SHELBY- Esther Jane Canipe Burge, 76, died Sun., Feb. 19, 2017, at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late T.G. and Dovie Davis Canipe.

PRECEDED: In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Burge; four infant children; sister, Thelma Patrick; and brother, Audrey Canipe

SURVIVED: She is survived by her sister, Elizabeth Watkins and husband Kenneth of Bostic; and many nieces and nephews.

VISITATION: The family will receive friends following the graveside service, in the cemetery

FUNERAL SERVICES: A graveside service will be 3:30pm, Tuesday, in Sunset Cemetery

OFFICIATING: Rev. Dennis Yelton

FUNERAL HOME: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home of Shelby

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