Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Rev. James "Papa" Gurley, Sr.
Jul 22, 2013
Obituary: Rev. James Lee "Papa" Gurley, Sr. age 87, of China Grove died Monday, July 22, 2013 at CMC-NE after a period of declining health. The entombment and funeral services will be private. James was born July 16, 1926 in Cabarrus Co., a son of the late James A. and Mary Bost Gurley. He was a lifelong area resident and...
Carlton Rex Mosher
Jul 21, 2013
Obituary: Carlton Rex Mosher, 79, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Tucker Hospice House. Mr. Mosher was born April 5, 1934 in Freemont Michigan to the late F. Marvin Mosher and Caroline Curtice Mosher. Carlton was a member of the Concord 7th Day Adventist Church where he served as an elder, was a member of the choir, and he...
Sarah Middleton Smith
Jul 19, 2013
Obituary: Sarah Frances Middleton Smith, 82, of Kannapolis went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. She passed away at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House with her family by her side. Her death follows a period of declining health. Mrs. Smith was born in Florence County, SC, on August 9, 1930, the daughter of the...
Walter Robinson Jr.
Jul 18, 2013
Obituary: Walter Robinson Jr., 85 of Kannapolis, went to be with his Lord on Monday, July 15, 2013 at CMC-NE. His death follows an extended period of declining health. Mr. Robinson was born in York County, SC. on April 30, 1928 the son of the late Charles Walter and Nancy Barnes Robinson. In addition to his parents he is preceded...
Susan Boone Keating
Jul 18, 2013
Obituary: Susan Lynette Boone Keating, 53, of 8601 Boones Farm Rd., died at her home on July 18, 2013. "Susie" was the daughter of Kenneth Lee Boone of Ridgeway, SC and Nancy Poston Boone of Concord. She was a graduate of A.L. Brown High and attended Kings College. She was a homemaker. The funeral service for Susie will be held...
Mary Seaford
Jul 18, 2013
Obituary: Durham, NC and Concord, NC- Mary Lee Demby Bennett Seaford, 92, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Duke University Medical Center. Mrs. Bennett was born in Pageland, South Carolina June 15, 1921 to the late Joseph Alexander Demby and Ruth Rivers Demby she was the last of her 11 siblings. Mary retired from Cannon Mills Weave room #3...
Kleanthis "Glen" Stylianos
Jul 17, 2013
Obituary: Mr. Kleanthis "Glen" Stylianos, 82, of Davidson, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at CMC-Northeast Medical Center, Concord following a short illness. He was born August 30, 1930 in Athens, Greece, a son of the late Miltades Stylianos and Anna Korkathlois Stylianos. Mr. Stylianos was a splicer with the New York Telephone Company retiring with 29 years and one month...
Dorothy Grayson Caton
Jul 14, 2013
Obituary: Dorothy (Dot) Grayson Caton died at Tucker Hospice House on July 14, 2013. Mrs. Caton was born on May 11, 1928 in Kannapolis, North Carolina to the late Lina Dwiggins Grayson and the late X.E. Grayson. Mrs. Caton graduated from J.W. Cannon High School in 1945 and worked for most of her career in the Cannon Mills cotton purchasing...
Harold Alexander Price
Jul 14, 2013
Obituary: Harold Alexander Price, 81, of Kannapolis went to be with his Lord on July 11, 2013 at Universal Health Care, Concord following a period of declining health. He was born March 22, 1932 in Rowan County, son of the late Oscar Alexander and Mary Armor Brown Price. Harold was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a graduate...
Iris Violet Rentas Guilbe
Jul 12, 2013
Obituary: Iris Violet Rentas Guilbe, age 58, of Concord died Friday, July 12, 2013 at University Place Nursing Center in Charlotte. Iris was born November 13, 1954 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, a daughter of the late Eduardo Rentas and Francesca Vasquez of Kannapolis. She moved to this area from Chicago in 1987. She was a Spanish interpreter at University Hospital...
Ruby Sasser O'Neal
Jul 11, 2013
Obituary: Ruby Sasser O'Neal 74, of Concord passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at her residence following a period of declining health. Mrs. O'Neal was born in Wayne County, North Carolina on March 29, 1939 a daughter of the late Claude and Annie Vinson Sasser. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband George...
Joseph Mcgalliard
Jul 10, 2013
Obituary: Mr. Joseph "Joe" Dial McGalliard, 64, of China Grove went to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at CMC-Northeast Medical Center, Concord following a period of declining health. He was born June 2, 1949 in Rowan County a son of the late Robert Thomas and Sarah Frances Dial McGalliard. Joe was a member of Canaan Baptist Church...
Wilma Love
Jul 10, 2013
Obituary: Wilma Rachel Walker Love, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at Big Elm Nursing Center, Kannapolis, NC. She was born December 28, 1919 in Alexander County, NC, the daughter of the late Ossie Lee Walker and Bessie Lee Harrington Walker. Wilma was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plant One, #3 Weave Room for thirty-eight...
Maria Del Carmen Morales Rojas
Jul 5, 2013
Obituary: Maria Del Carmen Morales Rojas, age 75, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2013 at the home of her son, Abiezer and her daughter-in-law, Jayne. She had moved to Kannapolis, NC to live with her son for the past two months. She was born on October 1, 1937 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the daughter of the late Enrique Morales...
Pearl Cavin Lear
Jul 5, 2013
Obituary: Pearl Cavin Lear, 97, of Salisbury, NC died on July 5, 2013at Genesis Health Care. Mrs. Lear was born on September 16, 1915 in Rowan County, the daughter of the late Martin D. Cavin and the late Fannie Josephine Weaver Cavin. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Roy Lear and her brothers...
Buddy Rabon
Jul 3, 2013
Obituary: Buddy Nelson Rabon, 70, of Salisbury went to be with his Heavenly father Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Glenn Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury, NC after a period of declining health. Services will be held at 12:15 on Saturday, July 6 at West A Church of God in Kannapolis with Rev. Barbara Watkins officiating. Burial will follow at Rowan...
William Alvin Hale, Jr.
Jul 3, 2013
Obituary: - William Alvin Hale, Jr. (Willie), age 87, passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at Big Elm Nursing Center, Kannapolis, NC. He was born April 7, 1926 in Fairfax, Alabama, the son of the late William Alvin Hale, Sr. and Janie Graves Hale. A graduate of J.W. Cannon High School, Kannapolis, NC, Willie later married his wife, the...
Wilma Adcock
Jul 3, 2013
Obituary: Wilma Garver Adcock, 82, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Adcock was born in Rowan County December 2, 1930 to the late Robert and Myrtle Goodman Garver. Wilma retired from Cannon Mills; was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church; and she was a loving homemaker. Survivors include her husband of 62 years, C. L. Adcock;...
Pauline Rifenbark Walker
Jul 1, 2013
Obituary: Concord, NC- Pauline Joyce Rifenbark Walker, age 95, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2013 at the Gardens of Taylor Glen, Concord, NC. She was born on October 3, 1917 in Glenn Dale, MD to the late Mary Lillian Elizabeth Reich and Warren Paul Rifenbark, Sr. She lived at "The Farm" with her parents until she got married. She...
Margaret Williams Wright
Jun 30, 2013
Obituary: Margaret Williams Wright, 84, of Kannapolis passed away on June 30, 2013. She was born in Guilford County, the daughter of the late Charles Albert Williams and Molly Still Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas W. Wright and her son, David Michael Wright. She retired from Cannon Mills Company Plant 1 Sewing room after 22...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
