SPARKS —
Mary Betts McCranie, 79, of Sparks passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the Memorial Convalescent Center of Adel following a long illness. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sparks Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Boone Funeral Home, located at 202 N. Hutchinson Ave. in Adel.
Mrs. McCranie was born on Feb. 16, 1933 in Cook County to the late William Emmette Betts Jr. and Nellie Mae Rountree Betts. She lived in Cook County her entire life and was a homemaker, a member of the Pink Ladies Auxiliary and a member of the Sparks Baptist Church. She was the widow of the late Howard McCranie and was preceded in death by her sister, Martha Fendley.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Robert Greene and Kay and Carey Norton, all of Sparks; four grandchildren, Kristi and James Ashworth of Nashville, Keri and Craig Surrency of Sparks, Austin Norton of Sparks and Tyler Norton of Sparks; two great-grandchildren, Tanner Ashworth of Nashville and Brady Surrency of Sparks; and a brother and sister-in-law, Billy and Allie Jean Betts of Adel.
Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.boonefunerals.com.
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