A funeral service for Mrs. Alta Mae Sherrod Malone will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Downs Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Steven Harris will officiate the service. Visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 23, 2021 at Downs Funeral Home.

Mrs. Alta Mae Sherrod Malone was born November 25, 1930 in Harrison County Texas to Ralph and Daisy Butler Sherrod. She was the fourth of six children. As a student, Mrs. Malone attended public school and graduated from H.B. Pemberton High School.

At an early age, she accepted Christ as her personal savior and was baptized at St. John Baptist Church in Marshall, Texas. There she worked with the auxiliaries of the church.

After graduating, a young Alta Mae went to visit her brother in New York. It was there that she met the man of her dreams. He was a dashing Navy man. They were married January 26, 1949 and made their first home in Tennessee. Later they would move to Marshall, Texas. Alta Mae and Porter would be blessed with 8 sons: Porter, John (deceased), Antonio (deceased), Michael, Karl, Bobby (deceased), Troy, and Patrick.

As a mother and wife, Mrs. Malone loved to cook for her boys. She served at St. John and working in nutrition for Marshall Independent School District. Other hobbies included crafts, gardening, and traveling. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, sister, cousin, and aunt.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Porter Malone, Sr., sons; John, Bobby, and Antonio Malone. She leaves to cherish her memory her sons; Porter (Diana) Malone, Michael (Sandra) Malone, Karl (Robin) Malone, Troy (Deirdre) Malone, and Patrick (Janice) Malone, grandchildren; LaKisha, Chandra, Sean, John Hamp, Karl Jr., Londya, Keyton, Tony Jr., Ashton, Jordon, Tre' and a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends.