Mrs. Mary Neil Davis Overton, age 88 passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at her residence in Whiteville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 5, 2013 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday, January 5, 2013 from 12-2 P.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Whiteville. Mrs. Overton was preceded in death by her husband: Marcial Overton, her parents: Harry and Pearle Davis, one son: Danny Overton, one brother: Delmos Davis, and two sisters: Edna Coburn and Fannie Kate Castleman, and one son-in-law: James Cowan.
She is survived by two sons: Larry Overton (Linda), Brownsville, TN, and Marty Overton (Laura), Brooksville, FL, two daughters: Roselyn Cowan, Whiteville, TN and Kaye Baum (Jim), Germantown, TN, four grandchildren: Marcia Joyner, Roger Cowan, Cindy Currie and Teresa Wallis, nine great- grandchildren and three great-great- grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 5583 Murray Road, Suite 110, Memphis, TN 38119, the American Heart Association, 2170 Business Center Drive, Suite 1, Memphis, TN 38134, or First Baptist Church of Whiteville, P.O. Box 5, Whiteville, TN 38075.