Virginia Randle Coon passed away on March 1, 2018, at Presbyterian Hospital
in Charlotte. She was 96.

Prior to moving to Aldersgate retirement community in 2003, Ginny spent her
life in Cleveland County, N.C. She was born April 12, 1921, to the late
Lizzie Lee and John Clyde Randle of the Bethlehem community near Kings
Mountain. She grew up on the Randle dairy farm with siblings Elizabeth,
Ruth, Geneva, Walter and Howard, all deceased.

After a year at Appalachian State Teachers College, she married her high
school science teacher, Steve Ladson Coon, who died in 1999. After his
military service in WWII, the couple settled in Fallston. He taught science
and she managed the school lunchroom.

Ginny was proud of being a farm woman. She and her husband spent the summers
preserving fruits and vegetables from their large garden. She was also known
for organizing and cooking for community and church events.

Ginny was active in Friendship United Methodist Church, the Fallston Woman's
Club and Order of the Eastern Star. She and Steve enjoyed a number of church
mission trips to the Caribbean and Mexico.

"Mama Ginny" is survived by a son, Steven, and wife, Rebecca Kuhn, of
Charlotte; granddaughters Julia and husband Brian Knopp of Dallas, Texas;
and Emily and husband Erik Tolsma of Charlotte; great-grandchildren Justin
Sanchez and Chloe Tolsma of Charlotte; and nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 4600 Park Road, Suite 250,
Charlotte, NC 28209; or to the youth program at Friendship United Methodist
Church, PO Box 219 , Fallston, NC 28042.

A graveside service will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Rose Hill cemetery in
Fallston.

Condolences may be made online at www.stameytysingerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation
Center, Inc., Fallston.