Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:03 pm Friday, December 21, 2012

Mamie Ruth Daily

Mamie Ruth Daily

December 19, 2012

Mamie Ruth Daily, 83, died Dec. 19, 2012, at Huntsville Hospital.

She was born on Nov. 19, 1929, to Fernando Hester and Wilson Hester Taylor who have preceded her in death. She most recently was a resident of Madison County, but had lived in the Crooked Oak Community of Colbert County most of her life. She was a member of Centerview Church of Christ in Russellville and retired from Reynolds Metals Company.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, John B. Daily Jr.; son, Danny Robert Daily; brother, Trennis Hester.

She is survived by two daughters, Sandra Hester, Madison, and Susan Emmons and husband, Phillip, Iuka, Miss.; grandchildren , Rusty Daily, Huntsville, Katie Willingham and husband, Brad, Tuscumbia, John Watts, Madison, Allison Daily, Nashville, Tenn., and Alesha Provins and husband, Jordan, Iuka, Miss.; great-grandchildren, Annaston and Wyatt Provins, Iuka, Miss., and Jackson Porter, Nashville, Tenn.;  sister, Lois Hester and husband, Gene, Russellville; nieces and nephew, Deborah Glasgow and husband, Joe, Russellville, Rhonda Hudson and husband, Mark, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Raymond Hester and wife, Sherrie, Russellville, and a host of cousins, great nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Brad Willingham, Tyler Elkins, Raymond Hester, Joe Glasgow, Cody Glasgow and Jordan Provins.

Honorary bearers were Thurman Howard and Gene Hester.

Funeral services were Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at the Pinkard Funeral Home chapel in Russellville, with Charlie Britnell officiating. Burial was in Franklin Memory Gardens.

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