MARION - Alice F. Garris, 74, passed away at 7:50 a.m. Saturday, April 4, 2013, at home. Alice was born Aug. 19, 1938, in Trenton, Tenn., to James Richard and Juanita Jewel (Jones) McNeely. She married Carl Garris on Aug. 16, 1953 in Chicago. He survives in Marion. Alice was of Protestant faith and was a homemaker. She was a strong, independent person who loved her family, children and grandchildren above all else. Survivors include her husband, Carl Garris of Marion; two sons, Carol and Pamela Garris Jr. of Herrin and Billy Joe and Jessica Garris of Johnston City; seven daughters, Brenda and Roger Treece of Benton, Mary Ruth Tolbert of Pittsburg, Rita Lovett of Marion, Patricia and William David Hadfield of Marion, Dianna and Harry Tippy of Marion, Jennifer and Kevin Petty of Goreville and Elizabeth and William Meneese of Marion; a brother, Richard McNeely of Marion; sisters, Louise Hood of North Carolina, Pearl Stephenson and JR of Georgia and Jewel and Bill Whitlock of Marion; 22 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one great great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; two grandchildren; one sister; one brother; and one son-in-law. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home in Marion, with the Rev. Don Colson officiating. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Marion. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Published in The Southern Illinoisan from April 14 to April 15, 2013