Mary Bargeron Rucker

Mary Bargeron Rucker, 87, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 21, 2010 surrounded by her children and the loving care of White Oaks at Lanier.

A native of Burke County Georgia, she was the eldest of three children of Pearl Heath Odom Bargeron and Henry Grady Bargeron.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Emory Evans Bargeron and sister, Margaret Bargeron Courson and brother-in-law Peter B. Courson.

Mary was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and she was adored for her loving care and unselfish spirit.

She was born in Waynesboro Georgia October 20, 1922. After graduating from Waynesboro High School she went to college for two years and then held her first teaching position in Toomsboro, Georgia. She later returned to college to earn her teaching degree at Georgia Womenâ