Katrin Lynn Canup

MINT HILL- Katrin Lynn Barber Canup, 71 passed away peacefully at her home on March 5, 2026.

A 3:00 pm, Saturday (April 25, 2026) memorial service will be held at Lighthouse Baptist Church, 28699 Millingport Rd. Albemarle, NC 28001, with Pastor Gary Cox and friend Tom officiating. The service will be followed by a reception of friends in the fellowship hall.

Lynn was born in Mecklenburg County on October 21, 1954. She was one of two daughters born to Sidney Summerell Barber Jr and Juanita Jacobs Barber. She graduated from Garinger High School in 1973 and went on to marry Atress W. Canup Jr in 1974. Following his unexpected death in 2021 she met and went on to marry her husband, Sandy Kee in Gatlinburg, Tenn. , a place very special to Lynn. Lynn retired from Thurston Motor Lines where she performed accounting and bookkeeping.

Preceded by her husband and parents; sister Gale Schwarz; grandparents, Marvin and Zadie Chavis Jacobs and Sidney and Grace Blackman Barber: and uncle, Clarence Williamson Jr.

Lynn is survived by her husband Sandy L. Kee; stepdaughters, Madison and Morgan Kee; daughter Lois B. Helms; two great grandchildren; nephews, Zachary Schwarz and Clarence "Bojack" Williamson; niece, Kayalana Williamson; aunt, Cynthia "Bea" Williamson; uncles, Victor Jacobs, FM Jacobs, Hubert Jacobs, Woodrow Jacobs, Furley Jacobs; cousins, Angela Allen and Lisa Parler; and bonus sisters, Sue Black and Sherry Moses. She also had special family friends, Brantley and Sebastian, whom she loved like grandchildren.

The family would like to thank her caregivers, Angela Pender, Timmy Fisher and Little Sebastian Fisher, and Kim, for their compassion assistance throughout Lynn's illness.

Memorials may be made to Lighthouse Baptist Church, 28699 Millingport Rd. Albemarle, NC 28001.