Individual Details

Death

KANNAPOLIS - Mr. Donald Eugene Auten, 55, of 511 Cook St., Kannapolis, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Solid Rock Worship Center. The Rev. Raymond Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the residence. Born Dec. 13, 1950, in Cabarrus County, he was a son of Melvin E. Auten and Rena Sims Auten of Kannapolis. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of Solid Rock Worship Center. He worked for more than 30 years with Fieldcrest-Cannon Mills and was currently employed with Keystone Automotives. Survivors in addition to his parents include his wife, Tennia Furr Auten; a daughter, Stephanie Auten Thomas and husband, Jimmy, of Kannapolis; a son, Stephen E. Auten of Kannapolis; two stepchildren, Rebecca Crabtree and husband, Robby, and Kenneth Andrew Clark and wife, Casey, both of Concord; two sisters, Betty Auten Clay of Kannapolis and Edith Auten Sipes and husband, Larry, of Salisbury; two brothers, Paul David Auten and wife, Linda, of Kannapolis and Clyde W. Auten and wife, Jamie, of Concord; and seven grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Solid Rock Worship Center, 3000 Centergrove Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083. Lady’s Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Auten.