Angela Inez Grindstaff Stonecipher, 57, Elizabethton, godly mother, teacher and friend, blessed and highly favored went home to be with her Lord, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the home of a son Nate and daughter-in-law surrounded by her family. She was born May 25, 1966 in Morganton, North Carolina. Angela was a graduate of Elizabethton High School, attended East Tennessee State University and received her Masters in Education from Milligan University. She was a school teacher, having taught at Hampton Elementary and was presently teaching at Valley Forge Elementary School. She was a member of Harmony Free Will Baptist Church but attended East Fairview Free Will Baptist Church, to support her father Pastor Carl Grindstaff. Angela always loved to help others. She was preceded in death by her mother Audrey Jane Blackburn Grindstaff and a brother: Gene Grindstaff.

Survivors include her husband: Johnny Lee Stonecipher. Five Children: Nathanael (Emilee) Stonecipher , Butler, Andrew (Ann) Stonecipher, Telford, Hannah Stonecipher, Johnson City, Mason Blackwell, Telford and McKenzie Blackwell, Elizabethton. Her Father: Pastor Carl Grindstaff, Elizabethton. Seven Grandchildren: Ethney, Natilee, Ruby, Wyett, Athena, Anastsia and Abram. Two Sisters: Shelia Duncan, and Jenny (Bob) Townsend. One Brother: Jonathan (Sharay) Grindstaff.

A Service to Celebrate the Life of Angela will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2023 in the Valley Forge Elementary School Gymnasium with Pastor Brandon Young officiating. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until the service at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Valley Forge Elementary School. Honorary Pallbearers will be The Faculty & Students of Valley Forge Elementary School. The family would like to express a special thank you to Pastor Brandon Young , and her fellow teacher friends  for all the support and prayers during her illness. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, Tenn. 38105-9959 or bring can goods to the school those goods will be given to 2nd Harvest Food Bank in her memory.  Condolences may be sent to the family at our web-site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Stonecipher family