Mary Joyce Risner Stults was born August 16, 1944 in Collinwood, TN the daughter of the late Rex Risner and Mary Magdalene Franklin. Mrs. Stults departed this life on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabama at the age of 73 Years, 3 Months, 20 Days. A graduate of Draughns Business College, she was retired from Lifeway/Baptist Sunday School Board.
She is survived by three sisters, Mae Lois Kidder of Cincinnati, OH, Jewel Dean RIsner of Collinwood, TN, Sherry Odle of Waynesboro, TN, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Stults was preceded in death by husband Clifford Stults and sister Judy Franklin.
Services will be held on December 9, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors at Waynesboro in Waynesboro, Tennessee, with Paul Odle, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Blair Cemetery at West Point, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors officiating.
Pallbearers include Jeff Kidder, Tracy Odle, Tim Kidder, Eric Kidder, Austin Wilson, and Aaron Wilson with Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Kidder and Paul Elbert Odle Sr. serving as honorary pallbearers.