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Posted 8:58 pm  Friday, August 03, 2012


Mary Richardson
Services for Mary Frances Manning Richardson, 87, of Tyler are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Ernest S. Sterling Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Zeb Cantley officiating.

Burial will be in Chandler Community Cemetery under direction of Brooks-Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler.
Mrs. Richardson died July 28, 2012, in Tyler.

She was born July 8, 1925, in Chandler and was a lifelong resident of Smith County. She attended Chandler public schools, was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and was retired.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Forness Manning and Mary Ann Diggins Manning; husband, Theo Richardson; son, Michael Richardson; one sister; and one brother.

Survivors include daughters, Carol Jones, Hellen Leonard, Charlya Hopkins and Mary Wideman; sister, Olga A. Lacy; 11 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Viewing will be 2 from 8 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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