Lillie Belle Colbaugh Rambo
Published 4:50 pm Monday, October 2, 2017
Lillie Belle Colbaugh Rambo, 86, of Elizabethton, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Hillview Health Center.
A native of Carter County, she was the last surviving child of the late Henry and Crecy Peters Colbaugh and lived her entire life in the Carter Community.
Lillie Belle was a graduate of Unaka High School and a lifetime member of Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church. She was loved by everyone that knew her.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, C.W. Rambo; a daughter, Pamela Rambo Hicks; four brothers, Luther, Arthur, Kelsie and Herbert Colbaugh; and a sister, Margaret Hardin.
Survivors include her daughter, Paula Rambo, Unicoi; her son and daughter-in-law, Perry and Debra Rambo, Elizabethton; her son-in-law, Bill Hicks, Elizabethton; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Lillie Belle Colbaugh Rambo will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 4, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with her nephew, Rev. Ray Colbaugh, and Rev. Roger Hayley officiating. Music will be provided by Mr. Dennis Laws. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 5, in the Blevins Cemetery. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday, will be Richard Hardin, Dale Colbaugh, Joe Johnson, Frank Arnett, Jason Andes, Patton Arnold and Mickey Rambo. Honorary pallbearers will be Gale Colbaugh, Clifford Peters, Kenneth Colbaugh, Larry Andes and members of Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church. The family would like to express special thanks and appreciation to Cathy Bennett, Tracey Napier, Nadine Crews and friends and neighbors for the wonderful care they provided for our mother. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website, www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Rambo family.