Aline Outlaw Overman

ROCKY MOUNT – Aline Outlaw Overman, age 95, passed away peacefully and gained her heavenly wings on Friday, December 30, 2022. Born in Wayne County, NC on July 26, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Ammie and Viola Hayes Outlaw. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Richard Lee Overman; her son, James Richard Overman; one great grandchild, Darren Jay Moore; her three brothers, David Outlaw and his wife, Kitty Jean, Melvin Outlaw, and Buddy Outlaw; and her two special friends, Hoyet Bone and Lester Mercer.

Aline worked at Summer Grade and Abbotts (Now Pfizer). After retiring from Abbotts she worked at Chick-Fil-A and was well known as “The Mint Lady”. A dedicated Prayer Warrior, a Church Mother, and a woman filled with the Holy Ghost, Aline was a dedicated lifetime member of West Mount Emmanuel Holiness Church. She was dearly loved by all of her family and friends and in return she dearly loved all of her family and friends. No words can fully describe the woman that she was. Aline was a “firecracker” who marched to the beat of her own drum. Mama absolutely LOVED people having never met a stranger, and she loved to talk to anyone who would listen or even if they didn’t want to listen, she would talk anyway. Mama made sure if you came to her house you were fed, hungry or not. She enjoyed shopping, eating out, cooking for and hosting people in her home. Mama saw the best in people and seemed oblivious that people could do anything bad. She touched many people’s lives and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Some of her grandchildren’s fondest memories are being gathered in her living room at Christmas, with barely room to move, passing out gifts, singing Christmas songs, reading the story of Jesus’s birth and having wrapping paper fights with all the family.

Aline is survived by her two daughters, Joyce Faye Moss (Jack) and Kimberly Dawn Mills (Randy); her brother, Bill Outlaw (Doris); her sister Bessie Short (Claude); her daughters-in-law, Faye Overman & Jean Crabtree; her sister-in-Law, Jean Outlaw; her grandchildren, Dennis Overman (Jessica), Todd Bone, Rhonda Joines, Jeff Bone (Rhonda), Jamie Overman (KO), Chris Moss, Kristin Causeway (Will), Michael Mills (Maddie) and Brandon Mills (Marina); her great grandchildren, Shane (Scotti), Desaray, Danielle, Chase (Angelique), Casey (Courtney), Melody, Kayla, Lyndy, Sarah, Yahnathan, Maegan (Eric), Jennifer (Jeff), Christine (John), Chrislyn, Garrett, Richard & William; and her great-great grandchildren, Bryson, Ryanne, Aleena, Brian, Eloise, Miles, Cora, Taylor and Scottie; as well as several nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service to celebrate Aline’s life will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Keith Pittman and Rev. Gina House officiating. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. The family will receive friends and relatives on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.

The family would like to say a special thanks to the staff at Rocky Mount Rehab who helped care for her the last 5 ½ years.

Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.