Mrs. Hancock died late Saturday night at the Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton,KY.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fulton, KY and was a nurse. She had retired in 1985 from the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City, TN. She was a member of the Fulton Country Club and was an avid bridge player. She had lived in this area most of her life.
She is survived by a daugher Josephine Keightley of Union City, TN and a son Avery Lee Hancock, Jr. of Booneville, IN.
4 grandchildren Will Heaslet of Atlanta, GA, Rebecca Lynn (Andy) Odom of Newburgh,IN, Michael Alan (Jasmine) Hancock of Evansville, IN and Laura Beth Hancock of Chicago, IL. Also 2 great grandchildren Gus Odom and Cy Odom of Newburgh,IN and a sister Rosemary Huntsberger of Etters, PA.
She was preceded in death by her husband Avery Lee Hancock in
1967, her parents Flo (Wieting) and Joseph William Cheniae,a son in law Barry T. Keightley, 2 brothers and a sister.
Graveside services will be held at 10 am Tuesday, May 12,2009 at the Obion Co. Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 5-8 pm Monday, May 11th and on Tuesday until time to leave for the cemetery for graveside services.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 115 Second St., Fulton,KY 42041 or the Fulton Public Library, 312 Main St., Fulton, KY 42041.