August 29, 2009. at Centerview Baptist Church

Interment: Praivate Family Interment