Creeda Mae Chaney

December 8, 1948 - December 2, 2017

Shelby: Creeda “Cookie” M. (Miracle) Chaney, 68, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Saturday, December 2, 2017. She was born in Harlan County, Kentucky on December 8, 1948. She was the daughter of Golden and Virginia (Smith) Miracle. Cookie was a graduate of Evarts High School in Harlan Kentucky. She moved to the Mansfield area in 1969 and married the love of her life, Dallas Chaney on December 4, 1991. Spent most of her life as a homemaker, and later in life went to work at Superior Building Services doing cleaning. She enjoyed making cakes, teaching others to bake, canning vegetables, shopping, visiting her favorite Thrift stores with her best friend and watching Ellen. Cookie is survived by her sons, Edward A. (Michelle) Hembree Sr. and Gregory Hembree; three grandchildren, Edward A. Hembree Jr., Brittany Faith Hembree (Travis Knipp), Gregory A. Hembree; brother, Sill (Diane) Miracle; best and lifelong friend, Nancy Sanderfer; cousin, JoAnn Johnson; numerous nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dallas “Dally” Chaney; brother-in-law, Gorden Perkins; her beloved dog, Scrappy. The graveside services will be held Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at 11 a.m., at Mansfield Cemetery Association, Inc., viewing will be at Small’s Funeral Services, from 10-10:30 a.m., departing for Mansfield Cemetery at 10:45 a.m., with Rev. Earl Tackett officiating. The family has entrusted Small’s Funeral Services with the arrangements.