Mary Jane Leatherwood

Mary Jane Leatherwood

Mary Leatherwood Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 1, 2007.
Mary Jane Palmer Leatherwood, age 59, of Sevierville, Tenn., passed away February 28, 2007, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, John D. and Marie Simmons Vaughn of Simpsonville, S.C.

Survivors include her husband, Rex Leatherwood; children, Angela Garrett and husband, Phillip, Larry Leatherwood, and Laura Adams and husband, Elzie; grandchildren, Casey and Jayni Garrett, and Chandler and Garrett Adams, all of Sevierville, Tenn.; sisters, Judy Lamar and husband, Dick, of Greenwood, S.C., and Brenda Lancaster and husband, Billy, of Lexington, N.C.; brothers, Wayne Palmer of Greenville, S.C.; and Charles Palmer and wife, Mary Ann, of Simpsonville, S.C.; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Carol Baker and family and friends at Twin Mountain Campground of Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Services will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Rawlings Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Berrier and Rev. Bill Merritt officiating.

Interment will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2007, in Union Grove Cemetery, located off Douglas Dam Road.

The family will receive friends 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Rawlings Funeral Home.

You may share your thoughts and memories with the family on our website.

www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com

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