Mary Lyons Morton Stevens, 86, Hampton passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 in the Hillview Health Center. Born February 5, 1930 in Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Nat & Faye Greer Lyons. She lived most of her life in Carter County. She was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. She attended Harmony Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years Bailey Stevens, a daughter: Debbie Morton, sons, James, Ernest and Charles Morton, her brothers: Johnny, Howard and Monroe Lyons and wife Margie.

Survivors include Her Children: Earl Morton, Hickory, North Carolina, Edna Speagle and husband Jack, Vale, North Carolina, Sue Morton, Elizabethton, Anita Feathers & husband Jerry of Greeneville, Janice Ingle and Companion Barry Duncan, Newton, North Carolina, Lori Elliott and husband Phillip, Bakersville, North Carolina. A Step-Son: Larry Stevens and wife Linda, Elizabethton, Daughter-in-law: Connie Morton, Vale, North Carolina, sisters-in-law: Betty Lyons, Wichita, Kansas, Brothers-in-law: Bob Stevens and wife Sandy, and, Benny Stevens, all of Hampton. 23 Grandchildren, 36 Great Grandchildren and 15 Great Great Grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Feathers officiating. Graveside Service and Interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday, October 31, 2016 in Mountain Home National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Grandsons. The family would like to express a special “Thank You” to the Staff of Hillview Health Center, The Staff of Mountain States Hospice and the Nursing Staff of Sycamore Shoals Hospital. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. to go to the cemetery.