Mary Cornell

Services for Mary Cornell, 89, of Roff, will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2026, at the Roff Gym.  Burial will follow at Lightning Ridge Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Cornell was born February 25, 1937, to Albert and Bertha (Twyman) Stephens.  She married Glen Edward "Eddie" Cornell on August 27, 1962, who passed away on April 3, 1973.  Later she married Charles Edward Jones on December 3, 1996, and he passed away on August 1, 2002.

Mrs. Cornell attended Roff School all 12 years.  After losing her husband at a very young age, she raised 3 children on her own, working various jobs during those years including owning and operating the Roff Café for years, and later retired from Rolling Hills.

She was an adamant fan of the Roff Tigers.  All three kids and eight grandchildren also attended Roff, where they played sports, and she was their Biggest fan!

Mrs. Cornell was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Eddie Cornell and Charles Jones; daughter, Teresa Faye Ensey; four sisters, Mildred Harber, Eula Mae Brown, Ruby Johnson, and Shirley Stephens; and seven brothers, Robert, Virgil, Carl, Bill, Thurman, Donald, and Roy Stephens.

Survivors include her sons, Cecil Cornell and wife, Melissa, of Roff, and James Cornell and wife, Shari, of Roff; grandchildren, Thomas Ensey and wife, Kelsey, Robbie Balthrop and wife, Kristie, Glenn Cornell and wife, Courtni, Kayla Baber and husband, Heath, Tamra Albritton and husband, Michael, Ryan Cornell and wife, Taylor, Aaron Cornell and wife, Mindy, and Ashley Cornell and husband, Quaid; great grandchildren, Shelby, Shannon, Will, Daxtyn, Addilyn, Leighton, Cason, Hailey, Whitley, Lincoln, Ava, Ryder, Rhett, Rowlee, Langdin, Airaley, Kinley, and Tripp; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.