Eunice Caroline Mahaffey, 99, of Greenville died Tuesday July 19, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 10 am on Wednesday July 27, at Memoryland Memorial Park with the Rev. Gene Wisdom officiating. Visitation for family and friends will be Sunday July 24 from 4-6pm at Coker Mathews Funeral Home.
Mrs. Mahaffey was born November 11, 1911 in Sulphur Bluff Texas to William M. Harred and Jeanette Foster. She married David A. Mahaffey on June 7, 1930 in Marietta Oklahoma.
She graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1929. She then graduated from Metropolitan Business School in Dallas TX. Mrs. Mahaffey was employed by Carnation Milk Company in Sulphur Springs and assisted in the family business, Greenville Sporting Goods. She spent many hours volunteering with the American Red Cross and as a Gray Lady at the VA Hospital in McKinney. She was a Pink Lady with the Greenville Hospital Auxiliary. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Mahaffey is survived by her daughter Lou J. King of Greenville, and her grandchildren David King and wife Katie; Philip King; and Cindy Baczkowski. Her great grandchildren are Allison King Anderson, April King Aguilar, Robert King, Margaret King, Caroline Baczkowski and Kathleen Baczkowski. Her great great grandchildren are Luke, Austin, Braden and Preston Anderson; Anthony and Lauren Aguilar. Great nieces are Elizabeth Ann Bogart and Julie Kay Scott.
Mrs. Mahaffey was preceded in death by her husband in 1995; her son-in-law Bob King; her parents; 2 brothers; 2 sisters; and her niece; Martha Jean Scott of Sulphur Springs.
Memorials may be made in her name to Wesley United Methodist Church or the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum.
Honorary pallbearers will be Saul Speyrer, Hewitt Moseley, John Reynolds, and Bill Gilmer.
