Obituaries:  Mary Belle Dean Key Davis, Sabine Parish       D-120
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 5, 2003
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mary Belle Dean Key Davis

  Funeral services for Mary Belle Dean Key Davis, 86, were held at
1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003, at Warren Meadows Funeral Chapel
in Many. Interment followed at the Zwolle City Cemetery. Mary
Belle died Feb. 2, at IHS South nursing home, at the age of 86.

  Mary Belle was preceded in death by her parents, Abb and Villa
Dean; sisters, Annie Laurie Bundrick, Edna Curtis, and Katie
Carol McCallum; and brothers, Bill, and Julius Ray Dean. Mary
Belle is survived by her son, Ira Key of Many; daughter-in-law,
Carol Key; brother, Thomas Dean of Baton Rouge; three
grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

  Mary Belle was born August 29, 1916, in Coldwater. She lived and
worked for most of her life in Many. For 27 years, she owned and
operated the McNeely Coffee Shop, and later, for 15 years,
co-operated the Toledo Honda and Chain Saw Company with her son.
Mary Belle was truly an entrepreneur, who enjoyed serving others,
and greeted each of her many thousands of customers with a kind
word and a smile. She left behind an indelible legacy to all that
worked with her.

  If desired, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association
at www.alz.org.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.