Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Lillian Smith Byrd
Mar 26, 2010
Obituary: Lillian Smith Byrd, age 97, of Kannapolis died Friday, March 26, 2010 at Big Elm Nursing Center after a period of declining health. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Steve Short of Broad Street Church of Christ, Statesville officiating. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery in China Grove....
Kin Lee Patterson
Mar 26, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Kin Lee Patterson, age 74, died Friday, March 26, 2010 at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC after a period of declining health. He was born May 4, 1935 in Rowan County, NC, the son of the late Pless Johnny Patterson and Mary Catherine Black Patterson. He had attended Evans Business College and Salisbury...

Hoyt Fay Overcash
Mar 26, 2010
Obituary: Hoyt Fay Overcash died Friday, March 26, 2010, at NorthEast Medical Center after nearly two years of serious illness. He was born January 11, 1922, the son of Espy G. and Lucille Barnhardt Overcash. He was proud to have served his country during WWII and relived this experience with many "war strories" . He considered himself lucky as he...

Hugh Jack Jackson Anderson
Mar 25, 2010
Obituary: Hugh Jackson "Jack" Anderson, age 86, formerly of 6047 Tuckaseegee Rd. in Kannapolis died Thursday, March 25, 2010 at St. Andrew's Living Center, Concord after an extended period of declining health. Funeral services will be 4:00 PM Sunday, March 28 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with David Shoemake officiating, and burial following at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The...
Eunice Odell Pittman
Mar 24, 2010
Obituary: Eunice Odell Allen Pittman, 79, formerly of Long Ferry Rd., Salisbury went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday March 24, 2010 from Genesis Eldercare of Salisbury surrounded by her family. She was born August 15, 1930 to the late Mae and Emma Bullard Allen in Chesterfield County, SC. She had worked at Cannon Mills Co. Plant 1...
Bert Mccoy Gulledge
Mar 24, 2010
Obituary: Bert McCoy Gulledge, 90, of Kannapolis died Wednesday March 24, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born December 8, 1919 in Chesterfield County, SC, the son of the late Benjamin Tillman Gulledge and the late Annis Susan Allen Gulledge. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Lee Moore Gulledge on Nov. 25, 2005,...
Mary Louise Lowder Payne
Mar 24, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Mary Louise Lowder Payne, age 90, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC. She was born September 15, 1919 in Philadelphia County, PA, the daughter of the late Register M. Lowder and Mary Elizabeth Lowder. She was employed with the former Cannon Mills Co. Plt#1 Wash Cloth Dept. for 35 years until her retirement in...
Jason Ray Sechler
Mar 21, 2010
Obituary: Salisbury, NC- Jason Ray Sechler, age 29, died unexpectedly Sunday, March 21, 2010 on arrival at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, NC. He was born August 17, 1980 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of Michael R. Sechler and Annette Chapman Sechler. He was educated in the Rowan County Schools and Rowan Cabarrus Community College. He was employed as...
John Frank Riley, Jr.
Mar 20, 2010
Obituary: John Frank Riley Jr age 67 of 3440 Deal Rd. Mooresville died Saturday March 20, 2010 at the Brian Center of Mooresville. Mr Riley was born March 8, 1943 in Iredell County to Johnsie Overcash Riley and the late John F. Riley Sr. He was a Electronic Techinical Engineer for Salectron Tech of Charlotte until his retirement in 2005...

Richard Walton Reynolds
Mar 20, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Richard Walton Reynolds, age 76, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 20, 2010 at his home. He was born October 5, 1933 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Ed Reynolds and Brownie Rush Reynolds. He was employed with the former Fieldcrest-Cannon, Inc. Plt.#1 Bleachery Dept. for 39 years until his retirement in 1995. He was a...
Herman David Pete Drye
Mar 20, 2010
Obituary: Herman David "Pete" Drye, 83 of 2810 Maryland Avenue died March 20, 2010 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord from complications of a fall. He was born May 13, 1926 in Cabarrus County, son of the late Richard Lewis and Cora Lee Osborne Drye. He was a Charter member of Sharon Baptist Church of Concord. He truly was a Man of God...

Carl F. Hartsoe
Mar 20, 2010
Obituary: Carl F. Hartsoe, 76, of 2308 Dawson St., Kannapolis, died at Universal Health Care in Concord on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Born on April 23, 1933 in Cabarrus County, he was the son of the late Fred Lee Hartsoe and the late Betty Sue James Hartsoe. He was a graduate of Odell School which he looked forward to...

Walburga Rogers
Mar 20, 2010
Obituary: Herman David "Pete" Drye, 83 of 2810 Maryland Avenue died March 20, 2010 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord from complications of a fall. He was born May 13, 1926 in Cabarrus County, son of the late Richard Lewis and Cora Lee Osborne Drye. He was a Charter member of Sharon Baptist Church of Concord. He truly was a Man of God...
Jerry Lee Little, Sr.
Mar 19, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Jerry Lee Little, Sr., age 66, died Friday, March 19, 2010 at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis after 14 years of declining health and 4 months of serious illness. He was born April 10, 1943 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Howard Lee Little and Quentine Hurley Little. He was a 1961 graduate of...
Ruby D. Wagner
Mar 18, 2010
Obituary: Ruby D. Wagner age 68 died Thursday March 18, 2010 at CMC NorthEast Medical Center Concord, N.C. Funeral service will be Sunday March 21 at 2:00 P M at Whitley's Funeral Chapel. Rev. Robert Earnhardt will officiate. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park Chine Grove. The Wagner family will see friends form 6:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday...
Tina Renee Huffman
Mar 18, 2010
Obituary: Tina Renee Huffman, 41, of China Grove, died March 18, 2010 at Avante' at Concord. She was disabled and had been seriously ill for two months. She was born May 23, 1968 in Cabarrus County, NC daughter of the late Jackie Roland Huffman and Leon Randy Huffman of China Grove. Tina was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. A...
Mary Knox Yarbrough
Mar 17, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Mary Ellison Knox Yarbrough, age 92, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at her home. She was born June 24, 1917 in Harrisburg, PA, the daughter of the late William Knox and Enid Lucinda Bell Knox. She was a graduate of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA with a degree in accounting. She was a homemaker for most...

James Dale Lamb, Sr.
Mar 17, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- James Dale Lamb, Sr., age 69, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at his home after an extensive battle with cancer. He was born March 12, 1941 in Rowan County, NC, the son of the late Walter Elmer Lamb and Lola Alexander Lamb. He was employed at the former Cannon Mills Co. Plt.#1 Sheet Dept. and other depts....
Kelly Wade Ussery
Mar 15, 2010
Obituary: Kelly Wade Ussery, age 90, died Monday, March 15, 2010 at Roper Hospital, Charleston, SC after a period of declining health. For the past six years he had lived in Brentwood, TN and later, Charleston, SC to be close to his daughter. He was born May 30, 1919 in Montgomery County, NC, the son of the late James David...
Myrtle Lillian Hileman Baker
Mar 15, 2010
Obituary: Myrtle Lillian Hileman Baker, age 81, died Monday, March 15, 2010 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC after a serious illness of one week. She was born April 26, 1928 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late Paul B. Hileman, Sr. and Myrtle Walker Hileman. She was a graduate of Winecoff School and attended Catawba College. She was employed...