George Leon Kiser Sr.

KANNAPOLIS - Mr. George Leon Kiser Sr., 94, of Bost Street, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Caremoor Retirement Center. Mr. Kiser was born March 3, 1914, a son of the late James Lane Kiser and Julia Eaker Kiser. He retired from Cannon Mills Company in 1979 following 45 years of employment and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. A graveside service for Mr. Kiser will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Carolina Memorial Park. A memorial service will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. The Rev. Judy White will officiate. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the service. At other times, the family will be at the home of a son, George Kiser Jr., 815 Woodmoore Lane, Kannapolis. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Anna Bland Kiser, in 1989. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Jane Kiser McRorie and husband, Grant, of Rutherfordton; and two sons, George L. Kiser Jr. and wife, Jane, of Kannapolis and Stephen Bland Kiser and wife, Jane, of Bluffton, S.C. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Stephen Bland Kiser Jr. and wife, Alice, Jack Scurry Kiser, Julia Kiser Pratt and husband, Ryan, Margaret McRorie Kirk and husband, Hailey, Robert Grant McRorie III, and wife, Ursula, George Warren McRorie and wife, Andrea, Elizabeth Kiser Norris and husband, Grady, George Leon "Lee" Kiser III, and wife, Estella, Matthew Dayvault Kiser and wife, Melinda; and 20 great-grandchildren, Tres Kiser, Clara Jane Kiser, Brad Kiser, Ava Pratt, Bella Pratt, Camden Pratt, Sarah Kirk, Will Kirk, Alexander McRorie, Ava McRorie, Catherine McRorie, Luke McRorie, Gracyn McRorie, Victoria Jane Norris, Aaron David Norris, Sarah Elizabeth Norris, Kiser David Norris, Nicholas Bayne Kiser, Christopher Nolan Kiser and T. J. Allman. Memorials for Mr. Kiser may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 416 E. 1st. St., Kannapolis, NC 28083 or Cabarrus Meals on Wheels, 320-C Copperfield Blvd. Concord, NC 28025. Lady's Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family of Mr. Kiser with arrangements.