Sissy Harker

Obituary: Kannapolis- Gloria (Sissy) Everhart Harker, 55, went to see her Jesus Monday morning, November 5th at CHS-Northeast Medical Center. Sissy fought a courageous battle with cancer. Born March 20, 1963, she was a daughter of Thurman Wayne Everhart and Betty Walter Everhart. Sissy leaves wonderful, cherished memories, in addition to her husband, mother and children, to her sister, Terry Morgan and husband Randy Morgan; their daughters Katrina, Brennan and Melanie; her brother, Danny Everhart his sons Tony Everhart, Travis Everhart; sister, Brenda Brooks her son, Gary Patterson. She married John David Harker on August 13, 2000, and was the proud and devoted mother to Brittany Nelson, Derek Everhart, Donna Wright, Siby Haire, Jessy Harker, Haleigh Harker, Misty Smith, Andrew Haire, Jaydon Harker. Sissy attended to A.L. Brown High school and was owner and operator of Squeaky Clean Cleaning Service. Sissy enjoyed mowing the neighbor's lawns on her riding lawnmower, sitting by the pool with anyone who would come, and going to the beach with her family. She had a talented love of crafting and was always wheeling and dealing, to get items to help people in need. And oh yea. she loved her some Elvis! Mrs. Harker attended On Pointe Church in Kannapolis NC. She truly and deeply loved Jesus, always striving to follow the example to love and bring restoration to the pain or brokenness in someone's life. This was Sissy's way of living. Sissy was preceded in death by her father, Thurman Wayne Everhardt, and an infant son, Eric Safrit. She also was a proud grandmother to Addison Atwell, Rocky Musser, Elijah Nelson, Sawyer Nelson, Addilyn William, Kyrie William, Jeramiah Wright and Jesslyn Wright. Visitation: 10: am - 12 Noon Saturday November 10 2018 Charity Baptist Church 2420 Brantley Road Kannapolis NC 28083 Service time: 12: Noon Saturday November 10, 2018 Charity Baptist Church 2420 Brantley Road Kannapolis NC 28083 Memorial donation to donated Charity Baptist Food Pantry https://app.clovergive.com/app/Giving/clodo-charitybaptistchurch (go to fund and choose Food Pantry-Canning Hunger. Or write you check to Charity Baptist put in the memo down in the left for Food Pantry) 2420 Brantley Road Kannapolis NC 28083 Thank you to all who prayed for Sissy Harker and her family. Sissy Harker through the years lived a selfless life. She would give her home and the recourses to help anyone in need. Even before her husband John came along she used her house to help families- single moms giving them a place to stay to get back up on their feet. Taking in a baby boy Derek Everhart and adopting him and raising him as her own. Then came John and his daughter Brittany, thinking this a nice little family unit of four. But not for long. When Tresa, her best friend, received custody of Haleigh and asked Sissy for help. Haleigh then became a part of the family and later in her teenage years to be adopted. Then came one of the most selfless acts ever. Sitting in church and hearing the prayer request of a women in need of a kidney, God laid it on her heart to give her kidney to a complete stranger. Sandy Miller received Sissy's kidney that matched like sisters and she lived for many years from that act of selfless love. In around that same time, Sissy was actively filling their seven passenger van to over flowing. This began the bus ministry. Sissy so loved on so many children and shared with them about Jesus. In God's special way, He moved the bus ministry from one church to another to be introduced to a most wonderful women who asked the question, "Sissy you are so good with all those kids on the bus have you ever thought of being a foster parent?" So the journey being a foster mom began. Loving on so many children who were in transition of their broken lives. She was being Jesus with skin on to them. Through the state regulation of only allowing us to have certain amount of children in the home, Sissy found herself with a core of children that calls her mom and she calls them her children. Adopting in addition to Derek , Sissy and John adopted Jessy, Haleigh, Jaydon and others being place in our custody. Since the journey of the foster parenting time, the majority of the children grew up and moved out on their own. Thinking she was just going to be getting Jessy through college and raising Jaydon. She has taken in, over the last 3 years, two single moms and a homeless Brother in law,to help them get back on their feet. Sissy's life has been filled with helping many people. From providing a place to live, finding them clothes, feeding them, giving washers and dryers and vehicles away. She lived the Act chapter 2 life to share Jesus, that one day she would see them in heaven worshiping the one who sacrifice it all to give us hope through salvation. She will be greatly missed by so many but most of all by her husband and children who she poured her love into.
Visitation: 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon Saturday November 10, 2018 Charity Baptist Church

Service: 12:00 Noon Saturday November 10, 2018 Charity Baptist Church

Interment: Private - Later Date