MARY SHANKLIN

August 26, 1971 - April 14, 2014

Mary Shanklin, 42, of Kankakee, IL, died Monday, April 14, 2014 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Friday, April 25, 2014 from 10:00 A.M. until time of Funeral Services at 11:00 A.M. at Lax Mortuary. Pastor Dave Robinson will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Mary Shanklin was born August 26, 1971 in Kankakee, IL to Roosevelt and Mary Johnson Bynum. She was baptized at Guiding Star Missionary Baptist Church by Reverend Aaron Crowell and attended St. Anne High School. Mary was united in Holy Matrimony to Kennedy Shanklin on February 18, 2000. She enjoyed partying and barbecuing and liked to laugh and joke. She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Kennedy Shanklin of Kankakee, IL; her father, Roosevelt Bynum of Hopkins Park, IL; her stepchildren, Kennedy Shanklin Jr., Raphael Shanklin, Wanda Shanklin and Marie Shanklin, all of Chicago, IL; two brothers and one sister- in-law, Roosevelt and Samantha Bynum of Kankakee, IL and Tommy Bynum of Henderson, TN; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Sheila Bynum and Joyce (Rodney Rush) Bynum all of Kankakee, IL, Rosemary and Sam Vanhorn of Indianapolis, IN, Anita Bynum of Lexington, TN and Debra and Mark Kee of Bourbonnais, IL; sister-in-law and brothers-in-law, Iris Shanklin and Stanley Shanklin, both of Chicago, IL and Clarence Shanklin and Gary Shanklin, both of Grand Rapids, MI; six aunts, Alma Jarrett, Betty Logan and Mary Johnson, all of Pembroke Township, IL, Betty Johnson of Bradley, IL, Mary Murrell of Michigan and Daisy Bynum of Chicago, IL; 11 step-grandchildren; a special friend, Earnestine Rudd of Batesville, MS and a host of cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother.