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KANNAPOLIS - Thomas "Tommy" Lester Gee, age 67, of Kannapolis, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord, after a brief period of declining health. Tommy was born Oct. 21, 1945, in Cabarrus County, a son of the late Thomas Hubert and Stella Mae Milam Gee. He was a lifelong area resident and veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam. He was a heavy equipment mechanic for Carolina Tractor & Equipment for many years and then operated his own mechanic's shop. Tommy was always trying to help others in need. He will be missed. In addition to his parents, Tommy was preceded in death by his sister, Joyce Gee; and his son, Richard Gee, who died in 1999. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Connie Furr Gee; his son, Thomas "Brant" Gee; his daughter, Melissa Ann Gee; four grandchildren, Thomas and Christopher Rudd and Keith and Kiara-Mae Murdock; and sisters Brenda G. Daniels, Wilma G. Erwin (Don), and brother Harold Gee, all of Kannapolis. Service and Visitation: Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at Whitley's Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Whitley's Funeral Home from noon until 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, prior to the funeral.
Salisbury Post, Salisbury, North Carolina, October 16, 2013