Leta "Faye" (Woods) Roark

She was the second born daughter of Ottis and Amanda (Caudill) Woods, raised in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. She had a feisty spirit and loved roaming the hills with cousins, family and friends. She learned to drive at an early age, one of the first women drivers on the creek. She was the only girl on the boys’ softball team at Stinnett School. At a young age, she met Earl Roark at a county fair. They married January 13,1951 and lived a long, happy life together for 67 years. While Earl worked away from home driving a truck for many years, she raised their 7 children as only she could. She was fearless and determined and devoted to her husband and children, especially the boys. She raised her children to be honest and hardworking but never wanted them to leave home. When the youngest child started school, she started driving a school bus for the Bullitt County School System for 33 years. Not only raising her own children, but many others and always treated them as her own.

Faye is proceeded in death by her parents, Ottis and Amanda Woods; husband, Earl Roark; father-in-law, Edison Roark; mother-in-law, Martha Roark; sisters, Fern Caldwell, Phyllis Napier, Lavonne Tolliver and Sue Lear.

She leaves to cherish her memory her children, Larry Roark (Ginny), Harold Roark (Marion), Karen Delk (Rusty), Jamie Roark (Judy), Doris Goodman (Paul), Al Roark (Patricia), and Regina Lannon (Joe); In-laws, Melina Lunceford (Bill), Conley Roark (Mary Ann), Donna Meade (Michael), Dwight Roark (Jeanell), Wendell Roark (Joan), Lavonne Petry (Max) and Sharon Alcorn (Donald); 17 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great-grandchildren; two special Aunts, Pina Pratt and Gloria Fields; along with a host of nieces, nephews and cousins; and a special friend and care giver Jane Ransom, whom we love.

The celebration of her life will be at the Schoppenhorst Underwood & Brooks Funeral Home, 123 Winning Colors Dr., Mt. Washington, KY 40047 at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, May 2,2023 with burial at Highland Memory Gardens. Family and friends may pay their respects on Monday from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm and Tuesday from 9:00 am until the time of service at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to WH Caudill Cemetery c/o Debby Farlar, 60 Hunter Ridge Lane, Viper Kentucky 41774 or your favorite charity.

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