Jenny Mahoney

Martha Virginia “Jenny” Mahoney, age 77, of Columbus, MS, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.  A Mass of Resurrection will be held Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at 11:00 AM at Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Jeffrey Waldrep celebrating the  Mass.  The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.  Visitation will be Monday, August 5, 2019, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM in the atrium of Annunciation Catholic Church and also from 9:30 AM until the time of the service on Tuesday.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory College St. location is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Mahoney was born May 14, 1942, in Ethelsville, AL, to the late Thomas Henry and Lady Grace Harris Jaynes.  She was a cosmetologist for many years and was the owner of Jenny Mahoney’s Salon and Gift Shop.  She was a life member of the Mississippi Cosmetology Association and had won numerous awards at hair styling shows earlier in her career.  She was very dedicated to her clientele and had great compassion for people, especially the elderly.  Jenny was outgoing and welcoming to newcomers and was always ready to assist those whom she perceived to have had a need.  She loved to travel and had seen much of the world.  Antique collecting was a favorite hobby.  Family was important to her and she enjoyed visiting grandchildren and helping support their education.

Mrs. Mahoney was predeceased by her mother and father and first husband, Davis Abrams, as well as her brother, Thomas Edgar Jaynes (Barbara).  She is survived by her husband, Richard Leo Mahoney, her sons, Jeffery Davis Abrams (Pam) and Randall Scott Abrams, her daughter, Dr. Meagan Elizabeth Mahoney Beasley (Holt), step children, Dr. Michael Andrew Mahoney (Shelley) of Daphne, AL, and Dr. Kevin Leo Mahoney (Maribel) of Arlington, VA.  She is also survived by her sisters, Gracie Lee Sabinson of Columbus, MS, and Paralee Tilley of Ethelsville, AL.  She leaves grandchildren, Michael Andrew Mahoney, II, Taylor Clare Mahoney, Peyton Elizabeth Mahoney, Sean Griffin Mahoney, Aubrey Isabella Mahoney, Keegan Patrick Mahoney, Hunter Reed Abrams, Brantley Hayward Abrams, and Haley Abrams Farnham, great grandchildren, Eva Farriss Abrams, Davis Mitchell Abrams, Annie Ruth Abrams, Brantley Clay Abrams, and Jack Jeffery Farnham, and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Pallbearers will be grandchildren, Dr. Hunter Reed Abrams, Brantley Hayward Abrams, Michael Andrew Mahoney, II, Sean Griffin Mahoney, Keegan Patrick Mahoney, and Tyler Farnham.

Honorary pallbearers will be parishoners of Annunciation Catholic Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Annunciation Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul Society, 823 College St., Columbus, MS, 39701, Annunciation Catholic School, 223 North Browder, Columbus, MS, 39702, or Alzheimer’s Association of Mississippi, 207 W. Jackson St., Suite 1, Ridgeland, MS, 39157.