Mary Alice Dafferner passed away on September 25, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 30, 2018 from 2 pm to 4 pm with a funeral service to follow at Lakewood Funeral Home.
Mary was born on April 18, 1919 in Yazoo City, MS. She attended school at Yazoo City High School and MSCW. After graduating from MSCW, she moved to Knoxville TN and worked for TVA where she met her husband Roy Dafferner. They married on May 9, 1942 in Jackson, MS and resided in Jackson until moving to Riggs Manor in Raymond, MS.
She worked for several federal government agencies and retired from General Service Administration. After retiring, she and her husband Roy became Winter Texans. Every year they would go to Mercedes, Texas in October or November and stay until the following April. They made friends with many other Winter Texans from all over the US and Canada. Even after Roy passed away she continued to go to Texas. Mary Alice never met a stranger. If new people came to the park she was always one of the first to welcome them. Hobbies she enjoyed were Quilting, painting and woodcarving.
Mary is preceded in death by husband, Roy; parents, Charlie Smith Bennett and Daisy Peaster Bennett; brother, Charles Noblin Bennett. She is survived by daughter, Judy Fontenot (David); son, Charles “Jack” Dafferner; son, Jerry Dafferner (Laine); daughter, Jan Bailey (Bill); grandchildren, Steve Pittman, JJ Dafferner and Justin Hargon; great grandchildren, Hanna, Skylar, Joshua, Ashton and Jaysia.
