Dora Zepeda

Dora Z. Zepeda, 51, of Edneyville, died Friday, September 11, at Pardee Hospital. A native of San Miguel, El Salvador, she was a daughter of Elvira Saravia of San Miguel and the late Ernesto Zelaya. A resident of Henderson County for 25 years, she had worked for Lee and Carolyn Hardin, owners of Hardin Manufacturing, for most of the time she had lived here. She was a very active member of Agua Viva Iglesia Bautista since arriving in Henderson County, and taught Sunday school for many years. A very happy person, she read her bible faithfully. She loved her family, her church and was always willing to help those less fortunate than herself.

Dora is survived, in addition to her mother, by her beloved husband of 23, years, Vicente Zepeda; five children, Dora Dalis Zelaya, Ernesto Zelaya, Jonathan Zelaya, Lezette Parks and Josiangel Zepeda; two grandchildren, Keilin and Axel Betancur; two brothers, Manuel E. Zelaya and Jose Ines Zelaya; four sisters, Reina I. Zelaya, Rubidia Zelaya, Guadalupe Zelaya and Blanca Zelaya and several nieces and nephews.