SPRING HOPE - Mary Nell Kearney Boykin, 87, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at her home. Funeral service was held Saturday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Tabernacle, with the Rev. Mark Tondee and the Rev. Bobby Murrill officiating. The family received friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall. Interment followed in Bunn Memorial Gardens.
She was born in Vance County to the late Samuel Crawford and Sadie Wheeler Kearney. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Millard Guy Murray and Albert Dewey Boykin; her son, Keith Murray; one grandson; and her siblings, Esther Lowery, Edward, Robert, Justice, Howard and Clarence Kearney.
Surviving: her daughter, Janice Mills (Brooks) of Spring Hope; step-daughter, Jean Goff (Prince) of Snow Hill; sisters, Frances White (Ronald) of Rolesville, Mavis Cash of Rocky Mount, Edith Jenkins (John) of Jacksonville, Fla., Sandra Hall (B.B.) of Butner; brothers, David Kearney (Denise) of Georgia, and Brantley Kearney (Kay Dee) of Havelock; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Tabernacle, 394 Ferrells Bridge Road, Louisburg, NC 27549 or to Good News Baptist, 13212 NC Hwy 98 W., Spring Hope, NC 27882.
Arrangements are being handled by Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, 804 N. Bickett Boulevard, Louisburg, Online condolences may be made to www.lancasterfcs.com. |