OBITUARIES
Charles Parnell
Feb 10, 2012
Charles Edmund Parnell, Sr., 82, passed away after an extended illness on February, 10 2012 at CMC-Northeast in Concord. He was born June 4, 1929 in Cabarrus County to the late J.D. Parnell and Ruth Swaringen Parnell. Mr. Parnell retired as Vice President of Cabarrus County Savings and Loan and enjoyed farming as a hobby. He served in the US...
Ray Von Linker
Jan 20, 2012
Ray Von Linker 77 quietly passed from this earth into the arms of Jesus after a long and courageous fight with C.O.P.D. on January 20, 2012. Funeral service will be 1:00pm Monday at Gordon Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Robert Howard and Rev. Faye McRorie, burial will follow at Center Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. Ray was the third of...
Anne Spence
Jan 5, 2012
Mrs. Anne Honeycutt Spence, 81 of Main St., Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at her residence. Funeral service will be 2:30pm Saturday at St. Stephens Lutheran Church where she will lie in state for 30 minutes prior to the service; officiated by Rev. Constance Garrett, burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends following...
Foy Maxwell
Dec 26, 2011
Foy Wren Maxwell, 52 of Walker Rd., Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at his residence. Funeral service will be 11:00am Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Cold Springs United Methodist Church, officiated by Dr. Neil Haynes and Rev. Mary Hatley, burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Maxwell family will receive friends from 6-8pm Friday at Cold Springs...
Bobbie Sisinyak
Dec 19, 2011
Bobbie Jean Sisinyak, 77, recently of Mt. Pleasant, NC, died December 19, 2011, after a heroic, five-year war with cancer. Born in West Virginia, February 5, 1934, to Bill and Mildred Bulmer, Bobbie was raised in a coal mining family. Bobbie's formative years were spent in West Virginia, Maryland, California, and Oregon as her parents pursued better job opportunities. After...
Lester Penninger
Dec 8, 2011
Lester Monroe Penninger, 80, passed from this life to the next on Thursday morning, December 8, 2011 in his home, with his family close by. Lester fought pancreatic cancer even until the very last moments, showing exactly how strong he was. Lester was born on March 26, 1931 in Mt. Pleasant NC to the late Nellie Barnhardt Penninger and Banks...
Bessie Cauble
Nov 28, 2011
Mrs. Bessie Hatley Cauble, 90 formerly of Cauble Rd., Mt. Pleasant died Monday, November 28, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be 4:00pm Thursday at Mt. Gilead Lutheran Church Cemetery officiated by Rev. Jacqueline Tookey. The Cauble family will receive friends from 6-7pm Wednesday evening at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Cauble was born January...
Ronald Hendee
Nov 27, 2011
Mr. Ronald Clark Hendee, 71, Albemarle died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at CMC-Northeast. Memorial service will be 3:00pm Saturday, December 3, 2011, at Burning Bush Ministries, 8344 Franklin St., Mt. Pleasant, officiated by Rev. Mitchell Wilson; the family will receive friends following the memorial service. Mr. Hendee was born February 9, 1940 in Broome County, NY son of the late...
Ruth Barringer
Nov 23, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Rebecca Allmon Barringer, 92, widow of R.J. Barringer, Cabarrus County farmer and lumberman, of Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Transitional Health Services. Graveside service will be 2:30pm Saturday at Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, conducted by Rev. Richard B. Graf. Mrs. Barringer was born July 26, 1919 in Stanly County, daughter of James Thomas...
Beulah Medlin
Nov 16, 2011
Beulah Hahn Medlin, age 93, formerly of Portsmouth passed away on Nov. 16, 2011 at the home of Roger and Mary Ann Medlin. She was born in Cabarrus, Co. North Carolina, to Minnie and Jason Ferry Hahn. She spent her growing up years in Cabarrus Co. moving to Mt. Pleasant as a teenager. She married Lawrence Medlin right out of...
Elwood Smith
Nov 10, 2011
Mr. Elwood "Woody" Jordan Smith, Jr. of Seneca Rd., Mt. Pleasant died Thursday, November 10, 2011 at his residence. Funeral service will be 3:00pm Saturday at Gordon Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Donald Smith, Jr. The Smith family will receive friends from 1-3pm Saturday prior to the service. Mr. Smith was born June 6, 1941 in New Hanover County, NC...
Lannie Currie
Nov 4, 2011
Lannie Wayne Currie, 65 of Concord and formerly of Troy, died Friday at Universal Health Care. Funeral service will be 1:30pm Wednesday, November 9, 2011at Gordon Funeral Home, burial will follow at Stanly Gardens of Memory in Albemarle. The family will receive friends from 12-1:30 Wednesday prior to the service. Mr. Currie was born March 17, 1946 in Stanly County...
Betty Page
Oct 25, 2011
Mrs. Betty Jo McClester Page, 81 of Dutch Rd., Mt. Pleasant died Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Funeral service will be 2:00pm Friday at Gordon Funeral Home officiated by Pastor Randy Tucker and Pastor Sarah Jean Tucker, burial will follow at Miami Baptist Church Cemetery. The Page family will receive friends from 6-8pm Thursday evening at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt....
Gary Lapish
Oct 9, 2011
Mr. Gary Lynn Lapish, 63 of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at CMC-Northeast Service will be private. Mr. Lapish was born December 2, 1947 in Cabarrus County son of the late Thomas C. Lapish and Annie Lee Rinehardt Lapish. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by two daughters, Crystal Gibbs and...
Edna Bost
Oct 5, 2011
Mrs. Edna Mae Barrier Bost, 92 of Kluttz Rd., Rockwell, died Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at Transitional Health Care. Funeral service will be 3:00pm Saturday at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. Kay Overcash burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Bost family will receive friends from 6-8pm Friday evening at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant....
Betty Ritchie
Oct 4, 2011
Betty Faggart Ritchie, 79, of the St. John's community, Concord went to be with her heavenly father Tuesday, October 4, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. Betty was born September 28, 1932 to Romas Lee Faggart and Minnie Cline Faggart. She was educated in Cabarrus County Schools and was married for 53 years to Foy Otto Ritchie who preceeded...
Ila Watson
Oct 2, 2011
Mrs. Ila Mae Barringer Watson, 92 of Concord, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Tucker Hospice House. Funeral service will be 4:00pm Wednesday at Gordon Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Archie Barringer and Rev. Mary Hatley burial will follow at Cold Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3-4 prior to the funeral service. Mrs....
Billie Petrea
Sep 21, 2011
Mrs. Billie Jo Tucker Petrea, 63 of St. John's Church Rd., Concord died Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at her residence. Funeral service will be 11:00am Friday at St. John's Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. Dr. Mark Ericson, burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service at the graveside. Mrs. Petera was born August...
Margaret Kelley
Sep 9, 2011
Mrs. Margaret Louise Barrows Turcotte Kelley, 88, Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, September 9, 2011 at CMC-Northeast. Funeral mass will be 11:00am Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at St. James Catholic Church; burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6-8pm at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Kelley was born August 17, 1923...
Annie Lou Fisher
Sep 1, 2011
Mrs. Annie Lou Lambert Fisher, 80, of Skyland Dr., Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 at her residence. Funeral service will be 11:00am Saturday at Gordon Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Tom Fleming burial will follow at Running Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Friday evening at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant....