Sister Mary Evelyn HAILEY

HAILEY, Sister Mary Evelyn Age 87, died on May 4, 2010 at Summit Hospital after a short illness. Sister was born in Nashville, TN on August 4, 1922, to Robert and Effie St. Roman Hailey. She entered the Sisters of Mercy on February 2, 1942 and made Profession of Vows on August 16, 1944. Sister received her early education at Cathedral School in Nashville, BS degree from Athenaeum of Ohio and MS degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati. She did post graduate work at Stubenville College, University of Dayton, Xavier in Chicago, Memphis State University and St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX. Sister served in several ministries of the Sisters of Mercy: 28 years as Teacher and/or Principal in Parochial schools in Tennessee and Ohio, 6 years as a member of the Leadership Team of the Cincinnati Region and 18 years as a Patient Representative in Mercy Hospital in Lima, OH and Knoxville, TN. Upon her retirement in 1998, she continued her ministry of prayer for those in need. She was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her sister, Evelyn Walker, and her brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Shirley Hailey, and devoted nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Mercy Convent, 2629 Pennington Bend Road on Thursday, May 6, 2010 from 6-9 p.m., with Wake Service at 7 p.m. Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at Mercy Convent on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10 a.m., followed by burial at Calvary Cemetery. Nephews will service as Pallbearers. MARSHALL DONNELLY COMBS, (615) 327-1111.