Helen ‘Learlene’ Maze Southern
March 3, 2011
A memorial service for Helen “Learlene” Maze Southern, 84, of Hartselle was Saturday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Anthony Patterson officiating.
Burial was in Hartselle Memory Gardens
Mrs. Southern died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Decatur General Hospital. She was born October 29, 1926, to Joseph William “Billy” Maze and Mamie Lois Reeves Maze. She owned and operated Mr. Catfish Restaurant in Hartselle from 1976 to 1993. She was a member of Gum Springs Baptist Church and attended the Mary Martha Sunday School class. She was preceded in death by her husband, James P. Southern and two sisters, Evelyn Blankenship and Wilma Cheatham.
She is survived by a son, Bill Southern and wife Carol; two granddaughters, Jenny Patterson and husband Patrick and Beth Carter and husband Jason; four great-grandchildren, Kyle and Olivia Patterson and Sydney and Alex Carter; three brothers, William “Buddy” Maze and wife Sally, Leo Maze and wife Yvonne and Jimmy Maze and wife Barbara; two sisters, Betty McCarter and Bobbie Stinson and husband Jimmy; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Howell Cheatham, Steve Cheatham, Gary Peebles, Kevin Chappell, Patrick Patterson and Jason Carter.
