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Submitted: 9/12/16 • Approved: 9/26/20 • Last Updated: 9/29/20 • R1154665-G1154665-S3
May 1, 1929 - September 12, 2014
*Obituary
Mavis Massey Hager, 85, passed away Friday, September 12, 2014 in her home at Home Style Assisted Living in Springdale, Arkansas. The family offers gracious thanks to the kind staff members and owners of HomeStyle Living for the care given to our mother and grandmother over the past year. Mavis M. Hager was born May 1, 1929 in Stone County, Arkansas near Alco, the daughter of Cora Mae Richardson and Leonard Wilson Massey. Mavis Richardson (King) married Paul James Hager March 04, 1949. She is survived by her two children: daughter, Marilyn S. Hillsman and her husband, William A. Hillsman of Warrensburg, Missouri and son, James (Jim) W. Hager, and his wife, Pam A. Hager of Springdale, Arkansas; Six grandchildren Michelle (Gifford) White, Felicia Gifford, Whitnee (Hager) Mills, Naomi (Hillsman) Robertson, Charity (Hillsman) Stapp, and Brent Hager; ten great-grandchildren Ciara D. Fewell, Mark Fewell, Meagan White, Hailey Shonkwiler, Tyler White, William Stapp, Cole Hager, Micah Mills, Hannah Hager, and Caleb Hager. Mavis was a lifelong homemaker who loved her family and God. She lived her faith daily, and was kind to those she encountered. She loved to cook, and to design and sew beautiful clothing.
Mavis was preceded in death by her husband, Paul James Hager, her brother William King, son-in-law Reggie R. Gifford, great-granddaughter, Lydia Grace Mills, and step-granddaughter Tamara Jayne Hillsman.
Graveside Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 14, 2014 at the Levisy Flat Cemetery in Mountain View, Arkansas, with Rev. Don Strait officiating.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Gideon’s International.
Contributed on 9/12/16 by sandhollow
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