Mary A. Ling, 91, Formerly of Carthage, KY., passed away Easter morning April 4th at Owensboro Medical Health System. A native of Campbell County, Kentucky, Mary was the widow of Roger L. Ling and resided on her farm in the Carthage Community near Alexandria, Ky until she movedto Owensboro in July of 2009. Born October 9th, 1918 Mary was the daughter of Charles Ward and Maude (Dawson) Gray. . She married Roger Ling on Sept. 27th, 1939. Mary was a member of the Carthage United Methodist Church, and was a delegate to the United Methodist Annual Conference. She loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren, her flowers, yard and taking care of her farm. She was especially fond of cooking for and entertaining her children and their families. Surviving Mary are her daughters, Sharon L. Kurtz and her husband William of Owensboro and Carolyn L. Campbell and her husband William of Naperville, Ill.,her grandchildren, Beth McDearman of Louisville, John Kurtz of Owensboro, Natalie Christine Campbell of Seattle and William Clay Campbell of Naperville, Ill. and 9 great grandchildren. In addition to her parents and her husband, Mary was preceded in death by her brothers,Loran and George Gray and her sister, Thelma Gray. Also she was preceded in death by two great grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Carthage United Methodist Church, 3427 Carthage Rd, California, Ky 41007 at 2 pm, Thurs, April 8th. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. just prior to the funeral at the church. Burial will be at the Mount Gilead Cemetery Carthage, KY. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Carthage United Methodist Church.
God Bless Mary and may he console her family.
ReplyDeleteAm writing from Germany where we are on vacation until May 4. Certainly am sorry we can't get to the services. Mary was a good lady and a good friend to my mother, Loretta.
Condolences to all.
Jerry and Carol Ling
Somewhere in Heaven, someone is having a fantastic home cooked Saturday lunch and will have a great early evening nap!
ReplyDeleteI visited Mary last year to gather information about my grandfather, Howard Ling's family.
She was the most amazing host and shared wonderful stories about the family.
She and Roger always treated my grandparents with the freshest produce and great company and friendship.
Our family's deepest sympathy to the Ling family.
Dann Woellert