It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mary Louise Bland of Lebanon, Kentucky, who passed away at the age of 91, on January 3, 2024. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mary Louise Bland to show support.

She was predeceased by : her parents, John Otha Shively and Mary Settie Brown Shively; her husband Ben S. Bland; her stepmother Lena Brown Shively; her brother Harold Shively (Mabel); her half-siblings, John Jimmy Shively (Josephine) and Theresa Lowe (Charles); her brother-in-law Cecil Cox; and her son-in-law Lonnie Burton.

She is survived by : her sister Matilda Cox; and her children, Karen Burton, Ricky Bland (Diane), Nancy Thomas, Settie Boeshart (Larry), Kevin Bland (Ronda), Lisa Brady (Larry), Anita Woford (Jim), Alice Graves (Terry) and John Bland (Cindy). She is also survived by 19 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, with one on the way; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to, Mass of the Air, 1200 S. Shelby Street, Louisville, KY 40203, or Hosparus of Green River, 462 N. Bypass Rd, Campbellsville, KY 42718.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Bosley Funeral Home