Homer Laverne Kepley ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 9 Aug 1988 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁴

2. Obituary: Salisbury Post: obituary of Homer Laverne Kepley on 17 Apr 2011 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ² Homer Laverne Kepley

SALISBURY - Homer Laverne Kepley, 87, of Salisbury, died Monday, April 11, 2011, at his home.

Born Aug. 30, 1923, in Rowan County, he was the son of the late Jacob Wesley and Annie Belle Cranford Kepley.

Educated in the Rowan County schools, Mr. Kepley was a salesman for Thomas & Howard Company for over 42 years before retiring in 1988.

He was a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge 576, AF&AM and Scottish Rites.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 66 years, Ella Marie Beeker Kepley, whom he married Nov. 25, 1944; daughters Jewell Broadway and husband Gerald of Salisbury and Phyllis Shepherd and husband Noel of Charlotte; brother Billie Eugene Kepley and wife Kathleen of Salisbury; grandchildren Candice Teuber and husband Peter, Kendra Meacham and husband Michael and Stephanie Broadway; and seven great-grandchildren.

Service and Visitation: A memorial service will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday (April 19) at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Frederick Clarkson, minister, and the Rev. Craig Sigmon, minister of St. James Lutheran Church, Rockwell, officiating. Interment will be at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends following the service at the church.

Memorials: May be made to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 4401 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28147; St. James Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 486, Rockwell, NC 28138; or Newell Baptist Church, 9115 Newell Baptist Church Road, Charlotte, NC 28213.

Summersett Funeral Home is assisting the family with funeral arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

Homer married Ella Marie Beeker, daughter of Augustus Clark Beeker and Alaska Carrie Vaught, on 25 Nov 1945 in , Iredell, NC.^{1 2} (Ella Marie Beeker was born on 22 Jan 1926 in Sparta, Alleghany, NC,^{5 6 7} died on 17 Oct 2011 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC ^{5 7} and was buried on 21 Oct 2011 in Salisbury: Saint Metthews Episcopal Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ^{5 7}.)