Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kerr, Mary Magdalene (May) June 24, 2016
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Wed. June 29, 2016

MARY MAGDALENE (MAY) KERR
Mary Magdalene (May) Kerr, "Granny", age 97 of Ionia,Michigan, was surrounded by 
prayer and love with her "babies" on June 24, 2016, as she peacefully climbed her 
final step of those golden stairs into Heaven, where she was greeted by her Lord 
and Savior,Jesus Christ, and reunited with her dear Momma.

Mary was born Jan. 28, 1919, in Sale Creek, Tennessee, to Thomas Edison May and 
Ida Rose (Miller) May, while her daddy instilled the word of the Lord into their 
family by reading aloud from the Bible every day, her Momma taught her how to love 
unconditionally and help those in need.

Mary loved nothing more than Jesus and her family, including being the Momma of 
eight children. She welcomed everyone to be a part of her family and told all who 
visited to just call her Granny. She was extremely blessed and proud to earn the 
honor of being, called Great-Great-Great Granny to six living generations. Granny 
loved visiting with family, praying; telling exciting stories of her long and hard 
but blessed life; cooking (biscuits and gravy, pancakes, mac-n-cheese, Southern 
cornbread coconut cake, the list goes on); growing and sharing her beautiful 
flowers; sewing (doll clothes, doll beds, baby and wedding albums, baby quilts, 
and other beautiful pieces); she loved listening to and singing Country and gospel 
music; writing poetry and country songs; and sending and receiving greeting cards 
She was a long-time member of the Moose Lodge in Ionia.

Mary always mentioned how blessed she was to be survived by all of her children; 
James(Rose) Kerr of Ionia, Mary "Barb" Morgan of Ionia, Andrew (Becky) Kerr of 
Battle Creek, Thomas Raymond (Carolyn) Kerr of Sheridan, Velma (Ken) Croff of 
Ionia, Valerie (Fred) Gave of Rockford, Dave (Cindy) Kerr of Ionia, and Debra 
Artis of Lansing. She is also survived by her sister Drucilla Suttles of Dayton, 
Tennessee; 31 grandchildren; 80 great-grandchildren; 52 great-great-grandchildren; 
and four great-great-great-grandchildren.

Mary was reunited in heaven with her parents; ex-husband Andrew Kerr Sr.; brothers 
Ernest, Walter, George, Paul and Bill; sister Myrtle; grandchildren; Tabatha, 
Kelly, Christine Renee, Jimmy, Mike and Kevin; great grandchildren; Casey, Steven 
Jr. and Gary; and great-great-grandchildren; Ryder and James.

Funeral service for Mary will be held at the Shiloh Community Church n Friday, 
July 1 at 11 a.m. wit Pastor Kenneth Harger officiating. Internment will be at 
Balcom Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Visitation will be on Thursday from 2-4 pm. and 6-8 
p.m. at Lake Funeral Home, 3521 South State road, Ionia, Mi. Those wishing may 
make memorial contributions to Zion Food Pantry. Online condolences may be made at 
www.lakefunerlhomes.com

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