CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Rebecca "Becky" Livingston, 24 Nov 2003
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Rebecca Livingston

Rebecca "Becky" Livingston, 78, Morey Hyder Road, Elizabethton, 
died Monday, November 24, 2003 in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Earl S. and 
Mary Alice Lyons Simerly.
She was a retired employee of Kennemetal, Inc. after 17 years of service. 
Mrs. Livingston was a member of the Big Springs Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Jay and Howard Simerly.
Survivors include her husband, Albert H. Livingston; three daughters, 
Linda Briggs, of Mars Hill, N.C.; Janet Hulsey, of Gray, and Sherry 
Townsend, of Johnson City; three sons, Buzz Livingston, of Elizabethton; 
Mike Livingston, of Telford, and Greg Livingston, of Johnson City; six 
sisters, Gladys Blevins and Anna Julian, both of Roan Mountain; Billie 
Birchfield, of Cloverdale, Calif.; Roby Sloop and Ella Simerly, both of 
Taylorsville, N.C., and Betty Taylor, of Elizabethton; one brother, 
Johnny Simerly, of Taylorsville, N.C.; a special sister-in-law, Edeth 
Simerly, Hampton; 9 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 26, 2003 
in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bill Greer officiating. Graveside 
services and interment will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, November 27, 2003 
in the McKeehan Cemetery. Special music will be under the direction of 
Brenda Deloach. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the 
funeral home at 12:30 p.m. Thursday will be Wade Mathes, Charlie Byrd, 
Phil Briggs, Mike Livingston, Jeff Hill and Buzz Livingston. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Sam Ward, Bruce Hill and Tommy Hyder. The family 
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. 
Friends may also call at the residence. Family and friends will assemble 
at the funeral home at 12:30 p.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. 
Condolences may be e-mailed to the Livingston family at mfc@chartertn.net. 
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

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