Helen Maezel Gore, 81, of Kennett, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.

Born Aug. 16, 1925, in Lafe, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Vernes Jackson and Leda Lorene Mott Davidson.

She married James Dalton Gore, who preceded her in death on July 1, 1971. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Velis and Denver Davidson.

Survivors include two sons, Larry M. Chafin, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Rick Gore, of Kennett; two brothers, O.J. Davidson, of Jackson, Tenn., and Jerry Davidson, of Knobel, Ark.; three sisters, Bernice Young, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., Louise Waldron, of Rector, Ark., and Brenda Dorris, of Kennett; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., today, Friday, Dec. 8, at the McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel in Kennett with Spencer Furby officiating.

Burial was in the Oak Ridge Cemetery at Kennett.

Pallbearers were grandsons and nephews.