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Death

LINWOOD | Rosemae Kennon Fitzgerald, 83, died Sept. 5, 2011, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Revs. Mark Blair and Terry Smith. Burial will follow at Smith Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Piedmont Funeral Home and other times at the home. Mrs. Fitzgerald was born in Oct. 13, 1927, in Cabarrus County to Acie Rie Kennon and Lizzie Furr Kennon. She was married to Devid Leroy Fitzgerald who preceded her in death in 2009. Also preceding her in death was a brother Earl Kennon. She was a homemaker and a member of Smith Grove Baptist Church. Surviving include her son, Bobby Fitzgerald, of Lexington; her daughter, Penny Jones and her husband, Tony, of Georgia.; one brother, James Kennon of Lexington; one grandchild, T. J. Thompson and wife Melanie whom she considered a granddaughter; one great-grandchild, Trey Thompson; special sisters and brother-in-law Willie Veigh Fitzgerald and Franklin Fitzgerald and wife Thelma; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be directed to Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, 3806 Monument Ave., P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, Va. 23230-0767