Steve Franklin Cordell

Steve’s first love was his Lord and Savior.

He devoted many hours throughout his life to leading youth groups, youth mission trips and Sunday school classes in order to draw youth closer to a personal relationship with God.

He also loved coaching many of his daughter, Kasey’s and his grandson, Cullen’s, baseball/softball teams. He was not always the calmest coach, but he was a loved coach.

Steve’s battle with Glioblastoma Multiforme was faced in the same manner he faced all his battles…with God’s strength, endurance and grace!

Thank you to all who have walked this walk with him and his family! You have prayed for Steve, sent words of encouragement to him, cooked for him, cared for him, washed his clothes, taken him to and from treatments/Dr. appointments and loved him.

We, his family, are eternally grateful.

Steve was the owner and operator of Cordell’s Lawncare and thought of his guys as his family. He had a long list of accomplishments and awards in fire service that include The Order of the Guardian-January 19, 2023, Proclamation of Steve Cordell Day-January 19, 2023, 30 years of service — Sept. 21, 2022, Fire Officer 3, Level 2 Fire Instructor, Level 3 Fire Inspector, Live Burn Instructor, NC Pumps Instructor, Promoted to Fire Chief — November, 2015, Promoted to Assistant Fire Chief 2009, Certified Arson Investigator, Firefighter of the Year, 2007, Optimist Club Firefighter of the Year, 2004.

The funeral service is 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Abidan Shah, the Rev. Dr. Donald Perkinson and the Rev. Jonathan Owens. Burial follows in Liberty Christian Church cemetery.

Surviving in addition to his mother is two daughters, Chelsey McCann (William) and Kasey Newcomb (Sam Sanderson); four grandchildren, Kayleigh Mae, Anna Kate, Cullen William and Hudson Gray; two sisters, Tammy Cordell Williams (Anthony) and Lisa Cordell Baker (A.P. Baker III); two nieces, Jessica Williams and Payton Baker; three nephews, Matthew Williams, Nathan Williams and Price Baker; his significant other, Liz Stainback and her children, Addie Harper and Mason Atley; the mother of his children, Anita Newcomb as well as special friends that have become like family, Doug and Leazah Owen, Lee Overton and Dawn Holtzmann, Matt Overton, Brandon and Cameron Link, and Trent and Tonya Ayscue. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Marvin Allen Ayscue and Elizabeth Ayscue and his paternal grandparents, George Franklin Cordell and Gertrude Cordell Breland.

The family will receive friends Wednesday and Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until, at his home. A public viewing is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at Sossamon Funeral Home of Henderson.

Serving as active pall bearers will be, Deputy Chief Curtis Tyndall, Battalion Chief Doug Owen, Battalion Chief Trent Ayscue, Battalion Chief Tim Twisdale, Division Chief Lee Overton, Battalion Chief Lee Edmonds, Brandon Link, Asst. Chief with Watkins Vol. Fire Department and Matt Overton, Lieutenant with Watkins Vol. Fire Department. Honorary pall bearers will be all employees of Cordell’s Lawn Care, all members of the Henderson Fire Department, all members of the Watkins Volunteer Fire Department, all members of the Vance County Fire and E.M.S. and all other fire departments and first responders. In lieu of flowers, Donations may be made to Clearview Church “Missions Work” 3485 Oxford Rd. Henderson, NC 27537 or to North Carolina Firefighter Cancer Alliance 100 Warren C. Coleman Blvd. Concord, NC 28027 or by visiting info@ncfirefightercancer.org.

Arrangements are by Sossamon Funeral Home of Henderson.

Online condolences may be made at www.sossamonfuneralhome.com.