Mary

Trusty

Elthelmae and Sonny Pete Trusty Sr. gave birth to Mary Elizabeth Trusty on July 23, 1962, at Englewood Hospital.

After a long battle with illness, on June 1, 2022, Mary received her wings in Texas.

After graduating from Dwight Morrow High School, she attended Parisian Beauty Academy in Hackensack, New Jersey, and became a certified cosmetologist. She continued studying at Dudley Cosmetology University in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she took specialization classes.

After relocating to Georgia, she began working for United Airlines as a flight attendant. She changed airlines and worked for Spirit Airlines for seven years as a DFW-based flight attendant before her passing.

Mary was also an entrepreneur, having launched a trucking company in Atlanta and then establishing an interior design firm in Texas.

Mary was the ninth child in a family of ten brothers and sisters. Mary was known for her stylish lifestyle. She loved fashion, traveling, and cooking.

Mary is predeceased by Ethelmae Trusty (mother), Sonny Pete Trusty Sr. (father). Richard Trusty (brother, Ruth Ann Trusty (sister), Juanita Trusty (sister), Phillip Trusty (brother). Her twins, Tchavania Toranda Kenney and David Jerome Kenney Jr. - David Jerome Kenney Sr. (father).

Mary leaves behind her sister Alice Trusty Jackson and Thomas Jackson (deceased husband). Brothers: Sonny Pete Jr., Dennis Lee, and Valerie Trusty (wife), Joseph Anthony Trusty, Reverend Dr. Samuel Eugene Trusty, and Shalice Harrison-Trusty (wife). The only surviving Aunt Vernal Ellison. A host of Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, and many friends.

The family will be eternally thankful to Melissa Hamel for caring for and comforting Mary over the last three years.