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Submitted: 7/8/20 • Approved: 7/8/20 • Last Updated: 7/11/20 • R1327005-G1327003-S3
Mary Nell
Mar 6, 1936 - Apr 5, 2016
George
July 9, 1932 - Aug 9, 2013
Mary Nell Burkhart McVey was the baby girl of seven born to Fines and Blanche (Morgan) Burkhart on March 6, 1936 in Center Hill, Arkansas. On the morning of April 5, 2016, while she slept peacefully, Mary Nell joined her Lord, Jesus Christ in heaven.
Mary was only three years old when her mother died. Reared by her father and two older sisters, Lucille and Freda, she grew up to be a woman of warmth, compassion and integrity.
Married in 1955, Mary worked as a legal secretary in Searcy for several years and then chose to be a stay-at-home mom to her three children. Mary Nell and her late husband, George McVey, made their home in Des Arc, Arkansas in 1967 and together built their family business, McVey Logging Company serving as partner, parts runner and office manager.
Earlier in life, she enjoyed organizing her family's Burkhart-Morgan family reunions, being the family historian of all photos, documents and letters, and was care-giver to her father, mother-in-law and family friends, Eldon & Lula Grady. She read at least three books at a time, and spent every moment she could with a family member or friend. She entertained easily with quiet southern grace.
She made a profession of faith and was baptized in Searcy while attending West Race Baptist Church and was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church and the Golden Circle Sunday school class in Des Arc.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her siblings, and a great-grandson Edan Wilkinson.
She is survived by her two sons, Mike (Blenda) McVey of Beebe; Alan (Molly) McVey of Little Rock; one daughter, Renee (Billy) Haire of Des Arc; adored niece Diane (Gary) Crawford of Searcy; grandchildren Katie (Josh) Potter, Julie (Jon) Musser, Drew McVey and Adam (Brittany) Wilkinson; great-grandchildren Lily, Alice, Samuel and Maggie Potter and Gracie Hale Wilkinson; a brother-in-law Franklin (Gloria) McVey of Saratoga, Wyoming, and a host of nieces, nephews, family & friends who she loved and cherished.
Visitation will be at 1:00 pm with the service to follow at 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Roller-Daniel Funeral Home, Searcy with her Pastor Melvin York officiating. Interment will follow at White County Memorial Gardens, Searcy.
Pallbearers are Drew McVey, Adam Wilkinson, Josh Potter, Larry McVey, Richie Martin, and Marty Crawford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Mother's Day Out Ministry, P.O. Box 578, Des Arc, Arkansas 72040.
For online guest book, www.rollerfuneralhomes.com
Contributed on 7/8/20 by hawkinsdonna48
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