Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC

Richard L. Lazarus
Mar 5, 2011
Obituary: Sherrills Ford, NC- Richard L. Lazarus, age 90, passed away at Hospice of Catawba Valley, Newton, NC. He was born September 3, 1920 in Erie County, NC, the son of the late Francis J. Lazarus and Mary G. Burns Lazarus. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his wife, Jean Frances Dwornik, who died...
James Boyce Raffaldt
Mar 4, 2011
Obituary: James Boyce Raffaldt, 72, of Kannapolis died Friday, March 4, 2011 at CMC-University Hospital in Charlotte. His death was unexpected. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, March 7 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Keith Navey and Rev. Joey Spry officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends...
Laura Christine Zweifel Beam
Mar 4, 2011
Obituary: Laura Christine Zweifel Beam, 38, of Kannapolis died before her time on Friday, March 4, 2011 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, March 9 at Whitley's Funeral Home Annex Chapel with Rev. William Van Wieren officiating. Private interment will follow. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 4:00 PM Wednesday at...
James Eugene Wellman
Mar 1, 2011
Obituary: James E. Wellman age 84 of Concord died March 1, 2011 at CMC NorthEast Medical Center, Concord after a short illness. Mr. Wellman was born in Cabarrus County September 14, 1926 to the late Lee Wellman and the late Ollie Nash Wellman. He was educated in the Cabarrus County schools and Evans Business College. He was employed with Ronson...

Martha Mcpherson Hopper
Feb 28, 2011
Obituary: Pending Visitation: No formal visitation. Service: 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 28, 2011 graveside service at Carolina Mem. Park. Interment: Carolina Mem. Park.
Silas Simon Jolly
Feb 27, 2011
Obituary: Silas Simon Jolly, 76, of 1085 Jolly Drive, died February 27, 2011 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord. Death was unexpected. He was born May 27, 1934 in Alexander County, NC a son of the late Sippy Eli Jolly and Flossie Queen Harrington Jolly. Mr. Jolly moved to Kannapolis from Taylorsville when he was eighteen to work in Cannon Mills. He was...
Joe Franklin Gaskey, Sr.
Feb 26, 2011
Obituary: Joe Franklin Gaskey, age 85 died Saturday February 26, 2011 at The Haven in Highland Creek in Charlotte NC following several years of declining health. He was born April 20, 1925 in Cabarrus County NC, a son of the late Robert Franklin Gaskey and Connie Gray Gaskey. He was educated at Odell School in Concord and at Pfeiffer College...
Georgia Jordan Mclain
Feb 24, 2011
Obituary: Georgia Jordan McLain, age 92, formerly of 609 N. Main St. died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis after a period of declining health. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, February 26 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Michael Austin officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China...
Kyle Goodnight
Feb 22, 2011
Obituary: Kyle R. Goodnight, Sr., 90, of Kannapolis died on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at The Brian Center of Concord. He had been in declining health for sometime and gravely ill for the previous 2 weeks. Kyle was born on October 20, 1920 in Cabarrus County to Walter Goodnight and Clara Deal Goodnight. In addition to his parents, he is...
Samuel James Wallace
Feb 22, 2011
Obituary: Concord, NC - Samuel James (Samich) Wallace, age 13, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at home as a result of an accident. He was born October 19, 1997 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of James Wallace and Lisa Irving Wallace. Sam was a 7th grade student at Harris Road Middle School, Concord, NC. He loved playing baseball and...

David Settlemyer
Feb 22, 2011
Obituary: David Baxter Settlemyer, 72, formerly of Kannapolis, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Oak Park Retirement Community in Salisbury. He was born in Kannapolis, NC on August 19, 1938 to the late Charles Baxter Settlemyer and Irene Wilkinson Settlemyer. Mr. Settlemyer was a veteran of the United States Air Force. An avid scouter, he served in Boy Scouts,...
Marguerite Geneva Allen Fisher
Feb 20, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Marguerite Allen Fisher, age 90, died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at the Brian Center, Concord, NC after one year of declining health. She was born October 17, 1920 in Rowan County, NC, the daughter of the late John Lee Allen and Rejina Safrit Allen Fraley. She was a 1937 graduate of J.W. Cannon High School. Marguerite was...
Bobby Gene Wagoner
Feb 20, 2011
Obituary: Mr. Bobby Gene Wagoner, 68, of Kannapolis was called home by his Lord and Saviour on February 16, 2011 after a period of declining health of one year. Death was unexpected. He was born on July 31, 1942 in Cabarrus County the son of the late Wiley Gaither Wagoner and the late Catherine Cline Wagoner. In addition to his...

David Charles Warner
Feb 19, 2011
Obituary: David Charles Warner, 61, of Salisbury, formerly of Kannapolis died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his residence following a period of declining health. David was born November 18, 1949 in Monroe, County, New York son of Frances Telford Shewman Warner and the late David Roger Warner. He was a 27 year resident of North Carolina. He and his wife...
Janie Hildreth Jackson
Feb 19, 2011
Obituary: Pending Visitation: 10:00 AM - 11:30AM Saturday February 19, 2011 Whitley's Funeral Home Kannapolis, NC Service: 12:00 Noon Saturday February 19, 2011 New Hope Lutheran Church Kannapolis, NC Interment: Carolina Memorial Park Kannapolis, NC
Carolyn Kuykendal Grier
Feb 19, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Carolyn Kuykendal Grier, age 92, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 following a brief illness. She was born January 22, 1919 in Mecklenburg County, NC, the daughter of the late Franklin Banks Kuykendal and Carrie Rea Kuykendal. She began her education in a one room school house in Providence Presbyterian Church. Carolyn attended Matthews High School and Queens...
Nancy Carolyn Campbell Fink
Feb 19, 2011
Obituary: Nancy Carolyn Campbell Fink, 77, of 4158 Deerfield Dr., Concord, NC and formerly of Kannapolis died at Big Elm Nursing Center on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Ms. Fink was born on October 12, 1933 in Concord the daughter of the late Ray Lanier Campbell and the late Mae Plyer Campbell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in...
Robert L Hurst
Feb 19, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC Robert L. Hurst, 59, of Kannapolis passed away Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 at his home. He was born October 20, 1951 in Cabarrus County, the son of the late John Langley Hurst and Iris Odean Knowles Hurst. He retired from Fieldcrest-Cannon Inc. where he worked in the weave room. He then worked for Moss Realty in maintenance...
Charles Wilson Reece, Jr.
Feb 18, 2011
Obituary: Charles Wilson Reece, Jr., age 85, died Friday, February 18, 2011 at the W. G. (Bill) Hefner Medical Center, Salisbury, NC after 2 ½ years of declining health. He was born October 22, 1925 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Charles Wilson Reece, Sr. and Mary Correll Reece. Charles was employed as a shop foreman having...
Linn Clain Brown
Feb 18, 2011
Obituary: Linn Clain Brown, age 89, passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at Five Oaks Nursing Center, Concord, NC. He was born May 14, 1921 in Rowan County, NC, the son of the late James Walter Brown and Viola Elizabeth Anderson Brown. Linn was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company for over 40 years and then a partner with...