MARY SIMMONS BUSBY
Henderson, TN: Mary Williams Simmons Busby, age 68 passed away June 30, 2017 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
She was born December 16, 1948 at Pinson, TN in Madison County, the daughter of the late Gerald and Lora Anderson Williams. She attended Pinson School, South Side High School and McCollum and Ross Beauty School. She worked at Elk Valley Healthcare, McNairy County Healthcare and Chester County Healthcare until 2013 when cancer returned from 2008, with reoccurrences in 2016 and 2017. She attended Faith Baptist Church.
Mary was a loving mother, wife, and grandmother. She loved her community and enjoyed doing things for others. She was very involved in the Sweetlips Community after moving there in 2010. She was beautiful “inside and out”. She loved the Lord and died with peace and comfort with her family at her side.
She leaves a daughter and a son, raising two children in Chester County, Monica Simmons Green of Finger and Scott Simmons and wife Carla of Jackson; and three grandsons, Jack Lowe, Alex Lowe and Landon Simmons.
Mrs. Busby also leaves her husband, Don Busby of Henderson, whom she married in 2010. They made their home in the Sweet Lips area in Chester County. She also leaves two sisters, Lora Murchison (Clifford) of Jackson and Ginger Noe (Phil) of Jackson and two brothers, Gerald T. Williams (Leona) of Pinson and Stephen Cory Williams (Tracy) of Pinson.
Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Friday, July 7, 2017 at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Tracy Snider officiating. Burial will follow in Faith Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Casey Chapel beginning at 10:00 AM Friday until service time at 3:00 PM Friday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2421