Mary Olivian (Guess) Toland, 84, of Union City passed away Friday morning, May 1, 2015, at her home.

Graveside services will be conducted 12:00 p.m. Monday at East View Cemetery. Brother Jerry Leggett will officiate.

Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 9:00 a.m. until time to leave for the cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Todd Guess, Jim Shealy, Charlie Bone, Ron Powell, Heath Ryan and Clay Ryan.

Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to Second Baptist Church Building Fund, 831 N. Everett Blvd., Union City, Tennessee 38261.

Mrs. Toland was born August 7, 1930, in Mason Hall, daughter of the late Andrew Frank and Hattie Jane (Ellis) Guess. Olivian's family moved to Obion where she met and married Walter Blackwell "Dub" Toland October 5, 1946. He died March 23, 2002. Mr. & Mrs. Toland later moved to Union City where Olivian was the first meter maid with the Union City Police Department during the 1960s. She retired from the Union City Daily Messenger in 1990. Mrs. Toland had been a member of Second Baptist Church in Union City since 1956.

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Diana and Donnie Guynn of Union City and Janie and Larry Ryan of Murray, Kentucky; two grandsons, Heath Ryan and Clay Ryan both of Murray, Kentucky; and three great grandchildren, Josh Ryan and Abby Ryan both of Elizabethtown, Kentucky and Tate Ryan of Murray, Kentucky.

She was also preceded in death by five brothers, Ellis Guess, Edward Guess, Richard Guess, Homer Guess and James Guess.

Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
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