Mary Lou Stevens

Mrs. Mary Lou Stevens, 73, of Bay, the widow of Mr. Horace "Friday" Stevens, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at her home in Bay. She was the daughter of the late Albert L. and Nettie Muse Jones and had been a lifelong Bay and Jonesboro area resident. She was a 1960 graduate of Bay High School and a member of Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by one brother, Arvel Jones.

She is survived by three sons, Vernon Stevens of Jonesboro, James Stevens and his wife, Tina, of Murray, Ky., and Tommy Stevens and his wife, Judy, of Bay;

One daughter, Helen Engelbrecht of Bay;

Two brothers, Lawrence Jones and Jerome Jones, both of Jonesboro;

Three sisters, Glenda Moman of Brookland and Gail Herndon and Betty Kirksey, both of Jonesboro; and

Sixteen grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the New Harvest Assembly of God Church in Brookland with the Rev. Marty Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Nettleton Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Tommy Stevens, James Stevens, Cody Sharp, Brandon Stevens, Josh Engelbrecht and Jonathan Stevens. Honorary pallbearers will be Vernon Stevens and Sammy Chambers. The family will receive visitors from 11:30 a.m. Thursday until service time at the church. An online guest register is available at www.howardfuneralservice.com