Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:37 am

Joyce Stover, 47, of Rutherfordton, NC passed away on Friday, August 19. Memorial services were held at Crowe’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Stover was preceded in death by her parents, J.W. Buford and Brownie Chapman Sellears.

She is survived by her companion Tom Stover of Union Mills; children, Crystal Beth Stover; Sarah Christine Stover and Thomas Walter Stover, all of Rutherfordton; two sisters, Beatrice (Becky) Sellears of Rome, GA and Bonnie Lou Shew of Olin, NC; and one brother, Richard Lee Sellears of Rome, Ga.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Crowe’s Funeral Home is serving the family.