Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC
Ralph Frank Setzer
Jan 8, 2011
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Ralph Frank Setzer, age 93, died Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at his home after four years of declining health. He was born September 25, 1917 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late John Franklin Setzer and Essie Louella Caldwell Setzer. Ralph was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plt.#1 Sheet Dept. for many years...

Evelyn Griffin Robbins
Jan 7, 2011
Obituary: Evelyn Griffin Robbins, 80, of 1265 Pump Station Road died on Friday, January 7, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Robbins was born in Cabarrus Co. on January 18, 1930 the daughter of Minor Griffin and Tamia Smith Griffin.In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, Robert William "Bob" Gilliam and Lacy E. Robbins, Jr....
Lucille Sloop Tice
Jan 6, 2011
Obituary: Mrs. Lucille Sloop Tice, 92 of Kannapolis died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Universal Health Care, Concord following a period of declining health. Mrs. Tice was born March 11, 1918 in Rowan County, daughter of the late Fred Gray Sloop and Mary Lutelle Carrigan Sloop. She was a lifelong resident of Kannapolis. She retired in 1983 from Cannon Mills...
Blanche Baker Lambert
Jan 6, 2011
Obituary: Lambert, Blanche Julia Baker Kannapolis, NC- Blanche Julia Baker Lambert, age 82, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC where she had been for over a month. She was born July 29, 1928 in Cabarrus County, the daughter of the late John Henry Baker and Blanche Viola Ward Hipp. She was...
William Henry Keeter
Jan 4, 2011
Obituary: William Henry Keeter, 82, of Goldmoor Dr. in Concord, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Friday, January 7 at Epworth United Methodist Church in Concord, with Dr. Glenn Myers, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from noon until 1:00 PM Friday...

Gary Allan Chandler
Jan 4, 2011
Obituary: Gary Allan Chandler, 79, of 6182 Blue Crown Court, died Tuesday, January 04, 2011 at Brian Center of Concord following a short illness. He was born December 10, 1931 in Lamar County, SC son of the late Andrew Muldrow Chandler and Ada Belle Wright Chandler. Mr. Chandler was a member of Parkwood Baptist Church, Concord . He was a...
Sandra Louise Smith Dickenson
Jan 3, 2011
Obituary: Sandra Louise Smith Dickenson, age 74, of Kannapolis, formerly of Deposit NY, went to be with her Lord on Monday, January 3, 2011 at CMC-NE after a period of declining health. A Memorial service will be held at 6:00 PM Thursday, January 6 at Solid Rock Worship Center in Kannapolis, with Rev. Raymond Davis officiating. The family will receive...
Erlene W. Maulden
Jan 3, 2011
Obituary: F. Erlene Williford Maulden of Kannapolis, NC, died on Monday, January 3, 2011, at Bob and Carolyn Tucker House of Cabarrus County. Mrs. Maulden was born to Earl Hardy and Lessie Fox Williford on August 3, 1921, in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from J. W. Cannon High School in 1939 and won the Miss Liberty Beauty Contest in 1942....
Mary Fesperman Helms
Jan 2, 2011
Obituary: Mary Fesperman Helms, age 88, of Rockwell died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon, Thursday, January 6 at Landis Baptist Church with Rev. Billy Honeycutt and Rev. Ralph Hager officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove. Family will receive friends at Whitley's Funeral Home from 6:00...
David Lee Martin
Jan 2, 2011
Obituary: David Lee Martin, 61, of Kannapolis died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 at CMC-NorthEast. He was born September 25, 1949 in Cabarrus County, the son of Hazel Orren Martin of Kannapolis and the late Calvin Lee Martin. He retired from Duke Power working at McGuire Nuclear Station for the past 25 years. He was a longtime member of Lane Street...

Royce W. Thrift
Jan 1, 2011
Obituary: Royce Thrift, age 79, died Saturday, January 1, 2011 at his home. He was born April 8, 1931 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Colen W. Thrift and Thelma Owings Thrift. Royce graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, Staunton, VA and received his B.A. in Marketing from Catawba College, Salisbury, NC in 1954. Royce retired...
Patricia Lou Litaker
Jan 1, 2011
Obituary: Patricia Lou Litaker, 88, of Concord died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 at the Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. She was born August 3, 1922 in Zanesville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Royal Clyde Agne and Dorothy Barr Agne. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Kenneth Litaker Sr. on Feb. 11, 2001, by a son, Ralph...
Ailene Dayvault Seymour
Dec 31, 2010
Obituary: Aliene Dayvault Seymour of Kannapolis died Friday, December 31, 2010 at the Bob and Carolyn Tucker Hospice House after a brief period of illness. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, January 2nd at Midway United Methodist Church with Rev. Dave Cash officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends in the...
Helen Frances Tuggle
Dec 30, 2010
Obituary: Helen Basinger Tuggle, age 83, died Thursday Dec. 30, 2010 at CMC NorthEast Medical Center Concord, N.C. Mrs Tuggle was born April 1st, 1927 in Rowan County to the late Augustus Basinger and the late Mary Wilhem Basinger. She was educated in the Rowan County Schools, and was a member of First Wesleyan Church of Kannapolis. She was a...
Charles Gordon Miller
Dec 28, 2010
Obituary: Charles Gordon Miller, 85, of Augusta, Ga. formerly of Kannapolis died December 28, 2010 at Georgia War Veteran's Nursing Home following a period of declining health. He was born August 28, 1925 in Rowan County, son of the late Herman C. and Kate Seamon Miller. He was a foreman in the machine shop at Cannon Mills with forty years...

Gail Frances Moran Ferdenzi
Dec 27, 2010
Obituary: Gail Frances Moran Ferdenzi, 72, of 986 Old Charlotte Road, Concord, NC died at CMC-NorthEast in Concord on Monday, December 27, 2010. Mrs. Ferdenzi was born in Bangor, ME on December 8, 1938, the daughter of the late John D. Moran and the late Leola Sullivan Moran.She had worked as an Admitting Clerk at South Miami Hospital before she...
Betty Lou Earnhardt Keeter
Dec 27, 2010
Obituary: Betty Lou Earnhardt Keeter, 79, formerly of Goldmoor Drive in Concord, lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Transitional Health Services in Kannapolis with her family and friends by her side. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Monday, Dec. 27th at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glenn Myers officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina...
Alice Virginia Dayvault Mccombs
Dec 27, 2010
Obituary: - Alice Virginia Dayvault McCombs, age 96, formerly of 501 Pearl Avenue, Kannapolis, NC, died Monday, December 27, 2010 at Transitional Health Services, Kannapolis, NC. She was born October 6, 1914 in Rowan County, the daughter of the late David Henderson Dayvault and Mertie Patterson Dayvault. Alice was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plt#1 in the sewing...

Mary Kathleen Grubbs Jenkins
Dec 27, 2010
Obituary: Pending Visitation: 6:00PM - 8:00PM Sunday, December 26, 2010 Whitley's Funeral Home Kannapolis, NC Service: 3:30 PM Monday, December 27, 2010 The Wood Mortuary Chapel 300 West Poinsett Street Greer, SC Interment: Howell Family Cemetery Taylors, SC
Helen Frances Morrison Triplett
Dec 24, 2010
Obituary: Helen Frances Morrison Triplett, 82, died Friday December 24, 2010 at CMC-NE in Concord. Her death follows a period of declining health. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 29 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Barnhill officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior...