Mary Jo MCMINN

1931 - 2012  (81 years)

• Name	Mary Jo MCMINN
  Born	9 May 1931	McMinn Co., Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  _UID	D80DF2D42AA34118A07D2749DA73CCED64A6
  Died	4 Nov 2012	Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee
  Buried	McMinn Memory Gardens, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee
  Person ID	I154116	Branch 025 Alford Monroe Stafford, b. 8 Apr 1787
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Joe Earl STAFFORD,   b. 19 Jul 1930, Dyer Co., Tennessee ,   d. 20 Oct 1997  (Age 67 years)
  Married	10 Dec 1949	McMinn Co., Tennessee
  Notes	Married: Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 Name: Jae Earl Stafford Gender: Male Age: 19 Birth Date: abt 1930 Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1949 Marriage Place: McMinn, Tennessee, USA Spouse: Mary Jae McMinn Save
  Children	1. Galyon Earl STAFFORD,   b. 22 Jan 1952, Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee ,   d. 22 Apr 2019, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee  (Age 67 years)   2. Linda Faye STAFFORD,   b. 1956, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan ,   d. 20 Apr 2016, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F52379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Daily Post Athenian Nov 4, 2012 Mary Jo McMinn Stafford Mary Jo McMinn Stafford, 81, of Athens, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at her home. A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late James and Dema Moore McMinn and was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Joe Stafford; four brothers, Tommy, Jim, Jerry and infant brother, James McMinn; and one granddaughter, Michelle Croft. She retired from the Tidy Office Cleaning Service and was a member of Mt. Harmony Baptist Church in Riceville. Survivors include seven daughters and five sons-in-law, Dema Tucker and her fiancé, William Koester Jr., both of Jasper, Ga., Patsy Huckabey and her husband, Bill, Linda Ballew and her husband, Doyle, and Jewel Cline and her husband, Eugene, all of Athens, JoAnne Morgan and her husband, James, of Decatur, and Christy Hatfield and her husband, J.C., of Madisonville, and Misty Hamilton of Etowah; two sons, Gaylon Earl Stafford of Wartburg, and William Finley Stafford of Athens; 23 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one great-great-great-granddaughter; one brother and sister-in-law, E.L. McMinn and his wife, Anna Ruth, of Cleveland; one sister, Jane Smith of Athens; two sisters-in-law, Geraldine McMinn of Athens, and Gloria McMinn of Etowah; three brothers-in-law, Johnny Stafford of Cleveland, and Charlie Stafford and his wife, Martha, and Tommy Stafford and his wife, Gloria, all of Michigan; two sisters-in-law, Georgia Mae and her husband, Denzel, of Indiana, and Margie Stafford of Michigan; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. James Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in McMinn Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Cameron Hurn, Earl Peeler, Eric Brooks, Sam Mitteis, William Morgan and Jerry Morgan. An honorary pallbearer will be Keith McMinn. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A reception will follow at Pope Avenue Baptist Church, located at 301 Pope Street in Athens. Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.