Rebecca Mcelyea

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Rebecca A. McElyea, age 47, of Mountain City, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2009. She was a daughter of Millie Osborne Roark and the late Noah Wayne Roark. Rebecca was a member of Hope Christian Fellowship in Boone, NC. She loved camping, riding four wheelers and working in her flowers. 

 

Survivors include: her husband, Bill McElyea, of the home; two sons: Jason McElyea and Justin Stewart, both of Mountain City, TN; her mother: Millie C. Roark of Mountain City, TN; six sisters: Linda Coffey, Janice Bevill, Kathy Winters, Billie Faye Wallace, Anita Atwood, all of Mountain City, TN and Judy Cafeo of Shingletown, CA; five brothers: Garner Wayne Roark of Maiden, NC; Joseph Roark, Mark Roark, Tywan Roark, all of Mountain City, TN and Daniel Roark of Johnson City, TN; two grandchildren: Ty McElyea and Audriea McElyea; father-in-law, John McElyea of Mountain City, TN; brother-in-law, Tony McElyea and wife Teresa, of Mountain City, TN; daughters-in-law, Amber McElyea and Dana Stewart, of Mountain City, TN; special friend, Linda Roark, of Mountain City and several nieces and nephews.

 

Funeral services for Rebecca McElyea will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2009 from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home with Mr. Doug Roberts officiating. Active Pallbearers will be Garner Wayne Roark, Joseph Roark, Mark Roark, Daniel Roark, Tywan Roark, Tony McElyea, Ronnie Minks and Jeff Minks.  Honorary Pallbearers will be Brian Sutherland, Willis Shearin, Michael Murphy, Sue Anne Hawkins and Hospice Staff, Dr. John Whitlock, Dr. Swain, Kim Pratt, ANP and Staff of Cancer Outreach Center. Entombment will follow in Sunset Mausoleum of Love. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. prior to the funeral service.

 

Friends may call at the residence, 771 Crestwood Drive, Mountain City, TN.

 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Amedisys Hospice of Elizabethton, 684 Hwy 91, Elizabethton, TN 37643



Online condolences may be sent to the famiy and viewed through our website at www.hux-lipford.com

 

 Arrangements for the McElyea family are in the care of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home.