GRACE T. CHURCH, age 86, a resident of Mabank, formerly of Gun Barrel City and Irving from 1963 to 2000, died Saturday, June 21, 2014 in Mabank. Born 14th of 15 children on January 15, 1928 in Lone Oak, Texas, she was the daughter of Samuel Noel Mays and Emma Starkey Mays. Grace married Claude Henry Church on September 26, 1974. She was a greeter from 2000 to 2009 at Wal-Mart in Irving and Gun Barrel City, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Gun Barrel City. Preceded in death by her husband, Claude on July 16, 1988 and by her daughter, Juanita Diane Bacon November 21, 2013, survivors include her daughter, Cona Yvonne Richards of Athens; son-in-law, Royce Bacon; step-children, Jack Church and wife Janet, Joe Church and wife Dana, Jim Church and wife Susan and Barbara Wayland; three grandchildren, Christy Dawn Bacon and significant Duane Stephenson, Bryan Royce Bacon, and Jami Nicole Branch and husband William Richard Branch, III; three great grandchildren, Hunter James Branch, Alec Jay Branch and MaKynlee Jayde Branch; 7 step grandchildren; brothers, Laura Mays of Irving and Lee Mays of Dallas County; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation is 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway in Irving. Service was 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2014 in the funeral home chapel with Byron Jones officiating. Burial was at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving.