Roena Bunch McLain, 87, of Cumberland, formerly of Evarts, went to heaven on Monday, December 9, 2024, following a short illness.  She was a lifetime homemaker and a member of the Evarts Baptist Church.  In her younger years, she was an avid cook and shared her wonderful recipes with her daughters by saying "It takes a little bit of this and a little bit of that."

Roena is preceded in death by her husband, Norman "Squeak" McLain; a daughter, Kimberly McLain; her cherished granddaughter, Farrah Yount Mullins; her parents, Isom and Amanda Carter Bunch; five sisters, Jeanette Smith, Marie Dugger, Mabel Ball, Hazel Hull and Betty Caylor; and three brothers, Lawrence, Robert and Claude Bunch.

Left to remember her with great love are her two daughters and sons-in-law, Vera and Roger Collier, Cumberland; Diane and Will Yount, Harlan; three grandchildren, Jason (Brea) Yount, Union, KY; Courtney Collier, Tazewell, TN; and Lindsay Collier, Cumberland; five great-grandchildren, Cooper and Parker Mullins, Richmond, KY; Codi Yount, Union, KY; Briar Collier, Cumberland; and Ivy Hatfield, Tazewell, TN; and a host of other loving relatives and friends.

Her visitation will be held Friday, December 13, 2024, at the Evarts Funeral Home beginning at 1 pm with funeral services to follow at 2 pm.   The Reverend Donnie Adkisson will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Evarts Memorial Gardens with her sons-in-law, grandson and great-grandsons serving as pallbearers.

Evarts Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Roena Bunch McLain.