Alma (Kerr) Mayes
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1944 - The Silver Lion
Carrollton High School
Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas
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OBITUARY

Alma Mayes, age 80, of Midlothian, passed away Friday, February 8, 2008 at Pleasant Manor Rehabilitation Center, Waxahachie. She was born July 14, 1927 in McKinney, Texas the fourth of ten children to Roger and Fannie Myrtle Kerr. Alma graduated from Carrollton High School. Since 1948, Alma lived with her faithful and loving husband of 60 years, Jack in Midlothian. She was a loving mother and homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Midlothian. She loved living in the peaceful country where she could enjoy beautiful scenery and her pet cattle. She was extremely involved the First Ladies National Beefmaster Association.

Alma is survived by her husband Jack; four children Michael Mayes and his wife, Debbi of Carthage, TX and their children, Brandon and Marcie, and granddaughter Kailee; Deborah Wilkins and her husband, Mark of Fort Smith, AR and their sons, Christopher and Matthew; Terry Mayes and his son, Austin of Seattle, WA; and Susan Mayes of Dallas; five sisters: Ruth Baker of Irving, Lois Good of Carrollton, Joyce Barkley of Dallas, Patricia Laufenberg and Phyllis Peters both of Portland, OR.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mary Pliske; brothers, Billy, Dudley and Harold Kerr.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10 AM Monday, February 11, 2008 in the chapel of the Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home at 511 W. Main St. with Chaplain Dan McClinton officiating. Interment will follow at the Sardis Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 PM Sunday, February 10, 2008 at the Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Waxahachie.

Visitation
Date Time
Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:00 to 6:00 PM

Visitation Location
Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home, Waxahachie, Texas
Service
Date Time
Monday, February 11, 2008 10:00 AM

Service Location
Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home Chapel, Waxahachie, Texas


Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

 

MAYES
JACK HENRY - MAR. 22, 1923 - BLANK
ALMA ANN - JULY 14, 1927 - FEB. 8, 2008
MARRIED SEPT. 10, 1947

Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Ellis County, Texas

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