Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Frances Elizabeth Karriker
Jan 6, 2015
Obituary: Frances Elizabeth (Beth) Sloop Karriker, 52, of Salisbury passed away on January 6, 2015. A private celebration of life will be held by her family and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the following, Novant Health Foundation Rowan Medical Center, Relay for Life, American Cancer Society, United Way and the National Kidney Foundation. Online condolences...
Carl Hendren
Jan 6, 2015
Obituary: Carl Hendren, 85, of Kannapolis passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at CMC-NorthEast. He was born February 16, 1929 in Cabarrus County, the son of the late James Clyde Hendren and Edith May Bost Hendren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gaynell Compton Hendren, a son, Steve Nantz, daughter, Jody Lambert, a brother, J.C. Hendren and...
Joyce Langley Litaker
Jan 6, 2015
Obituary: Joyce Langley Litaker, age 77, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 3, 2015. She spent her last days at her daughter's home surrounded by many family and friends. She had been ill for many years prior and had spent the last seven months in declining health. She was born April 2, 1937 in Cabarrus County,...
Brenda Faye Troutman Smith
Jan 5, 2015
Obituary: Mrs. Brenda Faye Troutman Smith, 70, of Concord went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 5, 2015 at her residence. She had been in declining health but death was unexpected. She was born March 20, 1944 in Cabarrus County, a daughter of the late William Franklin and Clara Beatrice Severt Troutman. Brenda was a homemaker and a...
Mary Mcmanus Winecoff
Jan 5, 2015
Obituary: Mary "Lydia" McManus Winecoff, 95, of Kannapolis, NC left this earthly life at Tucker Hospice House to be with her loving Lord and Savior on January 2, 2015. She had been in declining health for many years and seriously ill for 3 weeks. The funeral will be at Center Grove Lutheran Church on Monday, January 5 at 2:00 PM....
Louise Kerley Deese
Jan 3, 2015
Obituary: Louise Kerley Deese, age 97, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Big Elm Retirement Center, Kannapolis, NC after declining health of the last three years. She was born August 17, 1917 in Alexander County, NC, the daughter of the late John Bowles and Grace Sloan Kerley. Louise was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plant One,...
Kenneth Earl Cline
Jan 3, 2015
Obituary: Mr. Kenneth Earl Cline, 90, of 260 Palaside Drive NE. died Saturday January 3, 2015, at Tucker Hospice House after two weeks of serious illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 5 at Epworth United Methodist Church with Rev. C. Wayne Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive...
Waldo Jeremiah "Jerry" Sloop, Jr.
Jan 2, 2015
Obituary: Waldo Jeremiah "Jerry" Sloop, Jr., 71, of Kannapolis passed away Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 surrounded by beloved family and friends. Born in Cabarrus County on April 19, 1943, he was the son of the late Waldo and Bessie Sloop. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his daughter, Laurie Anne Fletcher, siblings; Herman Sloop, C.A....
Betty Jean Cameron Steele
Jan 1, 2015
Obituary: Betty C. Steele, 83 of Kannapolis died Thursday, January 1, 2015. Her funeral will be 1:00p.m., Sunday at Franklin Heights Baptist Church with the burial following at Carolina Memorial Park. The receiving will be 6-8:00p.m., Saturday at Whitley's Funeral Home. Betty is survived by husband, Autris E. Steele, 2 sons, Mark Steele and Brian Steel; 2 grandchildren and 3...
C. J. Moss
Jan 1, 2015
Obituary: Mr. C.J. (Bunny) Moss, age 92, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at his home after a period of declining health. He was born on December 11, 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC. He was the son of the late Jesse Lee Moss and Ida Fortner Moss. Bunny was a 1940 graduate of J.W. Cannon High School. Bunny was...
Patti Lee Blake Lasker
Dec 31, 2014
Obituary: Patti Lee Blake Lasker, age 47, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at the home of her mother, Patsy Blake, after suffering from complications of Lupus for several years. She was born December 30, 1967 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of Patsy Knowles Blake and the late Walter Lee Blake. Patti was a 1986 graduate of A.L....
Ruth Russell Poston
Dec 30, 2014
Obituary: Ruth Russell Poston, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at her home after one month of declining health. She was born November 30, 1921 in Rowan County, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Martin Luther Russell and Lula Belle Bass Russell. She was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plant One for forty years...
Ida Mae Moore
Dec 27, 2014
Obituary: Ida Mae Moore, of Kannapolis died December 27, 2014 at Piedmont Crossing in Thomasville. She was born in Union County, NC, on December 13, 1922 - the daughter of the late Hurley Laney and Nena Funderburk Laney. She married James Neal Moore on February 1, l941, who preceded her in death in March, 2002. She also was preceded in...
Loraine Goetzinger Tucker
Dec 27, 2014
Obituary: Loraine Goetzinger Tucker, 64, of Kannapolis died Saturday, December 27, 2014 at CMC-NorthEast. She was born February 4, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ernest Goetzinger and Mary C. Goetzinger Fincham. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Buzzy Goetzinger and two step brothers, Richard and Steven Goetzinger. Loraine was a member of Sloan...
Larry Wayne Christy
Dec 25, 2014
Obituary: Larry Wayne Christy, 56, of Gold Hill died December 25, 2014. He was born July 11, 1958 in Cabarrus County, the son of the late Zeb Christy Sr. and Virginia Robinson Christy. He was preceded in death by brother, James Christy and three sisters, Doris Hawkins, Mable Brattian and Johnsie Christy. Larry was employed with Ostwalt Vault Company in...
William Thomas Tyner, Jr.
Dec 23, 2014
Obituary: Pending Visitation: 11:30A.M. - 1:00P.M. Tuesday December 23, 2014 Whitley's Funeral Home Service: 1:00P.M. Tuesday December 23, 2014 Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel Interment: Carolina Memorial Park
Earline Patterson Haney
Dec 23, 2014
Obituary: - Earline Patterson Haney, age 96, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Big Elm Nursing Center, Kannapolis, NC. She was born February 10, 1918 in Madison County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Johnny Lee Coleman Patterson and Lovie Elizabeth James Patterson. She moved to Kannapolis to live in 1940. Earline was married to her late husband,...
Blanche Davis Deason
Dec 21, 2014
Obituary: Dorothy Blanche Davis Deason, 91, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014 at the Kaiser Hospice House. Blanche was born April 27, 1923 Iredell County to the late William S. Davis and Josie Curley Davis. She was married to the late Johnny Lee Deason who preceded her in 2001. She was a member of West Corinth Baptist Church, a homemaker,...
William Thomas Tyner, Jr.
Dec 20, 2014
Obituary: Mr. William Thomas Tyner, Jr, 72, of Concord went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Five Oaks Manor following a period of declining health. William was born June 16, 1942 in Darlington County, SC a son of the late William Thomas Tyner, Sr. and the late Eva Dixon Tyner. In addition to his parents...
Gladys Brown Hinson
Dec 19, 2014
Obituary: Gladys Brown Hinson Born and reared on County Line Road in Rockwell, NC, she sometimes said she could throw a rock from her front yard all the way to Rowan County (the middle of the road). Gladys Brown Hinson, born December 27, 1928, died December 19, 2014. She was soon to be 86 years old. Mrs. Hinson was the...


