Mary Alice Kachelries, 75, went to be with the Lord on September 24, 2026, at the Waters of Bristol in Bristol, TN after a long illness. She is preceded in death by her Husband, Charles Jon Kachelries, her parents, George Edward and Virginia Marie Shaw Burgess, her brother, Thomas Lee Burgess and her sister, Christy Lynn Cordell.

Left to cherish her memory are her son, Lawrence Thomas Powell of Jolo, West Virginia, daughter, Margaret Christina (Keith) Couch of Bluefield, West Virginia. She also has grandchildren, William Keith Couch, Jr, Karen Louise (Nathan) Wyatt and  great grandchildren Amelia Gale Wyatt ; a sister Sally Marie Burgess of Bluefield, WV and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral arrangements are being arranged at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Elizabethton, TN. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Kachelries Family