Mavis McGee (9-2-11)

MAYSVILLE – Mavis Ellen McGee, 76, died Friday, September 2, 2011, at Northridge Medical Center in Commerce.

Born in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Unie Belle Smith Howard. She was preceded in death by sons, Johnny L. McGee and Odis McGee.

Survivors include her children, Sondra McGee Romero, North Carolina, Janice Lee Evans, Rose Bibby Davidson, and Jesse E. McGee, all of Maysville; siblings, Robert Howard and Franky Howard, both of Florida, and Merle Ranew, Vidalia; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 7, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Sunrise Cemetery in Maysville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday, September 6, from 4 to 9 p.m. and at other times at the residence located at 422 Panhandle Circle in Maysville.

Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.