Sandra Somers

Sandra Kay Somers ended her time here on July 11, 2021.

Sandra was born in Winston Salem November 16, 1941, to the late Walter Vance Somers and Ethel Owens Somers. Sandra grew up a proud resident of western Rowan County attending Cleveland Elementary School and then Cleveland High School. While at Cleveland High School, Sandra set the scoring record for girl's basketball which stood for over forty years. After Cleveland High School, Sandra attended Western Carolina University after which she began her career with Carolina Farm Credit in the Concord office. She would eventually retire from there after more than thirty years of service to the rural and agricultural communities.

Sandra is preceded in death by her parents Walter Vance (Papa Vance) Somers and Ethel Owens (Mama Somers) Somers as well her two big brothers William (Bill) Owens Somers and Robert (Bob) Vance Somers of Salisbury.

Sandra is survived by daughter Susan Leslie Bost and granddaughter Carolina Rehanna Hill of Newtown Pa., son David Scott Bost and wife Terri Frisbie Bost and grandson Stafford Vance Bost of Wilmington NC, niece Allison Vance Somers Patadopoulas of Washington DC, nephew Garren Douglas Somers of Morehead City NC, nephew Jordan Christian Somers of New York, and sister-in-law Denise L. Kyger of Salisbury, NC. Sandra will also be missed by her host of friends especially Susie, Nancy, Lydia, Myrna Jean, and Mike O’Grady.

A funeral service will be held at 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 3-4 prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be 11:00 am Friday, July 16, 2021 at Cleveland Memorial Gardens, 11445 Statesville Blvd, Cleveland, NC