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- Evelyn Estep Taylor, 83, Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an exteded illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late George H. Estep, Sr. and Bessie Noris Estep. Evelyn was a former employee of Ivy Hall Nursing Home and for several years was associated with her husband in the operation of J. N. Taylor Grocery Store. She was a member of the Moores Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, J. N. Taylor; a daughter, Sue Nave; a son, Dwight Nave; a sister, Grace Estep and two brothers, Porter and N. D. Estep. Survivors include four brothers and sisters-in-law, George H. Estep, Jr. and wife Betty Jo, Paul and Maxine Estep and Lee Edwin and Gaye Estep, all of Elizabethton, and Huey and Lydia Estep, Arcadia, California; a sister-in-law, Johnie Estep, Elizabethton; a grandson, Patrick Nave; several nieces and nephews; two step-daughters, Lana Diane Garrison, Watauga and Deloras "Cissy" Campbell, Elizabethton; six step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2011, in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Chris Hughes officiating. Internment will follow in the Estep Family Cemetery. Music will be provided by David Estep, organist; Debbie Gouge, soloist; Chris Hughes, soloist; and David Batchelder, trumpeter. Pallbearers will be nephews. The family would like to express a special "Thank You" to Judy and Victor Deloach and the staff of Ivy Hall Nursing Home for all the excellent [care] that Evelyn has received.
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