Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Mary Alice Mason Woods Larkins, accompanied by joyous and singing Angels, passed into His Kingdom from the Christian Care Center of Johnson City, Tn. [it-exchange-member-content membership_ids=”485,313″]
Born February 20, 1921 in Hugoton, she was the daughter of Noman and Bess Mason.
Mary Alice was a devoted Christian, a tireless servant of the Almighty, and the anchor of faith for her family. She was a kind and happy person, a gentle but firm matriarch of the Woods and Larkins families, and will be missed by everyone whose life and heart she touched, if only for an instant.
Mrs. Larkins worked for a prestigious Farmington law firm as a legal secretary, and after retirement, became the secretary to the administrator of Farmington Memorial Hospital until her final retirement from work in 1982. After living in Farmington, N.M. for 49 years, Mary Alice moved to Ponchatoula, La. in 2000 to be with her daughter. In 2008 she moved to Tennessee, where she made her home at Christian Care Center in Johnson City for the past three and a half years.
Mary Alice had a long life. While it was filled with probably more than her share of challenges and heartache, it was also filled with the love of her family and Jesus, who watched over her closely and never gave her more than she could handle. She glorified Him in all she said and did, with a generous heart and a very sharp mind. Mary Alice will be missed on this earth, although all who knew and loved her are well aware that she most likely will have many, many crowns for her good works and caring heart in Heaven.
Mary Alice was preceded in death by first husband Charles Lee Woods; her second husband Melvin H. Larkins, Sr.; parents Noman and Bess Mason; one brother, J. B. Mason; and three sisters, Edith Maxcy, Ethel McCurry and Norma Delay.
Survivors include her children, Stephen and Ethel Woods of Blountville, Tn. and Jannell and Don Baudouin of Ponchatoula; her grandchildren, Bobby Oliphint and wife Trudy of Spring, Tx., Leanne Leonard and husband Francis of Orlando, Fl., Markey Donnell Hand and husband George IV of Las Vegas, Nv., Rebecca Durham of Farmington and Jodi Flanagan of Ponchatoula; her stepgrandson Nathan Baudouin and wife Mindy of Luling, La.; her brother Eugene Mason and wife Marge of Ft, Collins, Co.; stepdaughters, Melba Ducote of Denham Springs, La. and Jean Arinder and husband Jerry of Farmington; stepson Melvin Larkins, Jr. and wife Carol of New Port Richey, Fl.; great grandchildren, Bobby, Randi, Melissa, Stephen, Bridget, Francis, Melody, Daniel, Regan, George, Ryan, Camryn, Bayleigh, Ella and Sophie; a multitude of stepgrandchildren and stepgreatgrandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Mary Alice will be cremated and a memorial service and burial will be in Hugoton at a later date.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family and viewed online or faxed to 423-610-7177. Arrangements for the Larkins family are in the care of Tetrick Funeral Services, 3001 Peoples St., Johnson City, Tn. 37604. 423-610-7171. [/it-exchange-member-content]