Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Donald Allen Zimmerman
Dec 18, 2016
Obituary: Donald Allen Zimmerman, age 79, passed away from cancer on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC. He was known as the third baby born at the former Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Concord, NC (now Carolinas Healthcare System- NorthEast). He was born August 4, 1937 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Claude Allen Zimmerman...
Gary Michael Safriet
Dec 18, 2016
Obituary: Gary Michael Safriet, 78 of China Grove passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Trinity Oaks of Salisbury. He was the loving husband of Rebekah Dayvault Safriet to whom he was married to for 47 years. Gary was born on July 23, 1938 in Rowan County to the late Elmer Brown Safriet and Duree Sechler Safriet. Graduating from...
Robert Clark
Dec 17, 2016
Obituary: Robert Clark, age 68, of Kannapolis died December 17, 2016 at his son's home. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 PM Tuesday December 20 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walt Lyme officiating. His family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Monday, December 19 at the funeral home. Robert was born August 8, 1948 in...

James "Jimmy" Ritchie
Dec 17, 2016
Obituary: James Deal "Jimmy": Ritchie, 77, passed away Saturday evening, December 17, 2016 at his residence, following a period of declining health, but death was unexpected. Jimmy was born November 28, 1939 in Rowan County, a son of the late Lewis Edward and Gladys Deal Ritchie. He was raised by Lloyd and Annie Lou Goodnight. In addition to his parents,...
Jerea Brown
Dec 17, 2016
Obituary: Jerea Shue Brown passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 17th due to complications from diabetes. Jerea was born on March 29, 1961 In Concord, NC, a daughter of Jimmy and Helen Shue. A native Concordian, she was a graduate of Northwest Cabarrus High School. She loved all animals, but especially cats and rescued many over the years. She was...
Ray C. Lemmond
Dec 15, 2016
Obituary: Ray C. Lemmond, age 84, of Concord died Thursday, December 15, 2016, while at Tucker Hospice House, after a period of declining health. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, December 20 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Concord. His family will receive friends at the funeral...
John (John John) Pendleton
Dec 14, 2016
Obituary: John Thomas Pendleton, age 46, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare System-NorthEast, Concord, NC. He was born July 22, 1970 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of Wilmar John Pendleton of Concord, NC and the late Sheila Mae Church Pendleton. John was a 1989 graduate of Northwest Cabarrus High School. John John worked for twenty...

Joel "Jb" Ray Billings
Dec 14, 2016
Obituary: Joel Ray "JB" Billings, 54, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Born January 9, 1962 in Iredell County, he was a son of James "Jim" Oscar Billings and Peggy McGraw Billings. He was preceded in death by his mother, Peggy Warren and his brother Scott Billings. A loving and devoted father and friend...
Inetta Jean Burns
Dec 12, 2016
Obituary: Inetta Jean Harvey Burns, 66 of Concord died at Carolina Medical Center-University in Charlotte on Dec. 12th, 2016. Death was unexpected. A Memorial Service will take place at 11a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 21st at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends after the memorial service at the Annex Chapel. Visitation: After the Memorial Service at Whitley's Funeral Home....
Chuck Beaver
Dec 10, 2016
Obituary: Chuck Beaver, age 48, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 10, 2016. He was born July 25, 1968 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of Hazel Therrell Beaver and the late Charles Boyden Beaver, Sr. Chuck was a 1986 graduate of A.L. Brown High School and received a B.S. degree in Finance from Western Carolina University in 1990. He...
Tammy Beth Drye Garmon
Dec 10, 2016
Obituary: Tammy Beth Drye Garmon, 56, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 10th in the comfort of her home in Kannapolis, NC with her loving family by her side. Tammy was born on January 4, 1960 in Concord, NC, the daughter of the late James Cleveland Drye and Mary Catherine Taylor. She graduated from Central Cabarrus...
Roger Whitley
Dec 10, 2016
Obituary: Roger Odell Whitley, 63, of Rockwell passed away Saturday December 10, 2016 at his residence following a period of declining health. Roger was born June 21, 1953 in Stanly County, NC a son of the late Lester and Shelby Jean Shepherd Whitley. Roger was a self-employed master carpenter. He enjoyed drawing and painting. Survivors include his wife of 25...
Harry Franklin Wright
Dec 7, 2016
Obituary: Harry F. Wright, 94, of Hickory, passed away, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at his home. He was born July 2, 1922 in Iredell County to Bud Franklin Wright and Leona Morrow Wright. Harry retired from Plant 1 Cannon Mills and was a WWII Navy Veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife Pauline M. Wright, and son Randy...
Lillie Mae Thompson Shaver
Dec 1, 2016
Obituary: Lillie Mae Thompson Shaver, 75, of Kannapolis went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 27, 2016 at CHC-NE Medical Center, Concord. Death was unexpected. She was born December 10, 1940 in Mecklenburg County, NC. a daughter of the late P.A. and Maggie Leatherwood Stephenson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister,...
Donald Ray Gurley
Nov 30, 2016
Obituary: Donald Ray Gurley, 84, of Kannapolis went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Liberty Lane Hospice House, Salisbury following a period of declining health. Donald was born August 31, 1932 in Cabarrus County, NC a son of the late James Arthur Gurley and the late Mary Agnes Bost Gurley. He was a lifelong resident,...
Kay Cagle Hill
Nov 30, 2016
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Kay Frances Cagle Hill, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare System-NorthEast, Concord, NC following a short illness. She was born January 22, 1940 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late Francis Cagle and Fannie Jane Cranford Cagle. Kay was employed as a secretary at the former Buyers Market and...
Roy Denver Miller
Nov 29, 2016
Obituary: Roy Denver Miller, 86, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 29, 2016 at his residence, following a brief illness. Born December 5, 1929 in Ashe County, Roy was a son of the late George and Sallie Cox Miller. In addition to his parents, preceding him in death were his wife Rae Mash Miller; five brothers John, Paul, Claude, Don and...
Donie Haywood Eudy
Nov 27, 2016
Obituary: Donie Haywood Eudy, 84, of Kannapolis, died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her residence at Big Elm Retirement Home after a period of declining health. Her funeral will be held at Whitley's Funeral Home at 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 29 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ronald Tucker officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. Her family...
Robert Day
Nov 25, 2016
Obituary: Robert Woodbury "Bob" Day, 87, of Kannapolis, NC died at his residence on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born on June 4, 1929 in Cumberland County, Maine, the son of the late Herbert Day and the late Elizabeth Small Day. In addition to his parents, Bob is preceded in death by his first...
Homer Crowe
Nov 25, 2016
Obituary: Dock Homer Crowe, age 96, of Rockwell, formerly of Kannapolis, died Friday, November 25, 2016 at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury after a period of declining health. A funeral will be held at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 PM Tuesday, November 29, with Rev. John Houghton officiating. Entombment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in...