Mrs. Mary Ellen McKee Cipolla, 82, a resident of Rosewood Drive in Columbia, died Sunday, December 21, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital.
Williams Columbia Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
The Bimidja, Minnesota native was the daughter of the late John R. and Cora Lee Lamberters McKee. She was preceded in death her husband, Nelson Joseph Porter, Jr. She was affiliated with Casino operations for 40 years in which she retired as a keno writer in Reno, Nevada.
She is survived by a daughter, Penny Ann Billy Joe Cothran of Columbia, TN; two granddaughters, Mary Ferrin and Lisa Ferrin both of Columbia, TN; one great grandson and two great-great granddaughters. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sally Belcher.