OBITUARIES
Barry Allison Hammill
Nov 23, 2022
Barry Allison Hammill, 64, of Gold Hill passed away Wednesday November 23, 2022.
Funeral services will be held 3pm, Monday November 28, at Bethlehem United Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. Randy Powell. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Hammill family will receive friends from 1-3 prior to the service.
Barry was born November 18, 1958 in Cabarrus County...
Clyde Morrison Drye, Sr.
Nov 22, 2022
Clyde Morrison Drye, Sr., 84, of Rockwell passed away November 22, 2022 at his home.
Celebration of life service will be held 3:00pm, Sunday November 27 at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. Rafe Allison. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Drye family will receive friends from 1:00-2:45pm prior to the service.
Mr. Drye was born...
Ola Barringer Sells
Nov 17, 2022
Ola Letishia Barringer Sells, 93, of Mt. Pleasant passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022 at TerraBella Assisted Living of Harrisburg.
Funeral services will be held 4pm Monday November 21 at Cold Springs United Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. Dr. Anthony Bell and Rev. Archie Barringer. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-4 prior...
Mark Steven Preddy
Nov 4, 2022
Mark Steven Preddy, 57, entered eternal rest at his residence in Greenville, South Carolina on Friday, November 4, 2022.
Family and friends will honor the life of Mark Preddy on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. in the auditorium at Fellowship Greenville. Brian Onken, the Academic Director of The River Upstate, a pastor and an author, will be the...
Joe Douglas "Doug" Rinehardt
Oct 17, 2022
Joe Douglas “Doug” Rinehardt, 62, passed away, October 17, 2022 at Atrium Cabarrus.
Funeral service will be 11:00am Friday, at Friendship United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Duane Jarmon, burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The Rinehardt family will receive friends from 5-7pm Thursday at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.
Doug was born September 2, 1960 in Cabarrus...
Geneva Bost Gray
Oct 11, 2022
Geneva Bost Gray, 87, of Concord, passed away, Tuesday, October 11, at Five Oaks Nursing Center.
Funeral service will be held 4pm Thursday, October 13 at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. Rafe Allison. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 3pm prior to the service.
Mrs. Gray was born October...
Shirley Maness Johnson
Oct 1, 2022
Shirley Maness Johnson, 88, of Concord, passed away October 1, 2022 surrounded by her family.
A service in celebration and memory of Shirley’s life will begin at 2pm Monday October 3rd, in the chapel of Gordon Funeral Home, 8559 Cook Street, Mt. Pleasant. Her family will receive friends there beginning at 1pm.
Shirley was born in Montgomery County, NC on...
Dora Ellen Stotz
Sep 17, 2022
Dora Ellen Stotz passed away on September 17, 2022, at her home in Mount Pleasant, NC. Everyone knew her as Dorie. Her beloved son William was with her when she died of complications arising from cancer.
Dorie was preceded in death by her husband Edward Wesley Stotz and her parents Louise Syphers Kline and William Kline, her brothers William and...
Ray Leslie "Les" Capra
Sep 14, 2022
Ray “Les” Leslie Capra, 71, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away, Wednesday, September 14, at his residence.
Memorial service will be held 4:00pm Saturday, at his residence, 32110 Bridge Rd., Mt. Pleasant.
Mr. Capra was born February 19, 1951 son of the late Frank J. Capra and Virginia Nash Capra. He was retired from the NCDOT with over thirty years of...
Nancy Jolene Chitwood
Sep 6, 2022
Nancy “Nan” Jolene Bunting Chitwood, 60, passed away peacefully after a long illness, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.She was born in Poquoson, Virginia. Nan attended Virginia Wesleyn College in Virginia Beach. Nan had various jobs throughout her life, but her most rewarding job was pet sitting.Nan was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Robert “Bobby” Chitwood; her...
Mina Mae Drye
Sep 4, 2022
Mina Mae Burris Drye, age 96, of Concord, North Carolina, died Sunday September 4th, 2022 at Mount Pleasant House Assisted Living in Mount Pleasant.
Funeral services will be held 2pm Saturday September 10, 2022 at Friendship United Methodist Church, 4695 Mt Pleasant Rd S, Concord, NC 28025, with Rev. Duane Jarman, Rev. Trent Drye and Dr. Mark Drye officiating. The...
Kenya Kay Honeycutt
Sep 4, 2022
Kenya Kay Honeycutt, age 72, passed away on September 4, 2022 at Atrium Health Cabarrus.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 8th at Saint James Reformed Church in Mount Pleasant. The visitation will begin at 2:00pm and the funeral service at 3:00. A committal service will occur immediately afterward in the church cemetery.
Kenya was born in Concord...
Doris Cline Wade
Aug 18, 2022
Doris Cline Wade, 86, of Burlington, died on August 18, 2022, at Coble Creek Healthcare, Twin Lakes Community, Burlington, NC. Born in Concord, NC to Joseph Paul and Bessie Fink Cline, she was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School and a lifelong homemaker. She was a loving and giving person, and a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was...
Gary Timothy Lipe
Aug 15, 2022
Gary Timothy Lipe, 61, of Concord, passed away, Monday, August 15 at Atrium Cabarrus.
A graveside service will be at St. John’s Lutheran Church, on a later date.
Gary was born April 12, 1961 in Cabarrus County, son of the late Francis Hatley Lipe and Ann Crowell Lipe. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. He was a...
Wanda Sawyer Kepley
Aug 11, 2022
Wanda Lynn Sawyer Kepley, 51, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away, Thursday, August 11, at her residence.
A private ceremony will be held at her residence.
Wanda was born December 10, 1970 in Rowan County, NC daughter of the late James Robert Sawyer and Frances Wilkerson Sawyer. She enjoyed painting and gardening.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas Kepley; sons...
Kathy Rena Hartsell
Aug 9, 2022
Kathy Rena Wentz Hartsell, 66, of Midland went to be with the Lord August 9, 2022 at Atrium-Cabarrus.
Funeral services will be held, 11am Saturday August 13 at Center Grove United Methodist Church, 8055 Hwy. 200, Midland NC 28107; officiated by Rev. Allen Thompson. She will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service. Burial will follow in the...
Richard (Dickie) Harry Hallock, Jr.
Aug 1, 2022
Richard (Dickie) Harry Hallock, Jr, 58 of Mt. Pleasant, passed away, Monday, August 1, at the Tucker Hospice House.
Graveside service will be held, 10am, Tuesday August 16 at Cabarrus Memorial Gardens.
Dickie was born November 11, 1963 in Burlington, VT son of the late Richard Hallock, Sr. and Joyce Lee Gonyo Hallock Hatley. He worked construction with Jeff...
Marilyn Francis Long
Aug 1, 2022
Marilyn Francis Carrol Long, 76, of Mt. Pleasant passed away, August 1, 2022 at Atrium-Cabarrus following a brief illness.
Memorial service will be held 3pm, Friday August 5, at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant officiated by Rev. Steve Ayers. The Long family will receive friends following the service.
Marilyn was born April 30, 1946 in Miami-Dade County Florida to...
Boyce Wayne Shue
Jul 18, 2022
Boyce “Buck” Wayne Shue, 83, of Gold Hill, NC, passed away, Monday, July 18, at Atrium Cabarrus.
Funeral service will be 4:00pm Friday, July 22 at Open Door Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Nathan Hammill; Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends, at the church, from 2-4pm prior to the service.
Boyce was born June...
Edna Billings Rhinehardt
Jul 14, 2022
Edna Billings Rhinehardt, 84, of Concord, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Atrium-Cabarrus.
Funeral service will be held 11am, Monday July 18 at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Suzanne Dornsmith. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.
Edna was born in Cabarrus County on July 16, 1937 to the late Earl and Viola Dry...