Rebecca Stephens Dennis

Published 4:43 pm Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Rebecca Stephens Dennis, 85, of Elizabethton, passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at her residence, following a lengthy illness. Rebecca was born in Elk Valley, Tenn., to the late Edward Stephens and Mary Frost Byrd. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Raymond Dennis.
Rebecca was of the Baptist faith.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Amy Whitehead and husband Randy and Carol Harris and husband Mark, all of Elizabethton; two grandsons, Jason Simerly and Cory Simerly and wife Destiny, all of Elizabethton; one great-grandson, Jackson Simerly, Elizabethton; one sister, Nancy Howell and husband Donald, Anchorage, Alaska; and one brother, Tom Stephens and wife Carol, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Rebecca Stephens Dennis will be conducted at 7 p.m. Monday, October 16, in the Chapel of Peace of Elizabethton with Mark Harris officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 5 until 7 p.m. Monday, prior to the service. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, 2020 Meadowview Parkway, Suite 100, Kingsport, TN 37660. Online condolences may be shared with the family at our website, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com
Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 N. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643, is serving the Dennis family. Office: (423) 542-2232. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917.