Mary Irene Vandergriff of Benton, daughter of the late Ruben Elliott and Pearl Irene Day Boggs, was born in Scottsboro, Nebraska on May 10, 1951, and passed away at her home in Benton, Missouri on May 18, 2018, at the age of 67 years and 14 days.

Mary married Arthur Vandergriff in 1977, in Ellington, Missouri, he preceded her in death in 1996.

Mary also lived in the Bell City, Van Buren and Ellington areas before moving to Benton five years ago.

Surviving are one daughter and husband, Susan and Chad Morris; of Benton; one  granddaughter Bridget Patterson of Fisk, Missouri; one grandson Jeramia Patterson of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; three great grandchildren; one brother, Jack Boggs of Springfield Missouri; one sister Connie Lacy of Bell City, Missouri. Other relatives and many friends also survive. She was preceded in death her husband and her parents.

Visitation will be Tuesday, May 22, 2018, from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at the Chiles- Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Missouri.

Funeral  services will be conducted at 11:00 am in the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Jeannie Hazel of Bloomfield officiating.

Internment will be at 12:00 noon at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield, Missouri in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com

Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home - P O BOX 22 - Bloomfield MO  63825

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