Mahaffey obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Mahaffey, Gracie Arlene Biddix   28 May 2003   Jun 2003   Christine Shannon
Mahaffey, Roy Ford                6 Mar 2011   Mar 2011   Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Kentwood News Ledger:  5/28/2003

MAHAFFEY, GRACIE ARLENE BIDDIX
Gracie Arlene Biddix Mahaffey, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Baton Rouge
General in Baton Rouge. She was 89, a resident of Baton Rouge and a native
of Mt. Herman. She was a homemaker.  Religious services were held at Seale
Funeral home in Denham Springs, interment at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
in Liberty, MS.  She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Violet
and J.D. Hunt, Kentwood and Gladys Arlene and Michael Foster, Baton Rouge;
two step-daughters, Mary B. Napeir, and Margie Day; two step-sons, C.T. and
Roy Mahaffey; three grandchildren, Rose H. Marez and Mark and Moses Hunt; 
nine great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, James
Daniel Mahaffey; her parents, William Harvey and Laura Ledford Biddix; and
a step-son, J.D. Mahaffey.  She was a longtime member of Bogue Chitto
Baptist Church, near Mt. Hermon.

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  3/6/2011

MAHAFFEY, ROY FORD
Roy Ford Mahaffey, 85, of Gillsburg, Miss., died Friday, March 4, 2011, at 
Field Memorial Community Hospital in Centreville, Miss. He was born Feb. 
15, 1926, in Osyka, Miss. He was a dairyman and a retired supervisor at 
Louisiana State Hospital with 14 years of service. He is survived by his 
wife, Mary Rose Travis Mahaffey; two sons, Ernest Mahaffey and Tommy 
Mahaffey and his wife, Shirley, all of Gillsburg; daughter, Darlene Varnado 
and husband, Jerry, Greensburg; five grandchildren, Tommy Mahaffey Jr., 
Glory Parham, Douglas Mahaffey Sr., Daniel Mahaffey and Lonnie Ann Moore; 
15 great-grandchildren; sister, Margie Dean Day; two half sisters, Gladys 
Foster and Violet Hunt; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded 
in death by his parents, Eliza Jane Shely and James Daniel Mahaffey; son, 
Wayne Mahaffey; son-in-law, Lonnie Moore; two brothers, John Mahaffey and 
Albert Mahaffey; two half brothers, J.D. Mahaffey and C.T. Mahaffey; and 
half sister, Mary Belle Napier. Visitation at New Zion Baptist Church, 
Kentwood, on Sunday, March 6, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visiting resumes at 
the church on Monday, March 7, from 8 a.m. until religious services at
2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Richard Sandberg. Interment in New Zion
Cemetery, Kentwood. Pallbearers will be Douglas Mahaffey Sr., Daniel 
Mahaffey, Travis Parish Jr., Bobbie Moore and Tommy Mahaffey Jr. 
Arrangements by McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood. Please sign the guestbook 
at www.mckneelys.com.

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