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Mary Lynn Hayes Dukes

January 18, 1940 — May 18, 2015

Mary Lynn Hayes Dukes of Roswell, Georgia, died on Monday, May 18, 2015 due to complications from Rheumatoid Arthritis.

She was born January 18, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac "Red" Newton Hayes and Mabel Colley Hayes, and moved to Houston County in 1947. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Edmund "Ed" Franklin Dukes.

Ed and Mary Lynn were married in Sandersville, Georgia on March 15, 1959. They lived in Warner Robins, Georgia until their retirement, at which time they moved to Houston Lake in Perry, Georgia. Mary Lynn was a proud graduate of Warner Robins High School and attended Mercer University and Georgia College & State University. She was a retired logistics manager for the United States Air Force, Robins Air Force Base and a past member of the Robins AFB Officer's Open Mess, the Houston Arts Alliance, Master Gardeners of Central Georgia, First United Methodist Church and Trinity United Methodist Church in Warner Robins.

She is survived by her four daughters, Donna L. Dukes McPherson and husband, Patrick C. McPherson of Smyrna, Georgia, Diane Dukes Porch of Marietta, Georgia, and Dr. Debra L. Dukes and Dena L. Dukes of Roswell, Georgia; grandchildren, Rachel Caroline and Gillian Catherine McPherson, and Thomas Edmund and Christopher Hayes Porch: her brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Julian and Joyce Hayes of Lexington, South Carolina; former son-in-law, Charles H. Porch, a nephew, Joseph Zachary Hayes of Sautee-Nacoochee, Georgia; cousins, Brooks Livingston of Forsyth, Georgia and Tom Anderson of Williamsburg, Virginia; and many dear friends.

A gathering of family and friends will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at The Farmhouse at McCullough Funeral Home, 417 S. Houston Lake Road, Warner Robins, Georgia, 31088.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Educational Scholarship Fund at Trinity United Methodist Church, 129 S. Houston Rd., Warner Robins, GA 31088. The family can be contacted at the home of Debra and Dena Dukes, 265 Saddlebrook Terrace, Roswell, GA, 30075.


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McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088

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