Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Willis Elizabeth Torrence Fesperman
Mar 28, 2011
Obituary: Willis Elizabeth Torrence Fesperman went to be with her loving Saviour on Saturday, Marc h 26, 2011 at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Fesperman was born February 10, 1916 in Mooresville, NC to the late W.E. and Frances Gardner Torrence. She was preceded in death by her 2 sisters, Catherine Torrence and Margaret...
James Everette Austell, Jr
Mar 28, 2011
Obituary: James "Jim" Everette Austell, Jr., 66 of Charlotte passed away on Monday, March 28, 2011 at home. Jim was born in Gaffney, SC on May 23, 1944. He was the son of James E. Austell, Sr. and Rae Turner Austell. He graduated from West Mecklenburg High School. He was also a member of West Gate Masonic Lodge, a 32...
John Thomas Jake Donaldson
Mar 28, 2011
Obituary: Rockwell, NC- John Thomas (Jake) Donaldson, age 70, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at his home after five months of declining health. He was born July 1, 1940 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late John H. Donaldson and F. Irene Rodgers Donaldson. Jake was a 1958 graduate of A.L. Brown High School, Kannapolis, NC. Jake was...
Evelyn Scott
Mar 27, 2011
Obituary: Evelyn Christine Hager Scott, 88, of Kannapolis died March 27, 2011 at CMC-NorthEast. She was born January 30, 1923 in Cabarrus County, the daughter of the late Robert and Pearl Lippard Hager. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Monroe Scott Sr. in 1988 , a brother Robert Lee Hager, a sister Elizabeth Neal Patterson, a half...

Max W. Scercy
Mar 27, 2011
Obituary: Pending Visitation: 12:00PM - 1:00PM Sunday March 27, 2011 Whitley's Funeral Home Kannapolils, NC Service: 1:00 PM Sunday March 27, 2011 Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel Kannapolis, NC Interment: Carolina Memorial Park Kannapolis, NC
Karen Lynda Burke
Mar 26, 2011
Obituary: Karen Lynda Burke age 66 passed away Friday March 26, 2011 at CMC NorthEast Medical Center after a long illness. She was born December 29, 1944 in Nassau County, New York to the late George B. and Emma Staples Templeton. She was educated in the schools of New York and was employed with Martin Memorial Health Systems in the...

Jacob Edward Doolittle
Mar 25, 2011
Obituary: Doolittle, Jacob Edward Jacob Edward Doolittle blessed this earth on December 27, 2010 and was taken from us all too soon on March 18, 2011. Jacobs smile and kind heart will forever be honored and remembered through the lives of those that loved him most. Jacob is survived by his parents Joey Eugene and Samantha Jo Doolittle of East...

Bobby Gene Rakes
Mar 24, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC Burl Edward Combs, age 67, of Kannapolis just went to Heaven on Thursday, March 24, 2011, after a long-term battle with heart disease, to see his Best buddy, Harold, and to ask him "How's that". His funeral service will begin at 3:00 PM Sunday, March 27 at Shadybrook Baptist Church with Rev. Rickey Oxford officiating. His body...
Burl Edward Combs
Mar 24, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC Burl Edward Combs, age 67, of Kannapolis just went to Heaven on Thursday, March 24, 2011, after a long-term battle with heart disease, to see his Best buddy, Harold, and to ask him "How's that". His funeral service will begin at 3:00 PM Sunday, March 27 at Shadybrook Baptist Church with Rev. Rickey Oxford officiating. His body...
Edith Peggy Goodman
Mar 24, 2011
Obituary: Edith T. (Peggy) Goodman, 82, of Kannapolis died March 24, 2011 at Transitional Health Services. She was born July 14, 1928 in Cabarrus County, the daughter of the late Jay L. and Mary Miller Tarlton. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Crawford A. Goodman in 1982 and Arnette Godfrey in 2006. She retired from Cannon Mills where...
Ruby Lee Peg Bradshaw Boone
Mar 23, 2011
Obituary: Mrs. Ruby Lee "Peg" Bradshaw Boone, 79, of 1119 Mason Street and formerly of 909A Skyland St., died at CMC-NorthEast in Concord, NC on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Mrs. Boone was born September 16, 1931 in Rowan Co., the daughter of the late Jonas Clifford Bradshaw and the late Grace Shue Bradshaw. In addition to her parents, she is...
Cleo Chester Phillips
Mar 22, 2011
Obituary: Mr. Cleo Chester Phillips, 86, of Kannapolis died March 22, 2011 at Tucker Hospice House. He was born Feb. 27, 1925 in Hart County, Ga. , the son of the late D.C. and Myrtie Cromer Phillips. He was preceded in death by his wife Betty Mullis Phillips in 2000. He retired as a supervisor in the Wet Finishing Dept....

Lois B. Carter
Mar 22, 2011
Obituary: Lois "Babe" Bentley Carter, 90, formerly of Kannapolis, passed away March 22, 2011 at Huntersville Oaks Nursing Home. Mrs. Carter was born February 8, 1921 in Cabarrus County, a daughter of the late Charlie E. Bentley and the late Cordie Anna Christy Bentley. She was retired from Cannon Mills. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death...
Dorothy Jean Fogel
Mar 21, 2011
Obituary: Fogel, Dorothy Jean Landis, NC., Dorothy Jean Fogel, age 78, died at her home on March 21, 2011. She was born October 27, 1932, in Alleghany County , PA, a daughter of the late Bo and Madeline Decker Riggs. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who's first love was her family. She was graduate of Fort Mill...

Oliver Eugene Key
Mar 21, 2011
Obituary: Fogel, Dorothy Jean Landis, NC., Dorothy Jean Fogel, age 78, died at her home on March 21, 2011. She was born October 27, 1932, in Alleghany County , PA, a daughter of the late Bo and Madeline Decker Riggs. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who's first love was her family. She was graduate of Fort Mill...
Judea F. Smith
Mar 21, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis- Judea Mae Fortner Smith, 94, died Saturday, the 19th of March at her home surrounded by family members who loved her dearly. Born March 5, 1917 in Alexander County, N.C., Judy was the oldest of seven children. She moved to Statesville, N.C. when her father started working in the mill. In 1930, she moved to Charlie Walker Road...
Kenneth Ray Shuping
Mar 20, 2011
Obituary: Virginia W. Wallace, 71, of 312 Central Avenue, Kannapolis died March 20, 2011 at Carolinas Specialty Hospital in Charlotte. She was born August 23, 1939 in Darlington County, SC , the daughter of the late Luther Leslie Wallace and Lois Gainey Wallace. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Wallace, her sister Peggy Wallace and a grand...
Virginia W. Wallace
Mar 20, 2011
Obituary: Virginia W. Wallace, 71, of 312 Central Avenue, Kannapolis died March 20, 2011 at Carolinas Specialty Hospital in Charlotte. She was born August 23, 1939 in Darlington County, SC , the daughter of the late Luther Leslie Wallace and Lois Gainey Wallace. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Wallace, her sister Peggy Wallace and a grand...
Florence Merwin Fletcher Giauque
Mar 19, 2011
Obituary: Florence Merwin Fletcher Giauque, 93, of Concord passed away on March 19, 2011 at the Tucker Hopsice House in Kannapolis. She was a true lover of life, family, nature, animals, dancing, music and more. Born in Springfield, Mass. on October 18, 1917, Florence spent most of her youth in New Jersey with 10 siblings and her late parents, Winton...
Elton L. Frye
Mar 19, 2011
Obituary: Landis, NC Elton Lee Frye, 62, of Landis died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at CMC-NE after a period of declining health. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, March 22 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Curtis Parker officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove. The family will receive friends at...