Mary "Mae" Wilson Huffman

Franklin, NC - Mary "Mae" Wilson Huffman, age 84, of Rolling Acres, Franklin, NC, went to be with her Lord Sunday, December 14, 2008 in the Fidelia Eckerd Living Center, Highlands, NC. She was a native of Jackson County, NC, the daughter of the late Harley and Annie Cope Wilson. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Johnny Bishop, who passed away in 1982, and her second husband, Ed Huffman, who passed away in 2005. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Zion Hill Baptish Church, where she was a former Sunday School Teacher.

She is survived by one daughter, Edwina Deas and her husband Cecil of Franklin. NC; two sons, Dewight Bishop and his wife Janie of Canton, GA and Rodney Bishop and his wife Tara of Harlem, GA. Sixteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by two sons, Lee Bishop and Ricky Bishop, and a daughter, Mary Alice.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 17th at 2:00pm, in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home, with Rev. Mark Bishop and Rev. Dan Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00pm Tuesday evening at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Highlands, PO Box 625, Highlands, NC 28741 or to Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Mary Wilson, 3110 Pumpkintown Road, Sylva, NC 28779.

Online condolences are available by visiting www.bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.