Published 12:00 am Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Banner L. Fleming
Banner Lee Stockton Fleming, 88, 4929 Atlanta St., died Nov. 13, 2006 at Big Elm Nursing Home.
Born Aug. 14, 1918, in Catawba County, Mrs. Fleming was a daughter of the late Abraham and Nancy Burton Stockton.
A homemaker and seamstress, she retired from Troutman Shirt Factory, Mooresville. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Mount Ulla.
Three children preceded her in death, son Theodore Thomas Fleming in January 1975, son John Calvin Fleming in June 2005 and daughter Alice Mae Fleming in July 2006.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, J.P. Fleming; foster daughters Cynthia and Carolyn Fleming, both of Mooresville; sons James Wesley and Oscar Linnard Fleming, both of Salisbury, and Sylvester Leon Fleming, Kannapolis; foster son Robert L. Fleming, Mooresville; brother Roosevelt Stockton, Salisbury; sisters Valentine S. Partee, Washington, D.C., and Janie S. Cornelius, Salisbury; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
A service was held Saturday (Nov. 18, 2006) at Covenant Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Albert W. Moses, pastor, and the Rev. Harold L. Jordan.
Bryant Lytle Young Funeral Home, Mooresville, was in charge.
Memorials: Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Boy Scout Camp Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or Shady Grove Baptist Church, Building Fund, 220 Shady Grove Church Road, Mount Ulla, NC 28125.