Mary Lorena Abell Tennyson 95, of Clements, MD, died June 30, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on December 8, 1921 in Leonardtown, she was the daughter of Thomas Hogan Abell and Violet Abell Bussler and Maide and Joe Thompson. She was the loving wife of the late John S. Tennyson whom she married on January 10, 1943 at St. Joseph’s Church, Morganza, MD. She was a loving mother to her girls (as she called them), daughters Betty Ann Tennyson Burris (Freddie) and Cindy Tennyson Downs (Jimmy); grandmother of Ricky Burris (Dawn), Kim Burris Oliver (Gary), Gail Burris Sutton, Carrie Downs Willmore (Rich), and James Downs (Mary); and great grandmother to Hailey Burris Schultz (Austin), John Burris, Keith Oliver, Brooke Oliver, Drew Sutton, Reagan Sutton, Johnny Downs, Sierra Downs, and Emma Willmore. She is also survived by her siblings Ada Russell, Roger Bussler (Jane), and Claudia Mattingly; brother-in-law James T. Tennyson (Marion); and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Melinda Ann Downs and siblings Annie McCully, Katie Kozack, Frank T. Abell, John T. Abell, Francis A. Abell, Joe Thompson, Nathaniel Thompson, and Hoover Bussler. We, the family of Mary Tennyson, are very proud to call […]
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