Mary Jean Minton

Mary Jean Minton, 73, of LaFollette, died July 21, at the Tennova Hospice, in Knoxville. Mary was a member of Indiana Avenue Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading her Bible, tending to her flowers, going to Royal Blue to see the flowers and the elk, collecting jewelry and loved spending time with her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Troy and Ella Mae Holman Williams; brothers, Clyde, Robert, Earl and Dewey Williams; sisters Christine Boshears and Dorothy Wilson.
She is survived by husband of 55 years, Charles B. Minton, of Lafollette; son, Charles Troy Minton, of Florida; daughter Ella Jean Minton, of Knoxville; special daughter Tina Petree- Shewbrooks, of Clinton; sisters, Anna Jewell Myers and Eva Mae Caldwell, both of Lafollette, and Lois Allen, of Clinton; grandchildren Charles Tanner Minton, of Florida, and Jeremy Minton, of Michigan; great-grandchild, Jordan Minton, also of Michigan; brothers-in-law, Bobby and wife, Oma, Minton, of Duff, J.T. and wife, Hazel Minton, of Georgia, Billy Minton, of Lafollette, and Joe Minton, of Duff; special friend, Linda Kitts, and all the friends at the Diner; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held July 24, with the Rev. Ronnie Arnold officiating. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.