Mary LaVerne Willingham

May 22, 1945 - January 9, 2013

Mary L. Willingham was born May 22,1945. She had three sisters and two brothers: Charlene, Linda, Wanda, David and Carl. To my understanding one sibling is still alive, Linda. They were close, so close she gave her sister a nick name called Susie( Susan). I always wanted to know why she called her that, and then recently I found out. It was a great story. My mema is an amazing woman. She gave birth to four kids, but later down the road two more got introduced to the family. Four girls and two boys:Janine, Kay, Stacy, Vera, Allen and James. Janine had one son named Austin, Kay had two : Donovan and A.J., Stacy had one, Vera hMary L. Willingham was born May 22,1945. She had three sisters and two brothers: Charlene, Linda, Wanda, David and Carl. To my understanding one sibling is still alive, Linda. They were close, so close she gave her sister a nick name called Susie( Susan). I always wanted to know why she called her that, and then recently I found out. It was a great story. My mema is an amazing woman. She gave birth to four kids, but later down the rhode two more got introduced to the family. Four girls and two boys:Janine, Kay, Stacy, Vera, Allen and James. Janine had one son named Austin, Kay had two : Donovan and A.J., Stacy had one, Vera had two : Jason and Michael, Allen had five: Brandi, Josh, David, Robert, and Sabrina, and James had three: Melissa, Amanda and James. She had 16 great grand kids and loved every single one of them. She treated us all the same no matter we were blood or brought in by marriage. My mema made sure everyone was very much taking care of. Lol she always told my poppy what to do and when it didn’t listen she would scream Don, I’m not joking. Wish I could here that again. Her and my aunt Shawn opened a daycare. Taking care of little kids brightened up her day. She made sure them kids got delicious meals, fun activities, and felt loved. They knew it and so did there parents. She recently closed the daycare a year ago. Her health got to bad and she needed time to herself with her husband Don.