Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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....
Daniel Webster Hodge
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....
Joseph Randall (Randy) Martin, Sr.
Jan 8, 2012
Obituary: Joseph Randall (Randy) Martin Sr. 43 of Kannapolis was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his residence. His death follows a period of declining health for several years. Randy was born in Cabarrus county on December 20, 1968 a son of the late Johnie Sue Wood Martin and James Wayne Martin Sr. In...
Vernon Ray Hardin
Jan 7, 2012
Obituary: Mr. Vernon Ray Hardin, of China Grove, NC, an Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, who loved fishing passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center North-East, Concord of natural causes. Ray was born September 12, 1931 in Rutherford County, the son of the late John Newberry and Mary Ella Reddick Hardin. In addition...

Patsy Ann Sherrill Brown
Jan 7, 2012
Obituary: Patsy Ann Sherrill Brown, 70, of Kannapolis died Friday, January 7, 2012 at the Oaks at Towne Center, Harrisburg after a period of declining health.A graveside service will be held at 2:30 PM Tuesday, January 10 at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Whitley's Funeral Home from 1:00 to 2:00 PM on Tuesday.Patsy was born June...

Robert Bob Stephen Watson
Jan 5, 2012
Obituary: CONCORD, NC Robert Stephen "Bob" Watson, 65, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his home after a two year fight with cancer. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at Whitley's Funeral Home Main Chapel, Kannapolis. The Rev. Richard Rhoades and Rev. Al Requelme, C.S.s.R will be officiating. The family will receive friends from 2...
Thomas King (Tom) Goodman
Jan 4, 2012
Obituary: Thomas King (Tom) Goodman, age 80, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC after a long fight with cancer.He was born March 13, 1931 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Buford Y. Goodman and Minnie Hopkins Goodman. He was raised at age 15 by his Aunt Margaret...
Gaynell Duty Williams
Jan 3, 2012
Obituary: Gaynell Duty Williams, age 66, of 3232 Penninger Rd. Concord died unexpectedly on Tuesday January 3, 2012 at CMC-NE.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 6 at Highland Baptist Church, Concord with Rev. James Mullis and Rev. Chuck Overcash. Burial will follow at New Gilead UCC Cemetery in Concord. The family will receive friends at the...

Nettie Pope Patton
Jan 1, 2012
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Nettie Pope Patton, age 93, died January 1, 2012 at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC after a short illness.She was born August 9, 1918 in Wilkes County, NC, the daughter of the late Alonzo Hollister Pope and Lelia Savannah Walker Pope. She had been a resident of the area since 1933.Nettie was employed...
Shelvie Jean Shepherd Johnson
Jan 1, 2012
Obituary: Shelvie Jean Shepherd Johnson, 75 of Kannapolis died at Tucker Hospice House on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2012. A graveside service will take place at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4th at Westlawn Mem. Park in China Grove. The family will receive friends at Whitley's Funeral Home from 1-2:00 p.m. Friday before the service. Visitation: 1-2:00 PM Friday January 4, 2013...