Mary Valerine Carson

The funeral service for Mrs. Mary Valerine Carson will be Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Elkins Funeral Home, Florence, with Dr. John Brock officiating. Burial will follow in Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the funeral home. Elkins Funeral Home is assisting the family.Mrs. Carson, 85, passed away Sunday, July 13, in Columbia, Tenn. She was a longtime resident of Florence, living her life in Alabama and Tennessee. She was active in her church until her illness prevented it. She loved her family and the outdoors.She is preceded in death by her parents, Will and Minnie Daniel; her loving husband of 49 years, Albert Reeder Carson; her son, William R. Carson; three sisters and one brother.Mrs. Carson is survived by daughter, Dr. Suellen Lee of Columbia, Tenn.; son, James Reeder Carson of Columbia, Tenn.; sisters, Margaret Jackson of Florence and Virginia Cornett of Hanceville, Ala.; grandchildren, Valerie Delorme, Suzy Seibels, Leigh Carson, Melissa Urbanz, Georgia Crandall, Alex Carson and Rachel Smith; and 14 great-grandchildren.Pallbearers will be Alex Carson, Kelly Seibels, Jack Jackson, David Delorme, Ham Perkins and Bill Douthitt. Honorary bearers will be Doug Richardson, Frank Lee and Harold Coonrod.