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   Mrs. Mauveline Berry Hailey, affectionately known to her friends and family as “Miss Molly,” passed from this life on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at the Generations Center of Spencer, Tennessee at the age of 94. Mrs. Hailey was born on August 24, 1928 at the family home in Cypress Inn, Tennessee to the late Ode Berry and Emma Lee Stults Berry. She married Turner O. Hailey on August 28, 1960. As a young lady, Mrs. Hailey taught school at a rural Wayne County school, and after moving to Spencer in the early 1970s, she continued to work for the school system, always loving children of all ages. 

   She was preceded in death by her husband Turner O. Hailey on March 2, 2019; her brothers, Ernest John Berry and Wayford Berry; and sisters, Thelma G. Berry, Ola Berry, and Orene Dickey. 

   She is survived by her son, John Berry Hailey, Spencer, Tennessee, and her brother, Charles Berry and wife, Odean of Memphis, Tennessee; Marilyn Baker, Spencer, Tennessee, special friend; niece, Betty Lawson, Brooksville, Kentucky; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. The family also wants to say thank you to Destiny Guy for her dedicated care and concern during this difficult time. 

   Mrs. Hailey was a member of the First Baptist Church of Spencer and had a special love for all the members of the congregation and thought of all of them as a part of her family. 

   Graveside services are scheduled for Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 2:00 P M at the Jackson Cemetery, Cypress Inn, Tennessee with Allen Berry officiating. Pallbearers will be friends and family. Arrangements are by Shackelford Funeral Directors in Waynesboro, Tennessee. 

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