Willis Dezree SLAWSON

1916 - 2004  (88 years)

• Name	Willis Dezree SLAWSON  [2]
  	Mrs. Dezree Slawson Green McNeely KANNAPOLIS - Mrs. Dezree Slawson Green McNeely, 88, 7150 Drakestone Road, died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at NorthEast Medical Center after declining health of 10 months. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethpage Presbyterian Church in Kannapolis. Dr. Steven Mowery and the Rev. Amy Busiek will officiate. Burial will be at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Whitley?s Funeral Home. At other times they will be at 7150 Drakestone Road, Kannapolis, the home of a daughter, Phyllis G. Brown. Born June 20, 1916, in Winston County, Miss., she was the daughter of the late Henry Malvin Slawson and Nancy Liddel Slawson. She was employed with Cannon Mills Company Plant No. 1 sheet department for 45 years until her retirement. She was a member of Bethpage Presbyterian Church, Kannapolis, where she had been active in circle work for many years. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends and was a resident of the area for most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Leonard Green, and a grandson, Gene Leonard Brown II, and a great-grandson, Joshua Holden Bost, who died March 2002. Survivors include a daughter, Phyllis Brown and husband, Gene, Kannapolis; two granddaughters, Angie Brown, Kannapolis, and Wendy Bost and husband, Allen, Concord; two great-grandsons, Isaac Russell Bost and Panner Allen Bost; a sister, Ione Browning, Greenville, Miss.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to First Assembly Living Center, 160 Warren C. Coleman Blvd., Concord, NC 28027 or Bethpage Presbyterian Church, 6020 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081. Whitley?s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. [1]
  Birth	20 Jun 1916	Noxapatar, Mississippi   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Living with parents in Plattsburg, Winston Co., Mississippi   [3]
  Death	15 Jul 2004	Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina   [1]
  Burial	Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, North Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I70000	Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Henry Malvin SLAWSON,   b. 16 Jun 1871, Noxapater, Winston Co., Mississippi d. 21 Jan 1942, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Nannie E. LIDDELL,   b. 26 Oct 1875, Winston County, Mississippi d. 21 Jan 1959, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1893	Noxapter, Mississippi   [2]
  Family ID	F28285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Leonard GREEN,   b. 7 May 1915, Caarrus County, North Carolina d. 16 Oct 1972, Huntersville, Macklenburg County, North Carolina (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1938	Kannapolis, North Carolina   [2]
  Children	1. Phyllis Manette GREEN
  Family ID	F28293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 19 Nov 1938 - Kannapolis, North Carolina Death - 15 Jul 2004 - Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Burial - - Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5046] Obituary Notice for Dezree Slawson Green McNeely. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946. [S5053] 1920 Census Plattsburg, Winston County, Mississippi.