Sylvia Kearns

Sylvia Ann Hartsell Kearns, 85, of Asheboro, went to her heavenly home with her Lord, Friday, March 14, 2025, at Alpine Health and Rehabilitation in Asheboro.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 17, 2025, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jon Hunter officiating. Burial will follow at West Bend Methodist Church Cemetery.

Sylvia was born on January 3, 1940, in Randolph County, the daughter of the late Arthur Lee Hartsell and Isabelle Lomax Hartsell. She graduated from Asheboro High School in 1958. She retired from Klaussner Furniture. Sylvia was a member of West Bend Methodist Church and loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She got her green thumb from her father, and was an avid gardener growing flowers and vegetables. Sylvia who was known as "6" by her family, was a wonderfully talented seamstress, which she got from her mother, and enjoyed game nights, playing cards and word games. She enjoyed traveling and camping with her family visiting Ohio and Pennsylvania Amish areas, Gettysburg, Indiana, The Ark, Myrtle Beach, Gatlinburg, Sycamore Lodge in Jackson Springs, Disney, Silver Springs, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, Prince Edward Island, and any Christmas store and Hobby Lobby you passed by. No matter where she went, all trips included pigs-n-blankets.

In addition to her parents, Sylvia was preceded in death by her son, Keith Kearns; and former husband J.P. Kearns.

She is survived by her daughter, Alicia Kearns Garner and husband Kenny; daughter-in-law, Rhonda Burch Kearns; son, John Arthur Kearns; sisters, Edith Hartsell Hall and husband Larry, Sherry Hartsell Moore and husband Wayne; grandchildren, Ashley Gaddy (James), Jordann Davis (Christopher), Kendall Garner (Emily), Bryan Michael Kearns, Katie Ray (Travis), LeAnn Phillips (Bradford), Drew Glenn; great grandchildren, Kerrianne Davis, Carson Gaddy, Kaden Gaddy, Tristen Gaddy, Landon Whitaker, and Jaelyn Bain.

The family will receive friends from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m., Monday at Ridge Funeral Home prior to the service.