Mary Lou Hand

Mary Lou Hand January 5, 1905 - June 4, 2004 PHENIX CITY, AL - Mary Lou Hand, 99, of Phenix City, died Friday, June 4 in Smiths Station, Ala. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, June 6 at Pine Grove Cemetery in Phenix City. Her grandson, Gary Burdeshaw, will be officiating according to Colonial Funeral Home, 613 14th Street, Phenix City. Visitation will be this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Hand was born Jan. 5, 1905 in LaGrange, Ga., the daughter of the late Carrie Elizabeth Teel Anderson and Stephen Loveless Anderson. She retired after 25 years as a spinner for Swift Textiles. She was a Baptist by faith and was preceded in death by her son, Denver Lee Hand. Survivors include daughters, Merylon Dunn of Smiths Station and Evelyn Burdeshaw of Phenix City; four grandchildren, Gary and Diane Burdeshaw of Phenix City, Glenda and James Evans of Conyers, Ga., Marsha and Sonny Smith of Daphne, Ala., Donna and Mack Eastridge of Phenix City; nine great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren. The family requests that no flowers be sent and those so desiring may make contributions to Columbus Hospice, 7020 Moon Road, Columbus, GA 31909. Those who wish may sign the online guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneralhome.com