Helen R. Devereaux, age 86 of Lansing, MI. formerly of DeWitt and St. Johns died peacefully Thursday March 26, 2015 in Lansing, MI. Helen was born May 2, 1928 in Paragould, Arkansas the daughter of William and Nola (Boling) Tarrant. She was a school bus driver for over 16 years, as well as a book keeper for Myrl Pierce Fuel Service of DeWitt. On June 30, 1979 she married Robert “Bert” Devereaux in Lansing. She was a member of Holmes Road Church of Christ and enjoyed sewing activities with the women of the church. Helen enjoyed gardening especially tending to her flowers. Helen’s family was important to her and she treasured time with her husband, brothers and sisters, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Helen was devout in her religion and active in the church, she enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, cooking, word search puzzles, putting puzzles together and playing cards. Surviving is her daughter, Delaine Pierpoint of Lansing and her son Myrl (Linda) Pierce of Lansing; step sons Robert(Beaty) Devereaux of St. Johns, Chris (fiancé Lori) Devereaux of Maple Rapids, and Todd (Lorie) Devereaux of St. Johns, step daughter Jayne (Jim) French of St. Johns, step sons in law John Bottum of Maple Rapids and Gordon Harris of St. Johns, step daughter in law Brenda Devereaux of St. Johns; 20 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren, sisters Virblee Collingsworth, Sandra “Kay” Root, sisters in law Sandy Tarrant, Louise Tarrant and Janet Tarrant; brothers Duane Tarrant, Ralph (Rita) Tarrant, and Berry (Elaine) Tarrant. She was preceded in death by her husband Bert in 2008, step daughters Sharon Bottum and Linda Harris, step son Gary Devereaux; 3 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild; and brothers Cloise “Bill”, Edward, Glenn and Jerry Tarrant, sisters Georgia Tarrant and Mozell Huxtable. Funeral services will be held at Holmes Road Church of Christ on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Zachary Pope and Rev. Marty Tarrant officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Keck-Coleman Funeral Home in St. Johns on Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Holmes Road Church of Christ in Memory of Helen.

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