Mary Helen Kennedy, 73, of Jena, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017, in Jena.
She was born Monday, December 27, 1943 in Winnsboro, to the union of Carl and Audrey Ratcliff Dark.
Services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 5, in the chapel of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home in Jena with Father Jason Goutee officiating.
Interment followed in the Taylor Chapel Cemetery at Summerville under direction of Kinner and Stevens, Inc. of Jena.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Carolyn Dark Driskill.
She is survived by her son, Randall Scott Taylor of Trout; daughter, Toni Inez Smith of Belah; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren
Pallbearers were Will Smith, Daniel Bohannon, Desmond Ratcliff, Samuel King, Layne Flaherty, and Chris Taylor.
Honorary pallbearers were Daniel Aymond and Ronald Bohannon.