Mary Y. Blevins

Friday, February 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel, 500 S. Main Street in Vandalia, Missouri 63382.
Officiating will be:
Music provided by: selected favorite hymns.
Interment will be in the Allen Family Cemetery in Ralls County, Missouri.
Pallbearers: Tommy Blevins, Donald Kirk, Steve Olivares, Tony Allen and Bennie Lee Byron.

Mary Yvonne Blevins passed away at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, February 8, 2008 at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. She grew up in Middletown and Curryville and attended area schools. Mary moved to Texas in 1965 and made her home in the Corrigan, Texas area. She was a Christian by faith and enjoyed deer hunting, antique collecting, growing flowers, painting and drawing.

Born: April 26, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri the daughter of Edgar Wallace and Jewell Norene (Jones) Blevins.

Married:

Survivors include: three sons: Kevin R. Nolan of Conroe, Texas; Donald R. Kirk and his fiancee, Nichole Trosclair of Rye, Texas; Anthony W. Nash of Lufkin, Texas; two daughters: Kathryn G. Olivares of Corrigan, Texas and Monica L. Woods of Fresno, California; three brothers: Ronald L. Blevins of Cleveland, Texas; Tommy Blevins of Auxvasse, Missouri; Joe Blevins of Fredrickstown, Ohio; one sister, Judy Allen of rural Vandalia, Missouri; Jose Pedro Olivares of Corrigan Texas; 17 grandchildren: Jordan M. Nolan and Karsen R. Nolan of Clayton, North Carolina; Elizabeth Kirk, Emily Kirk, Vanessa Kirk and Aaron Kirk all of Spring, Texas; Trystan Trosclair and Ashleigh Trosclair of Rye, Texas; Rachael Woods, Matthew Woods and Chelsea Woods all of the state of California; Erica Soto, Carlos Soto, Dalia Olivares, Hollie Olivares and Gerardo Vera, Steve Olivares and Jennifer Olivares all of Corrigan, Texas; three great-grandchildren: Natalya Soto, Sebastian Vera and Gabriel Vera all of Corrigan, Texas.

Preceded in death by: parents; one daughter, Kathy Nolan.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are encouraged to the American Cancer Society, P O Box 972, Mexico, Missouri 65265-0972.