Julia Mayes Denison Vanlangendonck, 70, of Kelly, passed from this life on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at her residence in Kelly. She was born December 20, 1944 in Olla to the union of Herman “Red” and Audie Roberts Mayes. Julia was a mail carrier for 30 years. She also sold Avon for 31 years and was known fondly as the Avon lady. She attended Kelly Baptist Church. She loved to read and loved plants in the summertime and quilting in the wintertime. She was passionate about her friends and family. Services were held at 2 p.m., Monday, June 1, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Joe Aguillard officiating. Interment followed in the Roberts Cemetery in Kelly under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. She was preceded in death by her parents; the father of her children, Bernard Denison; and sister-in-law, Betty Mayes. Survivors include two daughters, Denise Denison and longtime companion Martin Cavazos of Marion, and Wanda Westbrooks and husband Eddie of Kelly; four brothers, John Mayes, Gary Mayes, and Roy Mayes, all of Grayson, and Jim Mayes of Los Angeles, CA; two sisters, Aline Norwood of Alexandria and Vivian Foster of Kelly; five grandchildren, Marcus Esters, Holley Esters, Mallory Westbrooks, Canyon Westbrooks, and Kody Ramsey; and a host of beloved nieces and nephews. Nephews served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Canyon Westbrooks, Marcus
Esters, Chris Labell, and Kody Ramsey.
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