Obituaries

Jan 17, 2016

Mrs. Rachel Frantz Jones of Lexford Court passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016 at her home. Her funeral service will be 12:00 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. Carrie Bishop. Burial will follow the service in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday at the church. Rachel was...

Jan 16, 2016

Maj. Mike L. Harmon, 68, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. A funeral service will be Thursday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. at Salvation Army Chapel. Family will receive friends this evening (Wednesday, Jan. 20), from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wilkinson Funeral Home. Wilkinson Funeral Home assisting the family.

Jan 16, 2016

Mrs. Virginia Lee McFadden Perkins slipped into the arms of her heavenly Father on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 8:30 am. It was the end of a painful journey and the beginning of a new life in Jesus Christ. She was born in Rock Hill, SC on November 3, 1935 to Joseph Clark McFadden and Mary Elizabeth McFadden. Her early...

Jan 15, 2016

Saundra Cochran Bailey, 67, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2016 at Tucker Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. Steve Pennington. The family will receive friends from 2-3 prior to the service. Burial will follow at Roberta UMC Cemetery. Sandy was born on...

Jan 15, 2016

Frances Lavan Billings Turner, 79, of Concord passed away peacefully at [place] on January 15, 2016. The family will receive friends Monday Jan. 18, 2016 from 12- 2 PM at Wilkinson Funeral Home. Burial will be at West Concord Cemetery. Lavan was born on Friday, November 27, 1936 to Jackson T. and Virgie Hatley Billings. She graduated from Harrisburg High...

Jan 14, 2016

Mr. Robert Raymond Goodwin of Concord, NC and a former resident of Blairstown, NJ passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016. Robert was born December 3, 1934 in Newark, NJ to Arthur and Ethel Stahl Goodwin. He retired from Bolton Emerson Corp. after 35 years of employment. Robert graduated from Upsala College and later served in the U.S. Air Force. He...

Jan 13, 2016

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Jan 13, 2016

Mr. Lewis Kenneth “Ken” Furr age 81, passed away Wednesday January 13, 2016 at CMC-Northeast. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 Friday (tonight) at Wilkinson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Branchview First Church of God with Rev. Roger Hamilton officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Furr was a son...

Jan 11, 2016

Helen Willis Childress, 90, of Concord, went home to be with the Lord Monday, January 11, 2016 at Five Oaks Manor. Funeral services will be held at 4pm Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ben Creed officiating. The family will receive friends from 3-4 pm prior to the service. She will be laid to rest...

Jan 11, 2016

Jan 10, 2016

Jan 10, 2016

Ms. Ruby Lenora Holleman, 90, of Concord passed away on Sunday January 10, 2016 at St. Andrews Living Center. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1 to 2pm at Wilkinson Funeral Home with the funeral following at 2pm in the chapel of Wilkinson Funeral Home with Rev. Buck Canup and Pastor Gary Morris officiating. Burial will take place...

Jan 9, 2016

Bertie Penninger McAnulty was born on June 2, 1927 in Concord, NC and went to join her beloved husband Ken of 63 years in her Heavenly home January 9, 2016. Bertie was the daughter of the late Victor Caldwell and Elizabeth Barbee Penninger. She is survived by her loving daughter Karen and husband Danny Wyke and also a son Dennis...

Jan 8, 2016

Jan 8, 2016

Mrs. Mary Maureen Downey McCann, age 80 passed away Friday January 8, 2016 at Tucker Hospice House with her children at her side. The family will receive friends Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at St. James the Greater Catholic Church from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A funeral mass will follow at 11:00 a.m. with Father Charles Donovan C.Ss.R. officiating. Mrs....

Jan 6, 2016

Herbert Hale Wellman, Jr., 83 of Concord, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at his home in Linville Land Harbor. The son of Herbert Hale Wellman and Eva Wellman Dutton, he was preceded in death by his parents, by a sister, Elizabeth Wellman Looschen, and by a son, Joel Andrew Wellman. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Monroe Wellman, a...

Jan 6, 2016

A memorial service will be 3:30pm Saturday in the chapel of Wilkinson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 3:30pm Saturday at Wilkinson Funeral Home. James was born on August 19, 1931 in Cabarrus County. He is the son of the late Avery Jackson and Inez V. Burris Grass. He retired from Federal Pacific Electric in Albemarle....

Jan 5, 2016

Jan 5, 2016

Jan 3, 2016

Mrs. Lorene Lyles Boger of Union St. S., passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home. Her funeral will be 7 PM Thursday at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev. Tom Anderson. The family will receive friends 5:30pm Thursday at the funeral home. Private burial will be at a later date. Lorene was born April 2, 1924 in...