Born: Aug. 30, 1943

Died: July 17, 2013

Mary Helen (Davis) Boggs, 69, of Statesville, N.C., formerly of Niles, passed on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in North Carolina.

She was born Aug. 30, 1943 to the late Russell and Marion Davis, also of Niles. On April 30, 1988 she married Boyd Lynn Boggs of Statesville, who survives.

Mary Helen had one brother, Kenneth (Blanche) Davis, of South Bend, Ind., who also survives.

Children include Thomas Parks, Tracey Krassow, Daniel Nutting, Mary Ann (Dennis Crouch) and Tammy Focht of Niles. She has 11 grandkids and 12 great-grandkids.

Cremation has taken place. A small service for family and friends is pending. Mary Helen will be laid to rest by her parents’ side in Silverbrook Cemetery.