Mary Jane Duty

Mary Jane Duty with eyes of blue, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 4, 2024, after a long, hard battle with cancer. She was surrounded by loved ones where she spent her final days in the home of her youngest daughter in TN. She was born in Arlington, TX, to Joe and Mary Beaver and was 1 of 5 children. She was a graduate of Sam Houston High School and later worked as a Superintendent of Trammell Crow Construction, a job that she was most proud of. Mary also enjoyed the simple pleasures including chatting with friends (Allen & Nancy Austin), quilting, and sewing, fishing and hunting where she outshined the men, gardening and feeding the hummingbirds, often going through a gallon of food a day. She often spoke of her travels to Venezuela and had hoped to return some day. Mary had a great sense of humor and an uncanny ability to know things she really didn’t have firsthand knowledge of almost like a mind reader. She was to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband in June and loved all her family. She is pre-deceased by her parents, Joe and Mary Beaver and her sister, Betty Gillum. She is survived by her husband, Randy Duty of Buncombe, IL, her daughters Kim Wempa of Portland, TN, Kelly Alperin and her husband, Brian, of Norfolk, VA, Jayme Urich and her husband, Michael, of Cross Plains, TN, her brothers Joe Beaver Jr. and wife, Dee, of Hickory Creek, TX, John Beaver of Broughton, IL, and sister Janda Hooper and husband, Steve, of Siloam Springs, AR, niece Landa Ellsworth, nephew Lance Hooper and niece Latisha Keith, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as her Yorkshire Terrier, Sophie. The family wishes to thank Vanderbilt University and Alive Hospice care staff and Austin Bell funeral home for their support. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, TN. A memorial service is scheduled for Sunday, May 26, 2024 in the chapel of Austin & Bell Funeral Home in White House at 2PM with Bro. Steven Hooper officiating. Visitation is planned for Sunday, May 26, 2024 1-2PM prior to the service at the funeral Home.ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO AUSTIN & BELL 533 Highway 76 White House, TN 37188 (615)672-5000 www.austinandbell.com

Mary Jane Duty

December 3, 1951 - May 4, 2024