Della Margrite Champion

DELLA MARGRITE CHAPMAN CHAMPION - Della Margrite Chapman Champion, age 83, resident of the Oak Grove community in Kings Mountain went to be with the Lord on March 2, 2013 at Kings Mountain Hospice House. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Quince and Minerva Lovelace Philbeck. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, James Albert Champion, a son Richard Dale Champion and a sister, Barbara Varner. She was a homemaker, a lifelong member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Kings Mountain where she was a member of the Friendship Sunday school class, the WMU and also hosted a Bible study group in her home each week.

SURVIVORS: Sons; Jim Champion and wife Susan, Kings Mountain Chuck Champion, Kings Mountain Grandchildren; Laura, Sara, Richard, Ryan and Matthew Champion Blair Daves Great-Grandson; Richard Dale Champion, III Brother; Lewis Philbeck and wife Karen, Bessemer City

FUNERAL SERVICE: Oak Grove Baptist Church, Kings Mountain Monday, March 4, 2013 11:00 A.M. Rev. Travis Northcutt, officiating

VISITATION: 3:00-5:00 P.M., Sunday, March 3, 2013 Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain and at other times at the home of the son, Jim Champion, 101 Butternut Dr., Kings Mountain.

INTERMENT: Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Kings Mountain

MEMORIALS: Oak Grove Baptist Church "Bell Tower Fund' 1022 Oak Grove Rd., Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Or to Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby, NC 28150

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