Ira “Mack” DeVine, 87 of Tanner, passed away on Monday, June 5th, 2023, at Riverside Assisted Living. Mr. DeVine was born on September 21st, 1935, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to Herschel Ottis DeVine and Althea Ellen Bridges DeVine.
Mr. DeVine is survived by his sons Barry Ottis DeVine (Christy), of Athens, and Brian Mack DeVine, of Decatur; granddaughters Hannah Lea Jarman (Jonathan), of Cleveland, TN, and Savannah Grace Pritchett Hogan (Kane) of Danville, AL; 2 nieces; and 2 nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brother Herschel Auburn DeVine; and sister Betty DeVine Holt.
Funeral services for Mr. DeVine will be Friday, June 9th, 2023, at 10:00am at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home, with Barry DeVine and Gary Enfinger officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00-8:00pm at the funeral home. Burial will be at Sandlin Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Randy White, Henry White, Dwight Gooch, Weldon Harrison, Jerry Naylor, and Wayne Tuberville.
Mr. DeVine was a proud Christian and loved the Lord. He was a member of First Baptist of Tanner and ran a bus ministry that was his call to duty. He was an avid University of Alabama sports fan and also loved the Atlanta Braves. Mack enjoyed country and gospel music, loved eating at Cracker Barrel, and was proud to be working and active with Youth Sports Coaching in Decatur. He enjoyed watching gameshows and American Pickers. He was a retired TVA employee who worked as an electrician at Brownsferry Nuclear Plant and was a proud member of the IBEW for fifty years. But most of all, he dearly loved his family, especially his two sons and his granddaughters.
