ARLINGTON - Mary Marie Emrie, 69, passed over July 31, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 3, 1942, in Salina, the daughter of Charles Floyd and Vernie Faye Greenway Jones.

Mary was a homemaker and owner, operator and driver for Trailer Transit. She attended Arlington Presbyterian Church. On March 28, 1980, she married Harold L. Emrie in Miami, Okla. She was previously married to Donnie Rex Knox and Kenneth Marvin Knox.

Survivors include: her husband, Harold L. Emrie of the home; mother, Vernie Faye Jones of Newton; seven children, Evelyn Rude, Kristina Hewitt and Kimberly Allbright, all of Arlington, Michelle Camp of Spring Hill, Kan., Kenneth Kevin Knox of Arlington, Connie Miller of Newton, and Bryan Knox of Partridge; three stepchildren, Mona Villanueva and Becky Blazek, both of Salina, and Derek Emrie of Virginia Beach, Va.; brother, Charles Allen Jones of Salina; sister, Carolyn Faye Martin of Wichita; 27 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, sister, Shirley JoAnne Knox, and a grandson, Kyle Wayne Smith.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, with Pastor Melvin Walton presiding. Friends may call from 12 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with family to receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Culver Union Cemetery, Culver, Kan. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, in care of the mortuary. Please visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a condolence for Mary's family.