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CONCORD Cathy Marie Sifford Styles, 47, of Merle Rd., Concord, went to be with Jesus, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at the Tucker Hospice House, with her husband, Steve, by her side. A funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church officiated by the Revs. Ron Hughes and Terry Cruse. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Styles family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the church, prior to the funeral service. Mrs. Styles was born Sept. 19, 1965, in Cabarrus County, daughter of the late Walter L. "Hap" Sifford and Julia Gretchen Furr Sifford. She was a member of Cross of Christ Lutheran Church and attended Heritage Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a child who went to be with Jesus in 1997. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1983 and from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College with an Associate Degree in Science in 1988. She worked for 10 year at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte as a Radiological Technologist. She became disabled in 1997. She loved the outdoors, gardening, crafts, fishing and photography. She loved to make her own cards and sending them out to brighten one's day. She married Steve in 1994. Most of all she loved the Lord. She is survived by her husband, Steve Styles, stepdaughter, Jennifer Lance; stepgrandson, Mavrik Lance; brother, William "Bill" Sifford; sister, Lisa Sifford Edwards and husband, Phillip; best friend, Lisa Bowers Hopper; and Cathy's faithful canine companion, Blackberry. She wanted to thank her many doctors who cared for her, Dr. Craig Speiser, Dr. Suzanne Brown, Dr. Michael Houston and many from Kannapolis Family Physicians, Dr. Hayes in Chapel Hill and Dr. Lankford. Memorials may be directed to Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 4500 Rimer Rd., Concord, NC 28025 or Heritage Baptist Church, 274 Honeycutt Dr., Concord, NC 28025. Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant is serving the Styles family.
Published in Concord & Kannapolis Independent Tribune on July 26, 2013