Mary Caines
1921-2003
Mary Caines, 82, of Ashland, died Saturday, May 24, in Kingsbrook Life Care Center in Ashland after an extended illness.
Mrs. Caines was born April 26, 1921, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Lon C. and Pearl Darby Hood. She was also preceded in death by four brothers, William, George, Charles and Lon Hood; and three sisters, Ada H. Brown, Alene Thornburg, and Lora Molea.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church for 60 years and a secretary for Ashland Public Schools, serving at Charles Russell, Condit, and Crabbe schools for 20 years.
Survivors are one son, Mark (Trudy) Caines of Elizabethtown, Ky.; two daughters, Janelle Caines (Pat) Miller of Springfield, Ky. and Marianne Caines (Darrell) Barber of Lexington, Ky.; one sister, Bess Hood Lambert of Louisville, Ky.; and two grandchildren, Newman Miller of Louisville, Ky. and Harrison Miller of Springfield, Ky.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland by the Rev. Blanchard Amstutz and the Rev. Dale Carden. Entombment will be in the Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until service time.
Friends may make contributions to the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Carter Ave, Ashland, Ky., 41101.
Condolences may be sent to www.steenfuneralhomes.com
