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                     Mary Centers 
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            [April 02, 2007]  
            		
            		
            		DECATUR -- Mary Edna Centers, 93, of 
			Decatur, formerly of Latham, died Saturday, March 31, 2007, at 2:27 
			a.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital. 
							Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount 
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							| Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. 
							Wednesday at Latham Baptist Church, with the Rev. 
							Matthew Neale officiating. Burial will be in Lake Bank Cemetery, Latham. Mrs. Centers was a homemaker. She was born Aug. 8, 1913, at rural Mount Auburn 
							to William Harvey and Iva Pearl Ball Carr. She 
							marred Merlin James Centers on May 27, 1960, in 
							Arkansas, and he preceded her in death. She is survived by one stepson, Chuck (and Dian) 
							Centers of Decatur; one stepdaughter, Mary Ann Pyne 
							of Owensboro, Ky.; a stepdaughter-in-law, Dorothy 
							Comerford Centers; five grandchildren and nine 
							stepgrandchildren, including Ricky (and Vicki) 
							Harrell of Owensboro, Ky., Cathy (Martin) Kinney of 
							Louisville, Ky., Lisa (and DeWayne) Cox of Corydon, 
							Ind., Cami (and Chuck) Wexler of Corydon, Ind., Greg 
							(and Billie Jo) Centers of Decatur, Todd (and 
							Theresa) Centers of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Branwen 
							(and Adam) Stenger of Decatur, Stacia Clements of 
							Texas and Megan (and Chuck) Mazokopos of Wayland, 
							Mass.; nine great-grandchildren and 15 
							step-great-grandchildren; and two 
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							She was also preceded in death by one sister, Irene 
							Skaggs; one son Harvey Anton; one stepson, Gary 
							Centers; and one stepdaughter, Willa Mae Centers 
							Yagow. She was a member of Latham Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Latham Baptist Church or 
							Latham Fire and Rescue. 
							
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