Obituaries

Shirley Mae Farris, age 78, of 420 E. Rhodes Street in Lincolnton, died on Friday, June 14, 2013.

Her funeral service will be 2:00 pm on Monday, June 17, 2013 in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hulls Grove North cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Warlick Funeral Home.

Miss Farris was born May 8, 1935 in Lincoln County to the late Doris Clyde Farris and Vergie Vida Whitworth Farris. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a son, Anthony James Farris. She worked in furniture manufacturing.

She is survived by her children, Randy Farris and wife Amy, Thelma Farris Rudisill and husband Larry and Dainty Perry, all of Lincolnton, Karen Farris Rodriguez of Georgetown, TX, and Marvin Glenn Farris of Lincolnton; two brothers, Samuel Farris and wife Kate of Spartanburg, SC and Jimmy Farris and wife Jane of Vale; two sisters, Pauline Parker and husband Glenn of Newton and Fern Ramsey of Lawndale; sixteen grandchildren; thirty-nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Warlick Funeral Home, c/o Shirley Farris Funeral Fund, P.O. Box 1407, Lincolnton, NC 28093.