Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave, Fl 17, Chicago, IL 60601. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
Mary Olena Farrar Foreman was born in Macon, MS on December 15, 1936, to the late Lafayette and Annie Faye Finch Farrar and was a native and lifetime resident of Macon, MS. She was a graduate of Salem School. Mary married Thomas Foreman and she dedicated her life to her husband and her six children. Her family said that she never raised her voice to her husband or children. Mary enjoyed reading and keeping up with her family’s birthdates. Mary is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, daughter Janet Pate, and two brothers, Robert Farrar and William Farrar.
Mary's survivors include three daughters: Donna (Dean) Godsy, Mt. Grove, MO, Sharon (Bobby) Jenkins of Gulfport, MS, Carol Ann (Ted) Eaves of Louisville, MS, two sons, Tommy (Janet) Foreman of Bartlett, TN. and Ronnie Foreman of Macon, MS. seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.