Funeral services for Mrs. Faye Allen McElveen, 77, of Tylertown, will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Capps Funeral Home with Rev. Hong Yoo and Rev. Pat Bourg officiating. Graveside services will be held at Tylertown Cemetery.

Faye McElveen passed away at Asbury Hospice House in Hattiesburg, MS on Saturday, November 24, 2018.  She was born June 8, 1941 in Smith County Mississippi to the late Thad Allen and Margie Johnson Allen.  In addition to her parents, she was proceeded in death by sister Maxine Gibbons and brothers Charles Ray Allen and Webb Allen.

She was survived by her husband of 43 years Bill McElveen; her three sons James (Debbie) Herring, Charlie (Samantha) Herring and Ray (Tricia) McElveen; six grandchildren Chay Herring, Caroline Herring, Anna Claire Herring, Will McElveen, Mary Grace McElveen, andMadelyn Rose McElveen; her two brothers Mart Allen and Bill Allen; and sister Nancy McDonough.

She was a lifelong member of Calvary Presbyterian Church in Mize, MS.  Since living in Tylertown, she has been actively involved at Tylertown United Methodist Church.  She was a volunteer with Forrest General Home Hospice Care for several years.

She and her husband Bill founded McElveen's Fish & Barbeque in 1981.   They owned and operated the restaurant for 37 years until her illness forced her retirement at the end of September 2018.  She developed most of the recipes used and was especially honored to have the restaurant featured in the Back Road Bistro section in in the 2016 May/June issue of Mississippi Magazine.

Family was very important to her.  She enjoyed watching her six grandchildren growing up.  She was involved with all of them and proud of their accomplishments. She didn't want them to miss any school for any reason including her funeral services.