Mrs. Mauveline Berry Hailey, affectionately known to her friends and family as “Miss Molly” passed from this life on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at the Generations Center of Spencer, Tennessee at the age of 94.
Mrs. Hailey was born on August 24, 1928 at the family home in Cypress Inn, Tennessee to the late Ode Berry and Emma Lee Stults Berry. She married Turner O. Hailey on August 28, 1960. As a young lady Mrs. Hailey taught school at a rural Wayne County school and after moving to Spencer in the early 1970 she continued to work for the school system always loving children of all ages.
She was preceded in death by her husband Turner O. Hailey, on March 2, 2019, her brothers, Ernest John Berry and Wayford Berry and sisters, Thelma G. Berry, Ola Berry, and Orene Dickey.
She is survived by her son John Berry Hailey, Spencer, Tennessee and her brother, Charles Berry and wife, Odean of Memphis, Tennessee. Marilyn Baker, Spencer, Tennessee, special friend. Niece Betty Lawson, Brooksville, Kentucky. A host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The family also wants to say a thank you to Destiny Guy for her dedicated care and concern during this difficult time.
Mrs. Hailey was a member of the First Baptist Church of Spencer and had a special love for all the members of the congregation and thought of all of them as a part of her family.
