Georgia Lee Clawson Rosenbaum, 77, of Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019, at Hillview Health Center. She was born December 25, 1942 in Butler, Tenn., to the late Gurney and Goldie Lunceford Clawson.
Georgia worked at TPI and also worked at KFC for several years. She was a member and Past President of the Carter County Crewettes and was a member of Valley Forge House of Prayer.
Georgia loved working in her home and her family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Tony Clawson, and Roy Potter and Ross Lambert, her step-dads.
Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Ernest “Rosie” Rosenbaum; her children, Dexter (Lora) Adkins, Eddie Adkins, Rochelle (Mickey) Darnell and Johnny (Shay) Hicks; her grandchildren, Mason Hicks, Jessica (Dylan) Shetley, Dustin (Kelly) Simerly, Jeremy (Cipriana) Simerly, Mallory (Matt) Howell and Heather (Jody) Rodefer; her great-grandchildren, McKinley, Christian and Jesse Pritchard, Oliver Shetley, Abbi, Liam, Mateao and Mia Simerly, Taylor, Jackson and Walker Howell, Corban, Caitlyn and Weston Rodefer; and two sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday, December 29, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Steve Waycaster officiating. The eulogy will be given by Cecil Nelson. The graveside service and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday, December 30, in the Spears Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Ernie Rosenbaum, Dexter Adkins, Johnny Hicks, Mason Hicks, Dustin Simerly, Jeremy Simerly, Mickey Darnell and Chris Ritchie. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Higgins, Cecil Nelson, members of the Carter County Rescue Squad & Crewettes, Carson Scott, neighbors, and in memory of David Nelson. The family would like to express a special “Thank You” to the staff of Avalyn Hospice, the staff of Hillview Health Center and the staff of Legacy Home Care. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at her residence and the residence of Rochelle Darnell or Dexter and Lora Adkins. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:20 a.m. Monday to go in procession to the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Georgia to the Alzheimers Foundation, 203 Meadowview Parkway, Suite 100, Kingsport, TN 37660. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website, www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Rosenbaum family.