Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Dwight Junior Raffaldt
Aug 30, 2014
Obituary: Dwight Junior "Big Boy" Raffaldt, 58, of Kannapolis died Saturday, August 30, 2014 after a brief period of illness. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 PM noon on Friday, September 5, at Carolina Memorial Park with Rev. Robert Earnhardt officiating. His family will receive friends at Whitley's Funeral Home from 10:00 to 11:30 AM on Friday. At...
David Lackey
Aug 29, 2014
Obituary: Mr. David Lackey, 74, of 602 Juniper Ave., Kannapolis, NC died August 29, 2014 at CMC-NorthEast in Concord. Mr. Lackey was born on December 22, 1939 in Cabarrus Co., NC, the son of the late James Frank Lackey and the late, Emma Chapman Lackey. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by 2 sons, David Lynn...
Lorraine Blackwelder Coleman
Aug 29, 2014
Obituary: Lorraine Blackwelder Coleman, 74, of 843 Kannapolis Parkway, Concord, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on August 26, 2014. Mrs. Coleman was born in Cabarrus County, NC on January 15, 1940, the daughter of the late Cletus Jake Blackwelder and the late Viola Maude Starnes Blackwelder. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by...
Ralph Chapman
Aug 26, 2014
Obituary: Ralph T. Chapman, age 98, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at his home after a short illness. He was born July 13, 1916 in Transylvania County, NC. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his wife, Katherine Eudy Chapman. A graveside service to celebrate his life will be held at 3:00 P.M....
Donald Glenn Williams
Aug 24, 2014
Obituary: Donald Glenn Williams, 83, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the Tucker Hospice House. He was a born July 18, 1931 in Cabarrus County to the late Ernest C. Williams and Clara Bennick Williams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Betty Ann Marcus Williams, three brothers, Kenneth E. Williams, Earl J....
Bachman S. Brown
Aug 24, 2014
Obituary: Bachman S. Brown, Jr. age 88, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC after a period of declining health. He was born in 1926 in Lexington, NC to the late Reverend Dr. and Mrs. B. S. Brown, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his brother Charles E. Brown. Growing up, Bachman...

Rev. Robert "Jeff " Simpson
Aug 22, 2014
Obituary: Rev. Robert "Jeff " Jefferson Simpson, 41, of Kannapolis went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 22, 2014 at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House, Salisbury following a short illness. Jeff was born October 31, 1972 in Cabarrus County, NC son of Billy Jefferson Simpson of Sanford, NC and the late Brenda Gail Simmons Simpson. He was a...
Ruby Futrelle Black
Aug 22, 2014
Obituary: Pending Visitation: ----------------- Service: 11:00 AM Friday August 22, 2014 Graveside-National Cemetery Salisbury, NC Interment: Pending
Joe Henry Daniels, Sr.
Aug 22, 2014
Obituary: Joe H. Daniels, Sr. 72 of Kannapolis, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2014 at his residence following a period of declining health. He was born November 2, 1941 in Dillon County, SC, a son of the late Joseph Lemuel and Magie Cambel Daniels. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by 3 brothers. Mr. Daniels...
Robert L. Simmons
Aug 20, 2014
Obituary: Robert Lee Simmons, 71, of Kannapolis passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Tucker Hospice House. He was born February 11, 1943 in Rowan County, the son of Eva Ruth Beaver Simmons of Salisbury and the late William A. Simmons. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Simmons, a grandson, a sister and three brothers....
James T. Miller
Aug 18, 2014
Obituary: James Thomas Miller, 74, of Rockwell passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 at his home. He was born September 26, 1939 in Caldwell County, the son of the late Celo Miller and Alma Barnes Miller Long. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Bill Miller. James was well known to many from his days at the...
Wayne A. Jones
Aug 18, 2014
Obituary: Wayne Asper Jones, age 52, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC after battling Crohn's disease for many years. He was born September 5, 1961 in Mecklenburg County, NC, the son of James Asper Jones and Ruby Jeanette Prince Jones of Concord, NC. Wayne was a diesel mechanic for many years. His many hobbies included...
Carol Sue Price Seamon
Aug 18, 2014
Obituary: Carol Sue Price Seamon, 78, of Kannapolis, NC died on August 18, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Seamon was born on June 5, 1939 in Cabarrus Co., the daughter of the late Boyd Fletcher Price and the late Bettie Lorene Pennell Price. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Grimsley Seamon who died...
Robert W. Whitley
Aug 17, 2014
Obituary: Robert W. (Doc) Whitley, age 74, surrounded by his son, grandsons, wife, daughter-in-law, and sister-in-law stepped into the arms of his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at his home after suffering a lengthy illness. He was born December 30, 1939 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Crayton D. Whitley and Pansey Clyde Robinson...
Emma Eliabeth Kidd Carter
Aug 16, 2014
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Emma Elizabeth Kidd Carter, age 94, passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at her home. She was born July 25, 1920 in Madison County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Thomas I. Kidd and Martha Langford Kidd. She moved to Kannapolis to live in 1940. Emma was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plant One,...
Grace Hopkins Riggs
Aug 16, 2014
Obituary: Grace Hopkins Riggs, 82, of Concord, passed away on August, 13, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Riggs was born November 22, 1931, in Concord. She was the oldest daughter of the late Lewis Thomas Hopkins and Pearl Ervin Hopkins. She was married to James S. "Red" Riggs, Sr. for over 61 years. She is also survived by her...
David Fisher, Sr.
Aug 16, 2014
Obituary: David "Bud" Leon Fisher, Sr., 68, of Kannapolis went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at CMC-Northeast Medical Center following a period of declining health. Bud was born August 22, 1945 in Cabarrus County a son of the late Jessie Jacob Fisher and the late Grace Edwards Fisher. He was also preceded in death by...
Thomas Michael Combs
Aug 16, 2014
Obituary: Thomas Michael "Mike" Combs, 58, of Kannapolis went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at CMC-NE after a period of declining health. A Celebration of life with Christ service will be held at 5:30 PM Tuesday, August 19 at Truth Temple with Pastors Bryn Waddell and Wayne Miller officiating. Private interment will occur later. The...
Bryte Brooks Faggart
Aug 15, 2014
Obituary: Bryte Brooks Faggart, 85, passed away Friday, August 15, 2014 at Universal Health Care in Concord. Mrs. Faggart was born December 6, 1928 in Stanly County to the late Calvin Teal Brooks and Carrie H. Brooks. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Kannapolis and worked many years at Cannon Mills. She was married to the late...
Carol Morrison
Aug 15, 2014
Obituary: Carol Marilyn Morrison, 72, of Kannapolis; formerly of Mooresville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born December 16, 1941 in Iredell County, NC a daughter of the late Robert Lee Morrison Sr., and the late Adele Callaway Morrison. Carol was a 1961 graduate...