Published 12:00 am Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Julia Melton Sloop
Julia Ann Melton Sloop, 48, Kannapolis, died May 8, 2007, at her home.
Born May 27, 1958, in Iredell County, Mrs. Sloop was a daughter of Sherry Green M. Therrell, Kannapolis and the late Carlos David Therrell, her stepfather.
She worked 23 years in the Wash Cloth Department of Cannon Mills Plant 1 and then eight years for KoSa.
She was a member of Grace Baptist Church.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include husband Doug Sloop; daughters Sherry Shinn, Concord, Keri Mills, Mooresville, and Tiffany Leffew, Kannapolis; brothers Donnie Melton, Rockwell, and Carl Therrell, Florida; sisters Jan Sides, Concord, and Diane Overcash, Kannapolis; and nine grandchildren.
A service was held Thursday (May 10, 2007) at Whitley’s Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Gary Wayne Sloop. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.
Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com.
Memorials: Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Boy Scout Camp Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or Grace Baptist Church, 1409 E. 11th St., Kannapolis, NC 28083.