Rebecca S. Lineberger

CATAWBA - Rebecca Stewart Lineberger, 84, of Catawba, passed away Aug. 9, 2009, at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, S.C. Rebecca was born in Charlotte to the late James Ralph and Nell Wike Stewart on Aug. 2, 1925. She married Corley Lineberger, a Lutheran minister, on Aug. 19, 1957, in Wilson. She was a graduate of Newberry College, with honors, taught in Lincoln School in San Jose, Costa Rica, for five years and then earned a master's degree in Spanish at Duke University. She taught Spanish in Henderson County, Rowan County, Lafayette Parish, La., and Catawba County. She was a member of Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Catawba, where Corley served as minister until retiring. She was a talented musician and generously shared her talents with every community where she lived. Rebecca was preceded in death by her husband, Corley Lineberger, and daughter, Lynne Yglesias Ambler. She is survived by one daughter, Lu Lineberger Wixon and husband, Steve, of Greenville, S.C.; three sons, Corley Van Lineberger and wife, Micki, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Frederick Wike Lineberger of New Orleans, La., and Dr. Glenn Aldinger and wife, Mary, of Chicago, Ill.; brother, James R. Stewart Jr. and wife, Corrinne, of Greenville, S.C.; sister, Ann Stewart Wicker of Roanoke, Va.; brother-in-law, the Rev. Robert Lineberger of Columbia, S.C.; and grandchildren, Zoe Wroten Lentz (and husband James), Corley Matthew Lineberger, Megan Lineberger and Alex Wroten. Visitation will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Catawba. The funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Dan Duke officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rebecca's family wishes to extend sincere thanks to the caring staffs of Pendleton Manor and Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, S.C., and McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, S.C. Memorials may be given to McCall Hospice House, 1836 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville, S.C. 29680 or Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1001 Shiloh Road, Catawba, N.C. 28609. Condolences may be sent to the Lineberger family at www.drumfuneralhome.com. The Lineberger family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover, (828) 464-3031.