Mary Ellen (Wilson) Battaille

A graveside service will be Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery, 6000 West Gate City Blvd., in Greensboro.

Mary Ellen was born on November 11, 1931 in Guilford County to the late Francis M. and Carrie Wilson. She retired from McLeod Leather and Belting Company in December of 1996. She was a member of Florida Street Baptist Church and then Sedgefield Baptist Church, which later became Dillon Road Baptist Church. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who was loved by many and will be missed by all who knew her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack D. Battaille.

Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Mary Jane Thomas of Vass, NC; granddaughters, Page Willis of Cherryville, NC and Amanda Gabriel of Charlotte, NC; brother, Thomas Wilson (Anne) of Shreveport, LA; and three great-grandchildren, Jacob Loyd Willis, John Thomas “J.T.” Willis and Ansel Gabriel.

The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the providers at Quail Haven, Fox Hollow Senior Living Community, Moore County Regional Hospital and FirstHealth Hospice House for their loving care for Mary this last year.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfhsedgefield.com.