Rebecca Kay Yanez Obituary (1950 - 2021)

LAWSONVILLE - Rebecca Kay "Mama Becky" Yanez, 71, left this earthly life Saturday, October 9, 2021, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Sandy Ridge Christian Church, Joe Scales Road. The family will receive friends following the service in the church fellowship hall. Becky was born on January 6, 1950, in Forsyth County, to the late Daniel Ray Nelson and Sarah Elizabeth Bennett Shough. She was a graduate of Wentworth High School and a member of Smith Chapel Baptist Church. She was a dedicated homemaker who loved taking care of her family. Becky worked for a few years as a cashier at K-Mart. She enjoyed crafts especially needlework, watching westerns, and cooking. She was known for her delicious potato salad. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant son Billy Jose; brother Bobby Nelson, and brother-in-law Paul Craddock. Survivors include her husband, Jose Guadalupe Yanez; son, William Stephens (Donna); daughter, Elena Yanez (fiance James Haizlip); brother, Donald "Donnie" Nelson (Pattie); sister, Joy Lee Craddock and grandchildren, Abigail and Hunter Stephens. Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel in Sandy Ridge is serving the family. Online condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net.