Mary Elizabeth Sullivan

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan obituary, Bells, TN

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan

Mary Sullivan Obituary

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Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, age 76, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home, with Bro. Charles Yawn officiating. A visitation will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2024, from 11:30 A.M. until the service hour at 1:00 P.M.

Miss Mary was born in Bells, TN, on December 17, 1947, to the late James Henry “Jim” Sullivan and Flossie Mae Goode Sullivan.   She was a lifelong member of the Crossroads Church of Christ. Miss Mary loved the color pink, baby dolls, her special dollars and singing her special hymns. Miss Mary was also preceded in death by three brothers: Donald L. Sullivan, Stanley Dyer, and Larry W. Sullivan.

She is survived by one brother:  Bobby Neal Sullivan of Bells, TN; three special nieces:  Brenda Stanley (Frank) of Jackson, TN, Karen Sayers (Brian) of Floyds Knob, IN, Christina Selph (Brent) of Jackson, TN; several great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great nieces, great-great nephews that she adored.  And numerous extended family and friends.  A special thank you to her wonderful caregivers with Madison Haywood that we all consider family: Renee, Veronica and Marilyn, and many others.

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