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1939 Mary 2015

Mary Elizabeth Davis King Laney

December 7, 1939 — July 8, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Davis King Laney
Bemis : Mary Elizabeth Davis King Laney, age 75 passed away Wednesday afternoon at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Mary Elizabeth was born and reared in the Toone and Deanburg Communities of Hardeman County, daughter of the late Willard Esco and Ruth Victoria Cleek Davis. She went to school in Hardeman County and graduated from Bolivar Central High school in 1957. She worked at International Paper Company in Bemis, TN as an inspector and later a bag catcher and retired after 39 years of work. She has lived in Bemis all of her adult life. She also enjoyed rising her children and taking care of her family. She was a member of the South Side Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son Larry W. King of Senatobia, MS and four daughters; Anita Watson of Jackson, TN, Renee Rouse and husband Jim , Dana Middleton and husband Andy and Dawn E. Crutchfield all of Pinson, TN and a brother Robert Davis of Jackson, TN. Ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a granddaughter; Shelby Joy Middleton and a son; Wesley Esco King in 2008.

Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Directors-Casey Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Horton officiating. Burial will be in the Chapel Hill cemetery in Henderson County.
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Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Friday, July 10, 2015

5:00 - 9:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

304 Crook Avenue, Henderson, TN 38340

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Chapel Services

Saturday, July 11, 2015

11:00 - 11:30 am (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

304 Crook Avenue, Henderson, TN 38340

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Cemetery

Chapel Hill Cemetery

4813 TN-200, Lexington, TN

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