1931
Rosalie
2013
Rosalie Stevens
February 18, 1931 — October 11, 2013
Rosalie Stevens, 82, of Pearl, MS passed away Friday, October 11, 2013, at Hospice Ministries, Inc. located in Ridgeland. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends following complications from a stroke and heart disease. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 pm Sunday, October 13, 2013, in the Chapel of Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm till 7:00 pm Saturday and 1:00 pm Sunday at the Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Interment will be held in Cato Cemetery in Cato, MS.
Rosalie was born February 18, 1931 to Elton Alton Stevens and Mary Elizabeth Kethley in Vicksburg, MS. She graduated from Pearl High School in 1949, where she played basketball. Rosalie's life covered a wide geographic reach living in the states of Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alaska. She worshipped with Churches of Christ in all these locations. Rosalie served several companies as bookkeeper Klean Steel Mfg. and Primos Northgate. She started her own sewing business, The Finishing Touch, and published an alterations book “Altering Manufactured Apparel to the Invisible Body” in 1989. She enjoyed gardening and canning fruits and vegetables, sewing, square dancing and playing with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and aunt. She loved her family and friends with all her heart and was loved by everyone she knew.
Her life’s greatest joy was to have her family and friends around. She loved to entertain and made sure everyone else was taken care of before herself. She lived out the true meaning of the phrase: “it’s better to give than to receive.”
She was preceded in death by her sister, Frances Yarborough, and brothers Earl Stevens, Elton Stevens, Marshall Stevens, and Marion Stevens.
She is survived by: daughters Vanessa Ewing (Fred) of Brentwood, TN and Yvonne Shotts (Buddy) of Cato, MS; three grandchildren Amy Carruth (Larry) of Brandon, MS, Kim Owen (Jon) of Franklin, TN, and Michael Ewing (Beth) of Nashville, TN; and four great grandchildren, Kaylee Carruth of Brandon, MS, Sofia and Beatrice Owen of Franklin, TN, and Landon Ewing of Nashville, TN.
The family would like to thank Pastor Scott Thomas, Hospice Ministries, Inc., Ms. Denise “TT” Amos, Ms. Javonda Amos, Ms. Ora Buchanan and Ms. Anna Valentine for the love and care shown during this time.
Rosalie was born February 18, 1931 to Elton Alton Stevens and Mary Elizabeth Kethley in Vicksburg, MS. She graduated from Pearl High School in 1949, where she played basketball. Rosalie's life covered a wide geographic reach living in the states of Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alaska. She worshipped with Churches of Christ in all these locations. Rosalie served several companies as bookkeeper Klean Steel Mfg. and Primos Northgate. She started her own sewing business, The Finishing Touch, and published an alterations book “Altering Manufactured Apparel to the Invisible Body” in 1989. She enjoyed gardening and canning fruits and vegetables, sewing, square dancing and playing with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and aunt. She loved her family and friends with all her heart and was loved by everyone she knew.
Her life’s greatest joy was to have her family and friends around. She loved to entertain and made sure everyone else was taken care of before herself. She lived out the true meaning of the phrase: “it’s better to give than to receive.”
She was preceded in death by her sister, Frances Yarborough, and brothers Earl Stevens, Elton Stevens, Marshall Stevens, and Marion Stevens.
She is survived by: daughters Vanessa Ewing (Fred) of Brentwood, TN and Yvonne Shotts (Buddy) of Cato, MS; three grandchildren Amy Carruth (Larry) of Brandon, MS, Kim Owen (Jon) of Franklin, TN, and Michael Ewing (Beth) of Nashville, TN; and four great grandchildren, Kaylee Carruth of Brandon, MS, Sofia and Beatrice Owen of Franklin, TN, and Landon Ewing of Nashville, TN.
The family would like to thank Pastor Scott Thomas, Hospice Ministries, Inc., Ms. Denise “TT” Amos, Ms. Javonda Amos, Ms. Ora Buchanan and Ms. Anna Valentine for the love and care shown during this time.
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