Ida Kearns

Mrs. Ida Trotter Kearns, age 94 of Parker Mill Road, Denton, NC died Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at Hospice House of Randolph County. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, January 27 at Hoover’s Grove Wesleyan Church conducted by Rev. Roger Riffe and Rev. George Sheppard. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Union Community Church Cemetery. The family will see friends 6:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and other times will be at the residence of Edwin Kearns 4794 Parker Mill Road. Mrs. Trotter was born April 15, 1917 in Randolph County to Roby Trotter and Nellie Tysinger. She was a retired employee of Stedman Manufacturing Company and a homemaker. She was a member of Hoover’s Grove Wesleyan Church and was married to Glenn C. Kearns who died May 24, 1984. She was also preceded in death by her parents, a brother George Trotter and a sister Martha Swaney. She is survived by sons, James Kearns and wife Belen of High Point, Donald Kearns of Asheboro, and Edwin Kearns and wife Estella of Denton; daughters Glenda (Susie) Morgan of Asheboro and Janice Kearns of Denton; sisters Grace Smith of Denton and Eunice McElreath of Denton; grandchildren, Lynette Graves and husband Chris, Daniel Kearns and wife Cathy, Doug Kearns and wife Barbara, Edwina Ashworth and husband Steven, Starlet Gwynn and husband Timmy, Brian Kearns and wife Karen and Lori Owens and husband Laurin and 10 great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Randolph Hospice House, 446 Vision Drive, Asheboro, NC 27203 Condolences may be made online at www.briggsfuneralhome.com