CHRISTINE M. KENNEDY
Oct. 6 1918-Jan. 1 2016
Christine Myers Kennedy, resident of Baker’s Chapel community near Mount Olive, passed away Friday night, Jan. 1, at Genesis Care Center. She was 97 years old.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. at Salem Advent Christian Church, with burial following at Wayne Memorial Park.
Visitation will take place at the church during the hour before the service, and at other times, at the home of Lynwood and Ann Kennedy.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to Salem Advent Christian Church at 909 N. Church St., Mount Olive, N.C., 28365, would be appreciated.
She is survived by a son and two daughters-in-law, Lynwood and Ann Kennedy of Mount Olive and Janet S. Kennedy of Mount Olive, widow of deceased son, Durwood Kennedy; four grandchildren, Denise K. Newhard and husband, Gary, Eric Kennedy, Jeff Kennedy and wife, Kim, and Mike Kennedy and Jenifer; three great-grandchildren, MolliAnne Kennedy, Claire Kennedy and Lindsey Kennedy; and a special cousin, Frances Best of Mount Olive.
Among those who have preceded her in death are her husband, Estus E. Kennedy; son, Durwood; her parents, James Rouden Myers and Estelle Jernigan Myers; and two sisters, Virginia Hill and Irene Best.
A special note of thanks is extended to Helen E. Britt, her special roommate at Genesis, for all of her love and support, and to the Genesis staff for its care and consideration shown to Mrs. Kennedy.
A Tyndall service.
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Published in Obituaries on January 3, 2016 9:34 AM