Obituary Listing

Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC

Ben  Carson Perry

Ben Carson Perry

Jan 29, 2012

Obituary: Mr. Ben Carson Perry, 76, died Sunday, January 29, 2012 at his residence with by his wife and family by his side. He was born January 12, 1936 in Union County, NC a son of the late Marshall Wayne and Carrie Bryant Perry. Mr. Perry was a member of Royal Oaks Baptist Church, the NRA, and was a veteran...

Mary Evelyn Wilkerson Lambert

Mary Evelyn Wilkerson Lambert

Jan 28, 2012

Obituary: Mary Evelyn Wilkerson Lambert, 72, of 801 Washington Ln., Kannapolis died at Avante' at Concord on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Mrs Lambert was born on May 6, 1939 in Rowan Co., NC the daughter of the late Charles William Wilkerson and the late Mildred Jane Reeves Wilkerson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her...

Dwayne  Cooper Bryant

Dwayne Cooper Bryant

Jan 28, 2012

Obituary: Dwayne Cooper Bryant, age 48, of Stanfield died Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the home of his sister, Gina Blackwelder, in Kannapolis after a period of declining health.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 29 at Whitley's Annex Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Cooper officiating. Private interment will follow at a later date.The family will receive...

Ruby York Adams Herron

Ruby York Adams Herron

Jan 23, 2012

Obituary: Ruby York Adams Herron, 91, of Easley, SC, died Monday, January 23, 2012 at her daughter's home in China Grove, NC. She was born on December 16, 1920 in White County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Dilmous Daniel York and Maggie Irene Chastain York. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Willie Thomas Fields, Marell Hicks and...

Myra  Sue Allen

Myra Sue Allen

Jan 21, 2012

Obituary: Myra Sue Driver Allen, age 83, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC after two months of declining health.She was born May 20, 1928 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late Julia Mills Driver and Fred Driver. Sue was a graduate of the 1945 Class of J. W. Cannon High School. Sue was employed with...

Hester  Ball Allen

Hester Ball Allen

Jan 21, 2012

Obituary: Pending Visitation: 10:00 am - 11:00 am Saturday, January 21, 2012 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Kannapolis,NC Service: 11:00 am Saturday, January, 21, 2012 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Kannapolis, NC Interment: Pending

Archie  Ray Little

Archie Ray Little

Jan 20, 2012

Obituary: Archie Ray Little, 76, died Friday, January 20, 2012 at his residence. A funeral service will be held 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow Monday, January 23, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Carolina Memorial Park. Ray Little was born in Cabarrus...

James Foy

James Foy

Jan 19, 2012

Obituary: Linda Kaye Yow Bunton, age 67, died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC after a short illness.She was born February 15, 1944 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late Henry Yow and Rosalie Honeycutt Yow. She attended J.W. Cannon High School in Kannapolis, NC.Lynda was employed with Hardee's in Kannapolis and later with the former...

Lynda Kaye Yow Bunton

Lynda Kaye Yow Bunton

Jan 19, 2012

Obituary: Linda Kaye Yow Bunton, age 67, died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC after a short illness.She was born February 15, 1944 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late Henry Yow and Rosalie Honeycutt Yow. She attended J.W. Cannon High School in Kannapolis, NC.Lynda was employed with Hardee's in Kannapolis and later with the former...

Geraldine Faye Cooke Booth

Geraldine Faye Cooke Booth

Jan 18, 2012

Obituary: Mrs. Geraldine Faye Cooke Booth, 87, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Bob and Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis following a period of declining health.She was born August 25, 1924 in Rowan County, NC daughter of the late Curtis Vestal Cooke, Sr., and Jeanette Edwards Cooke. Mrs. Booth was a member of Flow-Harris Presbyterian Church. She retired in 1986...

Johnny J.J. Nelson Jones

Johnny J.J. Nelson Jones

Jan 17, 2012

Obituary: Johnny Nelson Jones (J.J.), 77, of 1100 Walnut Street, Kannapolis died at CMC-NorthEast in Concord on January 17, 2012.J.J. was born in Ashe Co., NC on Nov. 18, 1934, the son of the late Walter E. Jones and the late, Tennie Ashley Jones. He was of the Methodist faith and a Cannon Mills employee for 15 years. Later he...

Bobby Wilkerson

Bobby Wilkerson

Jan 16, 2012

Obituary: Bobby McKenzie Wilkerson, age 83, died Monday, January 16, 2012 at his home.He was born December 8, 1928 in Rowan County, NC, the son of the late Gilbert D. Wilkerson and Kathleen Verbal Wilkerson. Bobby was a 1947 graduate of J.W. Cannon High School. He grew up as part of the "ballpark gang" in Kannapolis where he and friends...

James  Alfred Brown

James Alfred Brown

Jan 15, 2012

Obituary: James Alfred Brown, 70, of Kannapolis, died Sunday January 15, 2012 at CMC-NE following a period of declining health. Mr. Brown was born on July 1, 1941 in Wilkes County, NC a son of the late Weldon Odell and Verdie Beatrice Royal Brown. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a brother.Mr. Brown is survived...

Jack  Corriher Sloop

Jack Corriher Sloop

Jan 13, 2012

Obituary: Jack Corriher Sloop, 87, of Mooresville passed away on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at the V.A. Medical Center Hospice House. Jack was born the fifth of nine children to Vastine and Katie Sloop on their farm on Highway 152, between Landis and Mooresville. Jack went to Concordia one-room school until the 6th grade, then to the consolidated Landis School,...

William  Ward Bebee

William Ward Bebee

Jan 12, 2012

Obituary: Pending Visitation: 12:30 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Thursday, January12, 2012 Whitley's Funeral Home Service: 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 12, 2012 Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel Interment: Carolina Memorial Park Kannapolis, North Carolina

Mary  Henley Withers

Mary Henley Withers

Jan 12, 2012

Obituary: Mary Henley Withers 89, of Kannapolis died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Brian Center in Concord following a period of declining health. Ms. Withers was born in Stanly County, NC on September 25, 1922 a daughter of the late Walter and Sally Whitley Henley. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by 2 brothers and 2...

Ray  Monroe Ritchie,  Sr.

Ray Monroe Ritchie, Sr.

Jan 12, 2012

Obituary: KANNAPOLIS - Ray Monroe Ritchie, Sr., age 84, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, after battling a very lengthy illness.Mr. Ritchie was born January 20, 1927, in Rowan County, the son of the late Gilbert Henderson Ritchie and Ila Clemmentine Brown Ritchie. Ray played basketball and baseball while at Lenoir-Rhyne College...

Ellen  Gibson Adams

Ellen Gibson Adams

Jan 11, 2012

Obituary: Ellen Gibson Adams, 89, of Kannapolis died Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Autumn Care of Salisbury following a period of declining health. She was born January 22, 1922 in Chesterfield County, SC daughter of the late Lewis and Flonnie Eubanks Kirkley. She was an active member of Kannapolis West A Street Church of God and had retired from Cannon...

Maria S. Schinina

Maria S. Schinina

Jan 8, 2012

Obituary: Hodge, Daniel WebsterMr. Daniel Webster Hodge, Jr. (Dan), 82 years old, went home to be with our Lord Sunday, January 8, while the family was by his bedside at home. Mr. Hodge was born January 10, 1929 in Winston-Salem, the son of the late Daniel Hodge and Rachel Hodge. Dan was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend....

Willie  L. Lowder

Willie L. Lowder

Jan 8, 2012

Obituary: Mrs. Willie L. Lowder, 90, of Kannapolis died Jan. 8, 2012 at CMC-NorthEast. She was born April 29, 1921 in Cabarrus County, the daughter of the late Mae Lowder. She was preceded in death by her husband, PB Lowder and her son-in-law, Pete Medlin. She had worked at Cannon Mills and then at Kaiser-Roth Hosiery Mill for many years....