June 24, 2003

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, June 24, 2003

The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries for residents, former residents and residents’ immediate family members who resided elsewhere when notified by a family member or a funeral home. There is no charge for printing an obituary, but all are edited to meet the newspaper’s requirements.

Mary Marie Fuller

MONTICELLO, Miss. Mary Marie Fuller died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at Lawrence County Nursing Home in Monticello, Miss. She was 83.

Email newsletter signup

Sign up for The Vicksburg Post's free newsletters

Check which newsletters you would like to receive
  • Vicksburg News: Sent daily at 5 am
  • Vicksburg Sports: Sent daily at 10 am
  • Vicksburg Living: Sent on 15th of each month

A resident of Monticello, Mrs. Fuller was a homemaker and a member of East Lincoln Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Hezzie E. Fuller; and her parents, Robert William Ballard and Josie Lambert Ballard.

Survivors include a son, Billy Joe Fuller of Vicksburg; two daughters, Aby Smith and Dianne Jordan, both of Brookhaven; a sister, Katherine Boyd of Jayess, Miss.; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at East Lincoln Baptist Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Harrigill Funeral Home in Brookhaven.

Visitation will be from 5 until 9 tonight and from 8 until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mary Teresa Kenney Hynes

A Mass of the Resurrection will be said for Mary Teresa Kenney Hynes at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael Catholic Church with the Rev. Patrick J. Curley officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday with a prayer vigil at 6:30 at the funeral home and from 9 a.m. until the Mass Thursday at the church.

Mrs. Hynes died Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at River Region Medical Center. She was 88.

A native of Worcester, Mass., Mrs. Hynes moved to Vicksburg in 1992. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church.

She was a registered professional physical therapist during the 1930s and 1940s when the nation experienced epidemics of polio, whooping cough, scarlet fever and German measles. She was a lifetime member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

During World War II, she treated the effects of contagious diseases. She continued work as a physical therapist at a school for handicapped children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent Michael Hynes; her parents, Michael David and MaryAnn Moriarty Kenney; and a brother, the Rev. Ambrose Kenney.

Survivors include a son, Dr. Michael V. Hynes of Los Angeles; a daughter, Dr. Mary Ellen Hynes of Vicksburg; nieces and nephews; and other relatives, including Dr. Susan V. Atchley.

Memorials may be made to St. Michael Catholic Church, 100 St. Michael Place, Vicksburg, MS 39180.