Recent Obituaries in Kannapolis, NC

Lotan Arthur (L.A.) Overcash
Jan 5, 2010
Obituary: Lotan Arthur Overcash, Sr. (L.A.), age 79, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC after several months of declining health. He was born March 13, 1930 in Rowan County, NC, the son of the late Arthur (Buck) Overcash and Lizzie Ritchie Overcash. He was raised in Landis, NC. He was employed...
Allan James Pletcher
Jan 4, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC- Allan James Pletcher, age 45, died Monday, January 4, 2010 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC. He was suffering from a life-long renal disease culminating in the last several months. He was born January 6, 1964 in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of Thomas R. Pletcher and Mary Margaret Breakwell Pletcher. He was a graduate of Tidewater Community College with...

Evelyn Stewart Smith
Jan 4, 2010
Obituary: Evelyn Stewart Smith, 78, of Salisbury, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 at Rowan Regional Medical Center, following several years of declining health and a brief serious illness. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel in Kannapolis with Rev. Chris Westmoreland officiating Born Dec. 26, 1931 in Kannapolis,Evelyn was...
Lois Gray Kenerley
Jan 3, 2010
Obituary: Mrs. Lois Gray Kenerley, age 86, died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Big Elm Nursing Center in Kannapolis, after a period of declining health. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, January 6 at First Evangelical Methodist Church of Kannapolis with Rev. David Hayes officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends...
Carol Pennington Gatton
Jan 2, 2010
Obituary: Carol Renae Gatton, 61, of Kannapolis died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010 at her home. She was born December 24, 1948 in Rowan County, the daughter of Mildred Gordon Pennington of Kannapolis and the late George Pennington. She was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Pennington. She was employed with Pass &Seymour/ Legrand in Concord. She was a member...
Corrine Thomas Hardy
Jan 2, 2010
Obituary: Corrine Thomas Hardy, 84, of Kannapolis devoted mother and friend, went to be with her Lord on Dec. 30, 2009 from Liberty Commons in Salisbury. She had been in declining health the last three years and seriously ill 1 month. She was born March 23, 1925 in Talmao, Georgia, the daughter of the late John Emory Thomas and the...
Mary Lee Carnes Davis
Jan 1, 2010
Obituary: Mary Lee Carnes Davis, 96, of Kannapolis died January 1, 2010 at the Bob and Carolyn Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. She was born November 13,1913 in Union County, the daughter of the late William Raymond Carnes and Martha Parker Carnes. Her husband, James Thomas Davis preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1979. She retired from Cannon Mills...
Miriam Goodrum Tuttle
Jan 1, 2010
Obituary: Kannapolis, NC Miriam Goodrum Tuttle, age 92, of 606 Tuttlewood Dr. died January 1st, 2010 in Greenville, NC after 2 years declining health. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Sunday, January 3rd at 1st Presbyterian Church, Kannapolis with Rev. Bill Jolly and Rev. Kris Edscorn officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends...
Roy Rhodes
Dec 31, 2009
Obituary: Roy Rhodes, age 88, formerly of Saw Road, China Grove, NC, died Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Big Elm Nursing Center, Kannapolis, NC. He was born November 30, 1921. He was a farmer for many years & also worked for the former Cannon Mills Company, Plt.#1 Spinning Room for many years until his retirement. A private memorial service will...
Gerald William Riley
Dec 29, 2009
Obituary: Gerald William Riley, 54, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC. He was born November 3, 1955 in Cabarrus County the son of the late Endle Warren Riley and Doris Aileen Blackwell Riley of Kannapolis. Mr. Riley was a lifelong area resident. He was educated in the Cabarrus County schools and a 1974 graduate of...
Ethel Sorah Johnson
Dec 29, 2009
Obituary: China Grove: Ethel Sorah Johnson, age 94 of 195 Fry St. died on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 at NorthEast Medical Center. Born August 3, 1915 at Big Stone Gap, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late George Alexander and Amanda Catherine Sorah. She attended school in Big Stone Gap and after marriage moved and lived most of her...

Ronald C. Blue
Dec 29, 2009
Obituary: Allentown, Pennsylvania- Ronald C. Blue, age 67 unexpectedly, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, Lehigh County. He was born December 6, 1942 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of James C. Blue of Kannapolis, NC and the late Millie Gulledge Blue. He was a Psychology Professor at Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, PA for...
Edith Dayvault Funderburke Dunham
Dec 29, 2009
Obituary: Edith Dayvault Funderburke Dunham, age 88, formerly of Kannapolis but had lived several years at the Lutheran Nursing Home, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at the Lutheran Nursing Home, Salisbury, NC after several years of declining health. She was born May 14, 1921 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late James A. Dayvault and Grace Viola Beaver...
Zeb Frank Franklin Johnson
Dec 29, 2009
Obituary: Zeb Franklin "Frank" Johnson, 67, of Salisbury died Tuesday Dec. 29, 2009 at CMC-NorthEast. He was born September 29, 1942 in Cabarrus County, the son of the late Robert Lee Johnson and the late Margie Christy Johnson. He was also preceded in death by a daughter Rhoda Price, a sister Nancy Johnson and a brother Robert Johnson. He attended...
Roger Fredrick Jordan
Dec 28, 2009
Obituary: Mr. Roger Fredrick Jordan, 76, of Jordan Road, went to be with our Lord and Savior surrounded by his loving family following a nine-year fight with terminal cancer. He was born August 12, 1933 in Chesterfield County, SC, son of the late Mack and Martha Wallace Jordan. He served in the US Army during the Korean War era....

Helen Louise Kincaid Suther
Dec 28, 2009
Obituary: Pending Visitation: 2:00 to 3:00 pm, Monday, Dec 28, 2009, at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church Service: 3:00 pm, Monday, Dec 28, 2009, at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church Interment: Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Clifford Buddy Miller
Dec 25, 2009
Obituary: Clifford Buddy Miller, 24, died December 25, 2009 at Rowan Regional Med. Center in Salisbury after a number of years of ill health and 1 week of serious illness. He was born May 4, 1985 in Salisbury to Boyce E. Miller, Jr. and Cheryl Lee Miller. He Attended East Rowan High School and had worked for Colman Industry. The...

Litha Evelyn Smith Ballard
Dec 25, 2009
Obituary: Evelyn Smith Ballard, age 80, left her loving family to go home and be with her Lord & Savior on Friday, December 25, 2009 on arrival at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC after several years of declining health. She was born February 7, 1929 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of the late Harvey T. Smith and Wilma Hamilton Smith. She...
Donald Marshall Moore
Dec 24, 2009
Obituary: Mr. Donald Marshall Moore, 64, of 2108 Bertha Street, Kannapolis died December 24th, 2009 at the Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis, NC after a brief illness. He was born on May 20, 1945 in Charlotte, NC the son of the late Donald Monroe Moore and the late Roxie Mae Sims Moore. Marshall was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict...
Blanton Jack Smith
Dec 22, 2009
Obituary: Blanton J. Smith, age 92, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at CMC-NorthEast, Concord, NC following a period of declining health. He was born May 24, 1917 in Texas, the son of the late Bowers Smith and Jesse Bonds Smith. He was employed in civil service as a crane operator with the Charleston Ship Yard retiring following many years of...