Marie Mayo

 Funeral services for Marie Mayo, 86, of Rusk are scheduled for 3 p.m., Monday, April 28, 2008 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Copeland and Rev. G.A. Stanfield officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mrs. Mayo died April 25, 2008 in a Jacksonville Hospital. She was born Sept. 21, 1921 in Trinidad, to the late William Jarrett and Minnie Stevens Stanfield. She was a resident of Rusk for 50 years formerly of Trinidad. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Rusk. She retired in 1994 after 14 years of service with Rusk ISD. Mrs. Mayo was a child care provider for 30 years and loved to cook. Some of her hobbies included arts and crafts. She was preceded in death by her husband Aubrey Mayo in 1997; two sisters, Odessa Ward and Leona Jackson; and a brother, Luther Stanfield. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Judy Mayo of Henderson, Jerry Don and Teresia Mayo of Chapel Hill; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Roy Griffin of Streetman; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m., Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the funeral home. Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress from 4/27/2008 - 4/28/2008.

MARIE MAYO

 

Funeral for Marie Mayo, 86, of Rusk was at 3 p.m. Monday in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Don Copeland and the Rev. G.A. Stanfield officiating.

Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Mayo died April 25. She was born Sept. 21, 1921, in Trinidad, to the late William Jarrett and Minnie Stevens Stanfield. She was a Rusk resident for 50 years, formerly of Trinidad. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Rusk.

She retired in 1994 after 14 years of service with Rusk ISD. Mrs. Mayo was a child care provider for 30 years.

Preceding her in death were her husband Aubrey Mayo in 1997; two sisters, Odessa Ward and Leona Jackson; and a brother, Luther Stanfield.

Survivors are two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Judy Mayo of Henderson and Jerry Don and Teresia Mayo of Chapel Hil; a daughter and sonin law, Linda and Roy Griffin of Streetman; eight grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends served as pallbearers.

April 2008 Information from the Cherokeean Herald