MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Dora Rose, 26 Sep 2003
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Dora Rose
On September 26, 2003, God was watching over all his children 
when his eyes fell upon Sister Dora Rose in her home near Unicoi, 
Tennessee. God's merciful and loving heart was touched as he 
looked upon his faithful servant crippled with arthritis and 
suffering in pain. Therefore, God dispatched an angel to wipe 
away her tears and bring Dora to her heavenly home. 
Dora was born in Buladean, N.C., February 24, 1927. Her parents, 
the late Charlie and Martha Birchfield, raised 10 children: 
Leonard, Vergie Clark, Dora, F.D., G.W., Margie Wilson, Bobby, 
Charles, Hazel Watson and Doris Boone. 
As a young lady, Dora worked at the pottery in Erwin and the 
telephone company in Johnson City, but she dedicated most of her 
life to helping others and raising her family. Dora worked 
alongside her husband, the late Rev. Roy Rose as he was pastor 
of several local Free Will Baptist churches. Dora was a loving 
and faithful wife for over 33 years. Roy went on to glory in 1985. 
Dora truly loved her three sons, Kenneth and Alan Rose, Unicoi, 
Tennessee, and Bill Rose, Neptune, New Jersey. For many, many 
years, she was not able to go on vacations, cook Sunday dinner 
for the family or even go on a picnic with her sons. However, 
she taught them by example to appreciate every day, to be 
thankful for God's daily blessings, to love God, to love your 
family and to trust Jesus as your personal savior. God blessed 
her with five wonderful grandchildren, whom she dearly loved: 
Daniel, Mitchell, Cameron, Brooke and Hunter Rose, who will miss 
her until that great family reunion in Heaven. 
Dora will not be remembered in history books. She will never be 
recognized as a great leader or businesswoman. Dora will soon be 
forgotten by many. However, she will be missed by her family, her 
church family at Valley Forge Free Will Baptist and her special 
friends Josephine Blevins, Alice Miller, Michelle Hill and Bettina 
LaVoie, who have for many years lovingly cared for Dora. 
Today she is no longer suffering. She is not bedridden. She needs 
no more medication, and she has made her last visit to the hospital. 
So when you think of Dora, do not think of her as a cripple. Just 
visualize her with a brand new body walking, maybe running, down 
the golden street of Heaven. Think of her waiting for us in glory 
and resting at peace in the arms of Jesus and think of the reunion 
we will have. When you reach heaven, look for Dora praising God 
in the everlasting joys of Heaven. We love you, Mom. 
Funeral services for Dora Rose, 76, 150 Rose Drive, Unicoi, will 
be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Funeral Chapel, Elizabethton, 
with the Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in 
the Garland Cemetery, Buladean Community, North Carolina. Music 
will be in charge of Joy Scalf. Active pallbearers will be Gary Rose, 
Wayne Birchfield, Brandon Birchfield, Daniel Rose, Mitchell Rose and 
Cameron Rose. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday 
in the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of a son 
Kenneth Rose, 200 Rose Drive, Unicoi. Condolences may be e-mailed to 
the Rose family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel, 
Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements.


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