Mary Stokes

Mary Frances Cayce Stapp Stokes, 90, Clarksville, started her eternal life on Jan. 22, 2009. A celebration of her life will be held during a graveside ceremony at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, January 24 from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home. She was born October 10, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Calvin and Bessie Lloyd Cayce. Mrs. Stokes was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. She retired from Sears and then continued to work with the Mature Worker Program until her early eighties. Her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were a source of great joy to her. She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas Calvin Stapp; her brother, Lucian Cayce; and her granddaughter, Deborah Johnson Karrigan. She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Stapp Johnson of Nashville, and one sister, Cecile Carter Elder of Guthrie, Ky.; grandchildren, Joann Johnson Phelps, Anthony Slayton Johnson, Mary Margaret Stapp Davis, Shellie Stapp Parchman, and Thomas Cayce Stapp; and ten great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Anthony Slayton Johnson, Slayton Johnson, Cayce Stapp, Brian Davis, Jeff Parchman, Bond W. Welch and Bobby Seay. Memorials may be made to Buddy Ball Special Needs Athletics, 1249 Paradise Hill Road, Clarksville, TN 37040 or Friendship United Methodist Church, 7177 Friendship Church Road, McLeansville, NC 27301.