Dot Steed

Dorothy "Dot" Vivalee Saunders Steed, 87, of Kingsport, TN, formerly of Asheboro, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at The Village at Allendale in Kingsport, TN. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel in Asheboro. Entombment will follow at Randolph Memorial Park. Born in Randolph County, NC on October 13, 1931, Mrs. Steed was the daughter of Roy Saunders and Moleta Hunt Saunders, who preceded her in death. She retired from Asheboro City Schools, where she had been a teacher's assistant at Guy B. Teachey Elementary School. She was a member of First Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ and she enjoyed traveling. Surviving are her husband, Charles Lewis Steed; son, Charles Randall "Randy" Steed and wife Seba of Church Hill, TN; and sister, Pat Essick and husband Bill of Asheboro. The family will receive friends from 10:45 - 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, prior to the service, at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.