Mrs. Rosalea McGee, age 73, Telford, passed away Friday, October 26, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center.

Mrs. McGee was a native of Unicoi County and daughter of the late Dana Harmon & Emily Gertrude Hardin Rice. In addition to her parents, Mrs. McGee was also preceded in death by her husband, James W. McGee, brothers and sisters, Manley Rice, Bill Carroll Rice, Stonewall Rice, Paul Rice, Mae Crain, Ruby Osborne and Joyce McGee.

She was a member of Jonesborough Second Baptist Church and attended Bowmantown Baptist Church.

Survivors include two brothers, Gerald Rice, Jonesborough and Fletcher Rice, Limestone; three sisters, Bobbie Deloach, Elizabethton, Betty McGee, Unicoi and Florence Thornburg, Limestone; and several nephews and nieces.

Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 pm Monday, October 29, 2012 at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Crossnoe and Rev. Brain Brown officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00-3:00 pm Monday prior to the service. Interment services will follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Dustin Rice, Dan Rice, Dwayne Riddle, Austin Rush and Matthew McGee.