Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Lue Dudley of Americus, Georgia will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. in the Chapel of West’s Mortuary in Americus, Georgia. Burial will follow at Mt. Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mary Lue Mann Dudley was born on November 9, 1939 in Americus, Georgia to Hosey & Evelyn Ware Mann. She was the youngest of four children. At the age of 20, she and her husband, James Henry Dudley and their three small children relocated to Hartford CT., where she bore five more children. Mary worked as an Insurance Underwriter for the Covenant Ins. Group for over 15yrs. She later became a Home Care Aide/Companion to an author with Cerebral Palsy until her retirement in 2011. In 2015 she decided to move back to her hometown of Americus, GA., where she lived her remaining days with her daughter Evelyn.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister, Willie Mae Davis and her brother, Wheatley Mann. Mary passed away peacefully on Monday, January 22, 2018 at her home.
She is survived by her eight children James H. Dudley Jr. Jerry “Sofa” Dudley, Earl G. Dudley, Roderick E. Dudley, and Raymond (Gwendolyn) Dudley, all of Hartford CT. Evelyn K. Dudley, Russell W. Dudley and Sharon L. Dudley all of Georgia. Her sister, Maude Eva Inez Stephens of Passaic NJ., 22 Grandchildren, 14 Great Grandchildren, 3 sister-in-laws and a host of nieces, nephews and beloved friends.
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