Mary J. KENT

BATTERY PARK - Mary Jo Kent, 84, passed away Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.
Mary Jo was born in Black Mountain, N.C., the daughter of the late John Vernon Sr. and Nettie Rice Harrison. She had resided in Isle of Wight County since 1965. She had been a security officer at the Surry Nuclear Power Station and had worked in the cafeteria at Gwaltney Foods, Smithfield.
A woman of deep abiding faith, Mary Jo was a member of Smithfield Christian Church. She lived her life by the "golden rule". She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
In addition to her parents, her brother, John V. Harrison Jr. and a granddaughter, Angela Jean Kent, preceded her in death.
Mary Jo is survived by her three sons, John Kent and his wife, Jackie, of Montgomery, Ala., C. Wayne Kent and wife, Judy, of Dendron, Va., and Michael Kent and his fiancE, Patricia, of Waynesville, N.C.; four sisters, Rebecca Lunsford of Pensacola, Fla., Ruth Nix, Martha Moore and Doris Thomas all of Hot Springs, N.C.; her brother, John Harrison of Asheville, N.C.; five grandchildren, Wendy Michelle McClure, Jennifer Kent, Christopher Kent, Donald Edwards and Angela Grant; and 10 great-grandchildren, Grace, Sam, Benjamin, Maggie, and Mary McClure, Alex and Collier Kent, Braden Grant, Dennis Maddrey and Brandon Edwards; numerous nieces and nephews and extended friends and family to include, Regina Faulkner.
Family and friends will gather from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, in Colonial Funeral Home for visitation and at other times in the home. A graveside funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, in Meadowbrook Memorial Park, Suffolk, with the Rev. Jack Perry officiating.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Smithfield Christian Church, 18420 Battery Park Road, Smithfield, 23430.
Arrangements are in the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.