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Mae Rae Garner

Marks, MS

May 9, 1933 - October 24, 2020

Mae Rae Garner Obituary

Mae Rae Garner, age 87, passed away October 24, 2020 at Methodist Germantown in Memphis, TN. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 12 o'clock noon until service time beginning 1:30 p.m. in The Chapel of Kimbro Funeral Home in Marks, MS. Interment to follow in Lambert Memorial Cemetery, Lambert, MS. Mae Rae was born May 9, 1933 and grew up in Marks, MS. She was a cheerleader at Marks High School where she graduated. She was crowned Ms. Marks in 1951. She married her husband William B Garner of Lambert Mississippi. She and William moved to Memphis in 1956. Mae Rae retired from Cargill Inc. after 35 years of service. She also retired from Memphis Gastroenterology after 15 years of service. Mae Rae was very devoted to her family, including her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mae Rae was an avid football fan, especially to the Ole Miss Rebels. She attended numerous games and Grove gatherings with her family and friends through the years. Mae Rae is survived by her twp daughters, Dixie Garner Mangum (Phil) and Patti Garner Dillon (James); her sister, Elizabeth Ann Arrison of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She also leaves behind four grandchildren; Brandy Barraugh (Lint), Kacie Halliburton (Drew), Tyler Dillon (Austin) and Taylor Dillon (Ali Beth Jenkins), five great-grandchildren; Drew Dillon and Ava Tyler Dillon, Garner Lynn Barraugh, and Mallory Halliburton and Meredith Halliburton. Also, her sister-in-law, Jean Jennings Collins (Dow), and niece, Carole Anne Furniss (Joe). She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Oscar Simpson Jr. and Charles Simpson, and her husband William B. Garner. Kimbro Funeral Home 662-326-2881 www.KimbroFuneralHome.net

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