Cabarrus County, NC - Obituary of Ruth Blackwelder Overman, 1955

The Daily Independent, Kannapolis, NC, 9/28/1955 

CONCORD - Ruth Blackwelder Overman, 99, of East Ridge, Tenn., went 
to be with the Lord Sunday, April 4, 2004, in a local health care 
facility. She was born in Concord on Oct. 31, 1904, to the late Lectie 
Furr Blackwelder and Carl Dexter Blackwelder Sr. She attended Concord 
High School. She was a former resident of Salisbury, having been in 
the Chattanooga area since 1960. She was a member of Franklin 
Presbyterian Church in Salisbury. She loved homemaking and helping 
raise two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Charles Overman who 
died Feb. 6, 1951.

Survivors include a daughter, Elaine Daniel of East Ridge, Tenn.; two 
grandchildren, Sabrina Daniel and Marti Smith; two great grandchildren, 
Katie and Sarah Smith, both of Chattanooga; two sisters, Lillian Foster 
of Dallas, Tx. and Frieda Fisher of Concord.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Franklin Presbyterian 
Church in Salisbury. Dr. Larry Summey and the Rev. Dr. Carl Blackwelder 
will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at the church. Summersett 
Funeral Home, Salisbury is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be 
made to Franklin Presbyterian church Missions, 280 Franklin Church Drive, 
Salisbury, NC 28147. 

Concord, Independent Tribune, April 6, 2004

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