Mary Pate Emerson, age 76, died Saturday morning May 2nd, 2015 at Henderson Healthcare.
Miss Emerson was born and reared in the Phillips School Community of Chester County the daughter of the late Jesse Coleman and Nina Garner Emerson. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1956 and attended West Tennessee Business College. She worked all of her career at Jackson General Hospital as secretary to the office of engineering. She retired in 2001.
She is survived by a brother J. C Emerson, Jr. and wife Linda of Henderson, a sister Edna Emerson Jones and husband Lawrence of Jackson, a nephew Justin Emerson and wife Jenifer, a niece Brooke Emerson, and a great nephews Jesse Blake Emerson and Eoden Barnett and great niece Alane Barnett all of Henderson.
Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Bro. Ronnie Geary officiating. Burial will follow at Haltom’s Chapel Cemetery.
The family will receive friends beginning at 5:00 PM Monday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, Tennessee
731-989-2421