Charles Eugene "Gene" Funderburk, 80, of 6000 Irish Potato Road, Kannapolis, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, at CMC-NorthEast. He was born Feb. 5, 1929, in Rowan County, the son of the late Raymond and Daisy Troutman Funderburk.
He retired from Cannon Mills where he had been a foreman in the weave room and card room. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Div. during the Korean War. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where he was a member of the Golden Nuggets Sunday school class and a Sunday school teacher. He loved reading, farming, and listening to the Bible Broadcasting Network(BBN).
He is survived by his wife, Helen Verlene Funderburk; his son Keith Funderburk of Kannapolis; his three daughters, Levonda Morgan and husband, James, of Salisbury, Denita Bresett and husband, Ron, of Kannapolis, and Donna Fischbach and husband, Phil, of Nichols, SC.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his sister, Sadie Wagner of Kannapolis; and his brother, Bill Funderburk of Rockwell.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Tim McQueen and Rev. Phil Fischbach. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
He retired from Cannon Mills where he had been a foreman in the weave room and card room. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Div. during the Korean War. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where he was a member of the Golden Nuggets Sunday school class and a Sunday school teacher. He loved reading, farming, and listening to the Bible Broadcasting Network(BBN).
He is survived by his wife, Helen Verlene Funderburk; his son Keith Funderburk of Kannapolis; his three daughters, Levonda Morgan and husband, James, of Salisbury, Denita Bresett and husband, Ron, of Kannapolis, and Donna Fischbach and husband, Phil, of Nichols, SC.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his sister, Sadie Wagner of Kannapolis; and his brother, Bill Funderburk of Rockwell.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Tim McQueen and Rev. Phil Fischbach. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
Charles Eugene "Gene" Funderburk, 80, of 6000 Irish Potato Road, Kannapolis, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, at CMC-NorthEast. He was born Feb. 5, 1929, in Rowan County, the son of the late Raymond and Daisy Troutman Funderburk.
He retired from Cannon Mills where he had been a foreman in the weave room and card room. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Div. during the Korean War. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where he was a member of the Golden Nuggets Sunday school class and a Sunday school teacher. He loved reading, farming, and listening to the Bible Broadcasting Network(BBN).
He is survived by his wife, Helen Verlene Funderburk; his son Keith Funderburk of Kannapolis; his three daughters, Levonda Morgan and husband, James, of Salisbury, Denita Bresett and husband, Ron, of Kannapolis, and Donna Fischbach and husband, Phil, of Nichols, SC.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his sister, Sadie Wagner of Kannapolis; and his brother, Bill Funderburk of Rockwell.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Tim McQueen and Rev. Phil Fischbach. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
He retired from Cannon Mills where he had been a foreman in the weave room and card room. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Div. during the Korean War. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where he was a member of the Golden Nuggets Sunday school class and a Sunday school teacher. He loved reading, farming, and listening to the Bible Broadcasting Network(BBN).
He is survived by his wife, Helen Verlene Funderburk; his son Keith Funderburk of Kannapolis; his three daughters, Levonda Morgan and husband, James, of Salisbury, Denita Bresett and husband, Ron, of Kannapolis, and Donna Fischbach and husband, Phil, of Nichols, SC.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his sister, Sadie Wagner of Kannapolis; and his brother, Bill Funderburk of Rockwell.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Tim McQueen and Rev. Phil Fischbach. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.
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