Mazie K. O'Steen

Mazie Vivian King O'Steen, 80, died Thursday morning, July 30, 2009, at Cornerstone Hospice House, The Villages, Fla., following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Aug. 2, at 3 p.m. from the chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark, Ala. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Ozark, Ala. She was born Jan. 17, 1929, in Wytheville, daughter of the late Issaic Washington and Lucinda Amanda Cagle King. She was preceded in death by her youngest son, CW3 USA Mark Steven O'Steen; twin infant daughters, Donna and Rebecca; and the father of her children, Patrick Henry O'Steen Sr., MSG USA Retired. Survivors include three sons, James Michael O'Steen, and wife, June Andrews O'Steen, of The Villages, Fla., David Allen O'Steen, LTC USA Ret., and wife, Rhonda Hendricks O'Steen, of Lorton, and Patrick Henry O'Steen Jr. of The Villages, Fla.; a daughter, Janice Elaine O'Steen Freidhof, and husband, Barry Freidhof, MSG USA Ret., of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, James M. O'Steen Jr. of Ballwin, Mo., Kathy O'Steen Dodgen and husband, Tom Dodgen, of Auburn, Ala., Rebecca Carol O'Steen Bensema of Ozark, Ala., Alyssa O'Steen Cornett and husband, Brian Cornett, MSG USA Ret., of Enterprise, Ala., Wendy O'Steen Peterson of Dallas, Ga., Amanda O'Steen Hoskins and husband, Jacob Hoskins, Capt. USMC, of Abu Dhabi, UAE, April Freidhof Smith and husband, Neal Smith, of Atlanta, Ga., Shawn Freidhof of Denver, Colo., and Brittney O'Steen of Enterprise, Ala.; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; mother-in-law, Minnie Jackson O'Steen of Gadsen, Ala.; a brother, James King of Louisa; a sister, Louella King Willard of Crockett; and other loved relatives. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Cornerstone Hospice, 601 Casa Bella, The Villages, FL 32162. Online condolences may be made at www.holmanfuneralhome.com. Holman Funeral Home Inc. in Ozark, Ala., is in charge of the arrangements.