Mary Elizabeth Reeves Falkenberry, 81, was born September 28, 1939 in Castleberry, Alabama to the late James Willie and Edna Marie Roundtree Reeves. She was called to her Heavenly home on July 30, 2021 in Axis, Alabama surrounded by her loving family. Mary was a long-time member of Bayou Sara Baptist Church and remained very active within her church. She worked in the Nursery for forty plus years, sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, and Vacation Bible School. Mary took great pride in assisting with the Food Bank and making sure the bulletins were folded and ready for Sunday. She was the kind of person that would see a need and try to fulfill that need. Mary was a homemaker and loved caring for her family. She enjoyed baking, sewing, crafts and cooking. Mary absolutely loved working in her yard, tending to her flowers and manicuring her lawn. There was an ongoing competitive spirt for yard of the month between Mary and her friends. Mary will be remembered as having a Servants Heart and her love for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; Leslie M. Falkenberry, three brothers: infant brother, Wayne Reeves, Leon Reeves, three sisters: Eloise Green, Juanita Jernigan, and Dorothy Ellis.
Left to cherish Mary’s beautiful memories will be her three children: James Falkenberry and wife Bridgette, Rhonda Falkenberry Langley and husband Todd, Amy Falkenberry Gleason and husband Steve, two sisters: Janella Baggett, Doris Castleberry and husband David, nine grandchildren: Erica Moore and husband Jeremy, Josh Falkenberry and wife Melissa, David Sutton and wife Nicole, Rachel Ellison and husband Sam, Tim Gleason and wife Kristina, Matthew Gleason and wife Kali, Alex Gleason, Felisha Langley, Lance Langley, fourteen great-grandchildren, along with many extended family members and a host of wonderful friends.
In lieu of flowers the family has expressed memorials be made to Bayou Sara Baptist Church, 12 Bayou Sara Ave, Saraland, Alabama 36571, to the Food Bank or to Debt Retirement.
The family would like to express their sincerest gratitude towards the staff of Southern Care Hospice, Melissa Wulff of Kindred Palliative Care, for the professional care and compassion that was provided. A special thank you to her church family and friends for the prayers and condolences that have been expressed.
Celebration of Life services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Radney Funeral Home, Saraland, Alabama with Brother Dennis Dunn officiating. Interment will immediately follow on the grounds of Forest Lawn Memorial Garden, Saraland, Alabama.
The family will be receiving guests for visitation from 10:00 AM until time of service at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, at Radney’s.
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