Mary Louise Malone Carithers

Mary Louise Malone Carithers, age 94, of Morrow, passed away Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at Southwest Christian Care in Union City.

Mary Louise Carithers was born and raised in Macon, to the late Lillious Dayton Malone, Sr. and Emmie Leona Goolsby Malone. When the Depression hit, her family moved to Monticello for a few years. After the Depression ended, the family returned to Macon.

She was a former member of Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church in Macon and member of the First Baptist Church of Forest Park. She was a former Sunday school teacher and active in the WMU.

She worked as a vocational teacher at Dudley Hughes School in Macon and retired as a paraprofessional at Cedar Grove Elementary in DeKalb County.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Kenneth Carithers; daughters, Brenda Louise Carithers and Cathryne Elizabeth Carithers Hunt; and brothers, John Burton Malone and Lillious Dayton Malone, Jr.

She is survived by her daughters, Marsha Guice of Hiawassee and Melanie (Phil) Gilbert of Locust Grove; son-in-law, David Scott “Scotty” Hunt of Cumming; grandchildren, Michael Mainland, Melissa (Greg) Ferguson, Katie (Jacob) Foster and Micah (Katie) Gilbert; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at the chapel of Jordan Funeral Home. Interment will be held in the McKissack-Goolsby Family Cemetery in Hillsboro. Rev. Phillips Gilbert will officiate.

Serving as pallbearers will be Michael Mainland, Micah Gilbert, Jacob Foster, Greg Ferguson, Dallas Mainland and Hayden Chevere.

The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at Jordan Funeral Home.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers donations to the Southwest Christian Care 7223 Lester Road, Union City, Ga. 30291.

Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit its website at www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.