Mary Kimsey

Mary Kimsey, 81, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 in a local healthcare facility. She was preceded in death by her husband, James T. Kimsey; parents, Frank and Mary Clement Lawson; step-father, Millard Ratcliff; brothers, Ralph Lawson and Tommy Junior Lawson; and sister, Bonnie Ruth Branam. Survivors include two sons, Buddy Kimsey and wife Sheila of Charleston, TN and James Thomas Kimsey, Jr. and wife Vicky of Cleveland; sisters, Geraldine Helton of Toledo, OH and Widdie Morris and husband Jerry of Cleveland; six grandchildren, Mandy Scoggins and Mike, Catherine Turner and Brad, Jonathan Kimsey, Kristen Nelson and Anthony, Kevin Buttrey, and James Thomas Kimsey III; four great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grissom Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Caffrey officiating. Interment will follow in Zion Hill Cemetery in Turtletown, TN with Kevin Buttrey, Tommy Kimsey III, Jonathan Kimsey, Mike Scoggins, Brad Turner, Ronnie Prater, and Anthony Nelson serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 12 - 2 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.grissomfh.net.