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Rebecca Kaye Hollifield Thomas

Rebecca Kaye Hollifield Thomas

Rebecca Kaye (Hollifield) Thomas passed away peacefully April 25, 2017 with her family by her side in Levine & Dickson Hospice House in Charlotte, North Carolina.

She was born on December 1, 1948, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Herbert Wylie Hollifield and Margaret Marcella Wright.

Kaye was an inspiration of bravery and faith to her family and all who knew her before and during her seven-year battle with ovarian cancer. Kaye had a life-long love of the mountains and enjoyed hiking, traveling and just sitting on the deck watching the changes in the seasons and the infinite stars in the sky.

Kaye was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who always enjoyed time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas Lemuel Hollifield.

She is survived by her husband, Larry, daughter, Robin Hill (Michael) and their son, Aaron and daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, daughter, Kelly Leavy and daughters, Madison and Brooklyn, stepson, Joshua Thomas (Jaime) and son, Brandon and daughter, Caroline, stepdaughter, Jennifer Thomas and son, Jayden, stepson, Jonathan Thomas (Jennifer) and sons, Matthew and Ryan, sisters, Linda Mills (Mark), Angelina Lewis (Claude), Geneva Puras (Jeff), brother, Wylie Hollifield (Cheryl) and many special nieces and nephews.

Memorial services are planned at dates to be announced.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations in Kaye’s honor be made to the Levine Cancer Institute. Make checks to Carolinas HealthCare Foundation and send to LCI Carolinas Ovarian Cancer Fund, in care of Carolinas HealthCare Foundation, 208 East Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28203, or give online at www.givecarolinas.org/find-your-cause/cancer. Memories and words of comfort may be left at www.basagic.com or on Facebook at Basagic Funeral Home.