Mary Lou Tilley Prosise, age 67 of Talbott, TN passed away at Morristown Hamblen Heathcare Systems on Thursday, May 22, 2014. She was a member of New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church in Newport. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She is preceded in death by her grandson, Chuck M. Hayes; husbands, Frank Prosise and Hubert Tilley; sister, Edna Wise; and parents, Hubert and Lucille Fox. She is survived by her children, Kimberly and Darryl Smith, Lisa Ratcliff, James and Regina Tilley, Kyle and Betty Jo Tilley, Randy and Donna Prosise, Vest and Tommy Cutshall, Robin and James Webb, and Kathy and Ben Riley; grandchildren, Travis Hayes, Miranda Tolliver, Dusty Hayes, Shawn Hayes, Elizabeth Gossett, Sean Tilley, Brian Tilley, Gerald Tilley and Penny Tilley; brother, Robert and Velma Fox; also several nieces, nephews and other family members. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, May 25, 2014, 6:00pm at New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church, 707 Hwy 160, Newport TN, with family receiving friends from 4-6:00pm prior to the service. Reverend Willie Winters and Reverend Wayne Dalton will be officiating. Graveside Interment Service will be on Monday, May 26, 2014, 11:00am in Adriel Baptist Church Cemetery, Bean Station. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church, 707 Hwy 160, Newport, TN 37821.
Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home, White Pine, 865-674-2441