Mary Ellen Stevens
Mrs. Mary Ellen Stevens, 80, a resident of Union City, died April 4, 2024, at Jackson Purchase Medical Center.
Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Saturday at St. James’ Episcopal Church. The Rev. Chuck McMillen officiated.
Visitation was 11 a.m. until the funeral hour Saturday at the church.
White-Ranson Funeral Home was in charge of services.
Mrs. Stevens was born on Oct. 26, 1943, in Calhoun City, Miss., to the late Clarence Winfred and Maggie Mae (Womble) Reese. She proudly continued the tradition of obstinate women in her family. After putting herself through law school, she went on to work as an Assistant District Attorney in Obion County and in private practice in Union City. She was a member of St. James’ Episcopal Church, the Tennessee Bar Association and the Obion County Junior Auxiliary.
She is survived by two daughters, Catherine Stevens Garrigan and husband, Kelly, of Clarksville, and Sara Stevens Burnett and husband, Ben, of Union City; four grandchildren, Sean and Julia Garrigan of Clarksville and Eliza and Brower Burnett of Union City; and her sister, Myra Shaw of Oxford, Miss.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, Charles Reese; and grandson, William Burnett.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: http://www.white-ranson.com.
Published in The Messenger 4.10.24