Mrs. Mary Pauline Miller Shouse, age 88, a resident of Shouse Road in Santa Fe, passed away Tuesday, April 28, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services for Mrs. Shouse will be conducted Friday, May 1 at 2:30 PM in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Howard Alexander and Rev. James Lunsford officiating. Burial will follow in the Santa Fe Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 4:00 to 9:00 PM and Friday from 1:00 PM until service time at the funeral home.
Born on September 4, 1920 in Maury County, Mrs. Shouse was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lizzie Finch Miller and the wife of the late Van Buren "Buster" Shouse. She retired from the Santa Fe High School Cafeteria in 1996, as a cook after 31 years. She loved quilting and working in her flower garden. Mrs. Shouse was a member of the Hilltown Church of the Nazarene.
She survived by her daughters: Patricia Bucy and Paulette Baxter, both of Santa Fe; grandson: Christopher "Chris" Bucy of Santa Fe; special friend: Thelma Dial of Santa Fe. She was preceded in death by 3 siblings: Pearl Miller, Johnny Shouse and Sara Alexander; grandson: Jason Bucy.
Pallbearers will be Vance Capley, N.O. Potts, Guy Potts, Terry Odom, Bruce Odom and Dwight Maxwell. Honorary pallbearers will be Jackie Johnson, Michelle Brinkley, Shirley McCree, Dennis Alexander, employees of Willow Brook Home Health Care, members of the Hilltown Church of the Nazarene, the former employees of the Santa Fe High School Cafeteria and her nieces and nephews.