Loretta Mae Willard, 80, of Dyersburg, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Willard was born on May 26, 1932 in Lawrence County Arkansas. She was a homemaker. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a Baptist and an avid reader. The family hopes that the deeds Mrs. Loretta did while she was living will speak well of her after her death.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Phipps and the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Willard of Dyersburg; a daughter, Kathy Putman and husband, Larry, of Dyersburg; a brother, Larry Dale Stephenson and wife, Lisa, of Dyersburg; three sisters, Louwella England, Patsy Davis and husband, Vernon, and Janice Stephenson, all of Dyersburg; two grandchildren, Eric Putman and fiancée, Sara Halliburton and Robert Jason Putman and wife, Sonya; seven grandchildren, Zackory Putman and wife, Brittany, Hunter Putman, Joshua Putman, Hannah Putman, Brittany Putman, Kara Putman and Emma Putman; and one great-great-granddaughter, Mya Brook Putman.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Reader and Lorene Davis Stephenson.

Pallbearers will be Joe Smith, Chuck Smith, Robert Hunt, Ronnie Parnell, Calvin Johnson and Joe Moody. Honorary pallbearer will be Sheriff Jeff Box.