Evie Lee Jolley

Evie Lee Jolley, 91, of Waco, formerly of Spindale, N.C., one of God's most faithful and devoted servants, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 17 with family members around her hospital bed. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Lake Shore Baptist Church, 5801 Bishop, with the Rev. Sharlande Sledge officiating. Visitation with her family will follow the memorial services at the church. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Forest City, N.C. Lee was born on June 4, 1915, in Cliffside, N.C. to Sam and Etta (Pruette) Haynes. She married Odus Jolley in 1932. Together they worked for many years in the restaurant business in Spindale, N.C., where they raised five daughters. After Lee and Odus retired from the restaurant business, Lee worked for several years at Belk Department Store. The family is grateful for Lee's life and example of faith. Her greatest joy in life was in serving the Lord through her church, teaching Sunday School, participating in missionary activities through the WMU (Women's Missionary Union), and ministering to the homebound. Some of her happiest memories are of attending mission conferences at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly in the mountains of western North Carolina. She had been an active member of the Spencer Baptist Church in Spindale, N.C., for many years and was a current member of the Lake Shore Baptist Church of Waco. Lee and her husband were also founders of the Main Street Baptist Church in Spindale. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Odus Jolley; daughter, Rebecca Kinnibrugh of Corpus Christi; grandson, Gregory Sparks of California; sisters, Sue Dover and Mary Willie Pruitt; and brother, Clarence Haynes. She is survived by her daughters, Freida Sparks and husband, Bob of Pebble Beach, Calif., Celia Dupree of Waco, Jo Cannon and husband, Ray of Waco, and Ramona McKeown and husband, Jim of Waco; grandchildren, Michelle Dupree of Rhode Island, Leslie Dupree and husband, Barry Culman of Virginia, Catherine Osborne of Waco, Karen Cannon of Austin, Susan Cannon of El Paso, Craig Bethards of Corpus Christi, Kevin Steffey and wife, Kathleen of Florida and Brian Steffey and wife, Jane Ann of Tennessee; ten great-grandchildren; sisters, Betty Lyles and Annie Mae Spillars both of North Carolina; brother, Wayne Haynes of North Carolina; many nieces; nephews; cousins; and friends. Memorial guestbook at www.oakcrestwaco.com June 4, 1915 - August 17, 2006